Samsung i7First Impressions Review

by Richard Baguley
Published on March 21, 2007

Navigation
Intro	Physical Tour
Components	Design / Layout
Modes	Control Options
Image Parameters	Connectivity / Extras
Overall Impressions	Conclusion

 

No viewfinder is present on the i7. The LCD screen provides the live preview for framing and shooting images.

 

The LCD screen is a 3-inch touch screen TFT model with 320,000 pixels. That’s a good deal of resolution; other than Sony's G1 (announced at PMA), it's about as good as LCDs get right now on digital cameras. Images on the screen looked clear, sharp and bright.

 

The flash is located rather close to the lens which raises concern when it comes to red-eye. Samsung quotes the range of the flash at 1 foot to 12.4 feet at the wide setting and 9.1 feet at the telephoto end of the zoom range. That’s a pretty reasonable range, and our limited testing at the PMA show in Vegas indicated that this figure wasn’t inaccurate. The flash did seem to have some power behind it.

 

 

The 3x Samsung NV zoom lens has a focal length range of 6.3mm to 18.9mm, with a 35mm film equivalent of 38mm to 114 mm. That’s pretty standard, but we would like to see some more at the wide end of the range which would make group shots and landscapes easier.