Samsung TL 500 Review

Introduction:
The major attraction among Samsung cameras is their external appearance. Undoubtedly, Samsung has maintained the same reputation in the make of TL 500. The new TL 500 has got highly attractive metallic body with overall sturdy external appearance.  Samsung TL 500 offers multiple controls and most of these control buttons are gathered on the top and right side of the camera.

Speaking about the image quality, the 10 megapixel image shot by TL 500 appears satisfactorily good, however if compared with the best performers in this category (such as Sony, Canon, etc), we may find little disappointment. Feature-richness is the next performance criteria and the new Samsung TL 500 scores here substantially!

Details:
We have mentioned above about the pretty looking metallic appearance of TL 500, however that’s not all! Unlike the ultracomapct models, TL 500 has used much of its space and component movement freedom. The 3” AMOLED LCD screen is able to rotate around the left hand side of the camera body. Also, the handling is another aspect where manufacturers of TL500 have taken much care. The bulgy right side of the camera helps in getting good grip of the camera, even with single hand. Also the appropriate dimensioning of TL 500 assists everyone in holding it effortlessly.

Apart from the appearances, the camera is equally well in terms of its technical configuration and performance. It has got ultra wide angle lens (24-72 mm) with 3X optical zoom. Another performance peculiarity of the camera is it offers dual image stabilization (IS), i.e. OIS and DIS. The lens focusing is TTL auto focus type. As in all the advanced models, the Samsung TL 500 number of exposure controls such as shutter priority, aperture priority, etc, plus it also includes manual aperture adjustment, which blesses the user with control over the image quality and any desired special effect. This is accompanied by the white balance control feature to adjust the focused areas in the image.

A number of shooting mode options are available in the still image capturing operations as well as the image scenery. This makes the TL500 extremely user friendly camera for all types of users (i.e. users who like to use their own settings every time they capture images as well as the novice users who rely on automatic settings). The camera includes all the standard input/output ports found in top end models and acts as a good interface device.

Bottom Line:
The Samsung TL is an effort by the manufacturers to balance a lot of camera attributes simultaneously and finally, it has resulted I losing a little at every aspect. Still the camera is good enough to be appreciated by the experts in this field. At a price range of $ 500, it is offering you 10 mp image resolution, 3” rotating LCD, dual image stabilization, 640X480 at 30 fps video capturing, etc. On the other hand, the camera is offering large number of manual controls. Also, operating these controls crowd is kept more user friendly. Finally, the battery life of TL 500 is satisfactorily long and do not disappoint you if you are intended for quite a long shoot session.

The overall rating for the camera is 4.5/5.