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

 

The main feature on the front of the camera is the lens. It’s inside the large black circle on the left side. Next to that is the flash, and on the right side is the finger grip.

 

 

By far the largest feature on the back of the camera is the 3-inch LCD screen. This rotates 90 and 180 degrees for the different modes of the device. Next to the screen are the five control buttons, the top two of which are for the zoom. The middle one kicks off the on-screen menu, and the bottom two control the on-screen display and the playback mode.

 

The screen has three different positions. With the Samsung logo on the right, the camera is in audio mode.

 

 

With the screen rotated 90 degrees, the device switches into the PMP (Personal Media Player) mode for playing back videos.

In the media player mode
 

Finally, rotating the screen a further 90 degrees puts it into camera mode. This also shows the labels for the controls on the left side.

 

 In the camera mode

 

There are no major features on the left side of the camera.

 

 

 

On the right side of the camera are the headphone socket and the lanyard loop.

 

 

The top of the camera is the home of the (from left to right) shutter button, the illuminated power button, and the face detection button. The set of small holes on the far right are for the small speaker.

 

 

There are three major features on the bottom of the i7: the tripod socket, the cover for the battery and memory card compartment, and the connector for the dock.