8.4 out of 10

Samsung WB550

12.3 megapixels

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User Score (92)

8.4
Expert Score (7)

8.1
Design (3)

7.2
Value for money (4)

7.9
Features (3)

9.2
Ease of use (2)

8.0
Performance (8)

8.6
Picture quality (11)

8.1
Display (7)

9.0
Ergonomics (7)

8.0

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good image quality, features, easy to use, video, lens

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8.5/10

14 August 2009
The Samsung WB550 has some excellent specs on offer. Its 24mm wide angle lens with extendable zoom to 240mm means shooting a wide range of subjects is ideal - beyond what most compacts will offer, not least at this affordable price point. Where the WB550 really wains, however, is in its design - the flash is so misplaced it impairs its use significantly. Additionally, use in low light causes difficulty with focus, plus colours can saturate to excess. Read more
- 24mm wide angle, well priced, manual mode (and manual macro focus)
- flash poorly placed, oversaturated colours in low light, over sharpening
ModSynergy

15 August 2009
The Samsung WB550 is a good ‘high-end’ mega-zoom offering. It does video recording at 720p very well, capturing very good detail and natural looking colors. Its image quality is good but not the best and some may find the WB550 too basic for their abilities. It’s certainly not a bad digital camera, but I feel it could have been way better and this means there is still more room to improve and hopefully Samsung can push forward in future products. I still Read more
- Stylish exterior, Construction is strong, Fast startup and close, Image stabilization works wonders, Autofocus is quick and generally accurate, Video recording q...
- Zoom motor can be heard in video, Too basic, even in manual mode, Middle finger can cover internal flash, Buttons are a little too small, Noise in images remove d...
DPexpert

7 July 2011
Samsung have tried too hard to satisfy the customer who buys by numbers. Gosh! A 10X zoom – that has to be better than a 3X, doesn’t it? And count the pixels – more than 12 million of the things. Terrific! And where will it all end? This camera has 43 million pixels on every square centimetre of sensor. The superb Nikon D700 has 1.4 million pixels per square centimetre of its sensor. Who do the camera companies think they are fooling? Everyone, apparently. Read more
- The camera is responsive. The lens, in spite of its extreme range, doesn’t exhibit gross distortions – there is very slight barrel distortion at the wide end and more ...
- Very few of the photos we took with this camera were sharp. This appears to be partly a problem with the lens. Like all such “super” zooms there is a trade-off between...
digicambuyer.co.uk

8.0/10

15 June 2011
If highly saturated pictures are your want, then the WB550 delivers, whilst providing the creative scope of a broader than average focal range in a comparatively compact form factor for a reasonable price. Read more
CNET

6.0/10

2 December 2009
The Samsung WB550 has good parts and features, but ultimately disappoints due to its average pictures and performance Read more
- Good feature set, Mini-HDMI out, 24mm-equivalent wideangle lens with 10x zoom
- Mediocre photo quality, Frustrating menu system