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Samsung ST150F review

Samsung ST150F

CHOICE Expert Rating

44%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  •  Built-in Wi-Fi
  •  Small and light
Bad points

Bad Points

  •  Ease of use poor
  •  Flash lacks power at moderate distances (3+m)
  •  Image quality in manual mode poor
  •  Memory card can be difficult to insert or remove
  •  Monitor has limited viewing angle
  •  Pictures in low light are noisy and tend to have long exposures, which can result in motion blur
  •  Pictures indoors without flash have inaccurate colours
  •  Poor basic setting functions
  •  Poor face detection performance
  •  Poor image stabilisation performance in low light
  •  Poor quality of movie image in good light
  •  Poor sound quality
  •  Very poor flash quality at long distance
  •  Very poor quality of movie image in low light
  •  Zoom is not smooth

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Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
44%
Picture quality score – auto mode
47%
Picture quality score – manual mode
33%
Ease of use score
44%
Movie quality score
34%
Monitor/viewfinder score
61%
Flash score
37%

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Specifications

Lens
fixed lens
Zoom range (mm)
25 – 125
Lens factor
5
Minimum aperture range (f-stops)
2.5 – 6.3
Minimum shutter speed (secs)
1/2000
Maximum shutter speed (secs)
2
Lens diameter (mm)
Not applicable
Lens length (mm)
Not applicable
Lens weight (g)
Not applicable
Lens filter thread (mm)
Not applicable
Lens mount
Not applicable
Sensor type
CCD
Sensor size
Not applicable
Effective resolution (MP)
15.9
Dimensions (mm, WxHxD)
94.4 x 57.9 x 17.7
Weight (g)
129
Tripod socket
Plastic (not centred)
Start-up time (sec)
1.7
Shutter delay 1m (sec)
0.51
Shutter delay 8.5m (sec)
0.54
ISO rating
80 – 3200
Exposure correction (lower)
-2
Exposure correction (higher)
2
Continuous shooting mode
2.5
Frame limit in continuous mode
1000
Number of selectable exposure programs
13
Closest focus wide (m)
0.8
Closest focus tele (m)
2.5
Closest focus macro (m)
0.05
Focus points (auto mode)
Not stated
Monitor size (mm)
60 x 45
Monitor ratio
4:3
Monitor swivel (V x H, deg)
none
Viewfinder type
Not applicable
Viewfinder diopter
Not applicable
Video ratios supported
4:3, 16:9
Video format
MP4 (codec H.264)
Maximum frame rate – progressive
30
Number of selectable exposure programs – video
2
Audio recording format
Mono
Memory card type
microSD
Internal memory (MB)
9.5
Number of memory cards – insertable
1
Image ratios supported
3:2, 4:3, 16:9
Flash type
fixed built-in
Battery type
Li-Ion (1)
CIPA battery cycles
Not stated
Image editing software
Not stated
RAW converter software
Not applicable
Video editing software
Not stated

Cost

Price
$129.00

Features

Fully manual mode
Water/dust resistant
GPS tagging
Electric cable release
Camera controlled via USB
Manual white balance
Bulb setting
Priority mode – shutter speed
Priority mode – aperture
Shutter release via touch screen
HDR function
Time lapse
Panorama (panning)
Image stabilisation – physical
Electronic image stabilisation
1
Focus assist lamp
Focus via touch screen
Continuous manual focus switchable
Face detection
Spot focus
Focus tracking
Focus bracketing
Touchscreen
Monitor grid guide
Video face detection
Video spot focus
Video focus tracking
Manual focus video
Not applicable
Continuous to manual focus switchable – video
Slow motion setting
Stop motion setting
Video image stabilisation
Built-in speaker
Socket for external microphone
Can add a comment to a still image
RAW plus JPEG format
Can record in RAW format
Flash slow sync
Flash power adjustable
Hotshoe
Other flash connection
HDMI connection
Wi-Fi WLAN connection
Charge via USB
Adapter for charging batteries
Separate battery holder
Lens bag supplied
Not applicable
Lens hood supplied
Not applicable
Shoulder belt supplied
Other items supplied
Handstrap, USB cable

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