Samsung SL620

Overview

The SL620 is an average-looking point-and-shoot. It's a small, credit card-sized camera, its lens retracts when not in use, it has an LCD screen in lieu of a true viewfinder, and basic controls. This particular camera was a metallic pink.

There isn't a lot to differentiate the SL620 from other point-and-shoots.

Front

The front of the SL620 is pretty unremarkable. You have the branding next to the autofocus assist, the extending lens, and a flash. It has some of its finer points branded on its lower left and right corners. All in all, the SL620 adheres to the classic point-and-shoot design.

The front of the SL620 has horizontal striations on its metallic surface, which lends a nice aesthetic quality.

Back

The back of the SL620 again has, standard point-and-shoot all over the place. The LCD takes up the bulk of the real estate, with the controls lining the right side. That switch-looking control on top is actually a zoom toggle, below which is the control dial. Typically point-and-shoots have a zoom ring around their shutter button and the control dial is also an top of the device. The rest of the controls are regulars, however: menu button, four-way controller, playback button, and function button.

The back of the camera has the standard 'screen on the left, controls on the right' layout.

Sides

The left side of the SL620 doens't have any interesting features. The right has the camera's proprietary USB port and a lanyard loop.

The left side of the camera is a featureless expanse. The right has a lanyard loop and proprietary USB port.

Top

The top of the camera has the power and shutter buttons. Those three circles between them is the camera's microphone.

For some reason, a few typical point-and-shoot features have migrated from the top of the SL620 to its back.

Bottom

The bottom of the SL620 has two main features: the battery and memory card cavity, and the tripod socket. There's also a little diagram to remind you not to throw the camera away.

The switch on top of the battery hatch unlocks it, as per usual.