Samsung Digimax S1030 Reviews: Digital Compact Camera

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Score: 8.8/10

149 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This digital camera is a good all rounder. “Excellent picture quality, easy to upload to pc.” Kevin, Fakenham View all 149 real customer reviews

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149 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
88% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (160)
Build Quality8.4
Ease of use8.7
Features8.4
Image quality9.0
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.1
Overall rating8.8
 

*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Score 8.0/10

Kevin, Fakenham

+ Excellent picture quality, easy to upload to PC.

- Battery life is very poor - constantly having to replace cells.

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166 of 166 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Moggy, Devizes

+ Was a gift for someone else, very good camera, easy to use, lots of features,takes really very good photos,and has good build quality, I will buy samsung again

- Reviewer left no comment

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jul 2007

Score 7.0/10

Helen, Aylesbury

+ The camera is fairly easy to use on the basic settings.
The quality of the images is ok for how many pixels it has.
It's good for basic photography or just quick snapshots

- Other settings more complicated to use
When lens is zoomed in, quality is quite poor
Not good for people who want to take artistic photographs

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anne, Crieff

+ Auto settings work well in most situations. Sunset setting gives pleasing results.

- Picture quality at maximum digital zoom is iffy - go for the X5 optical zoom version if you want to take telephoto-type shots. Battery life is not great, but spare AAs are easy to get and carry. The case which came in the add-on pack at extra expense is robust but has an inadequate magnetic pad closure which opens at the slightest nudge, and it just holds the camera with no room even for a spare memory card never mind batteries.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Andrea , Nuneaton

+ The picture quality, easy to take photographs, also the sound with the picture.

- Just found it to be a bit big needed a smaller camera but it is still good.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

martin, barnstaple

+ simple to use

- battery time

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

lesley, northampton

+ Very easy to get going with camera, and like the big screen

- haven,t found any yet

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Greg , Port Talbot , “photographer for many years.”

+ ease of use, good quality pictures, very good value for money, well built and feels secure in hands.

- short battery life.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Sharon, Plymouth

+ good value for money, takes good pictures

- Battery life very poor, a rechargeable Li-ion would be better. Even when holding the camera very still it still takes a very blurred photo

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Alyn, Ballymena

+ Easy to use, high quality image producing equipment. Superb value for money!!!

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

malcolm, grantham , “holiday picture taker”

+ a very easy to use robust little camera with excellent features. At this price it really is very good value for money.

- The bateries should be rechargeable as they run out quickly.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ cheap camera with loads to offer. 10 mega pixels ... WOW !

- my wife always is using it ... so we go through batteries.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jan 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ the picture quality is fantastic.

- Camera manual.

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purchased 20 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good features for the money, although the Fuji S5700 has better features for not much more.

- Very delicate. LCD screen broke whilst camera was in case in my bag with no significant knocks.

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purchased 11 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Ruth, Orpington, Kent

+ easy to use, great screen size, excellent quality of picture, great video clips

- none yet

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purchased 30 Nov 2007

Score 5.0/10

lee, biggleswade

+ Reviewer left no comment

- very poor battery life, would go for a camera with a battery pack not normal AA batteries

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- have to use AA batteries
quite bulky

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purchased 30 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

Katrine, Paignton

+ Easy to use

- Bulky compared to some other cameras

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purchased 01 Oct 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ good spec and build quality for the price.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 02 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Vey very easy to use and set up.

- Goes through batteries at an alarming rate, even on lowest settings and good batteries.

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purchased 04 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- No Memory Card Included

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purchased 05 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Zoe, Dunstable,Bedfordshire

+ Big screen on the back makes it easier to see an image, the quality of the pictures are really good.
The options of having diffrent megapixel pictures is the best feature about the camara

- ......none to currently say about.

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purchased 05 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

julie, wallsend

+ has macro settings

- can't think of any

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purchased 01 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Fantastic quality

- Eats batteries !

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purchased 14 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

FC, Dorset

+ Simple to use, easy to understand and top quality results. Excellent value for money

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 01 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

keith, peterborough

+ ideal for any one starting in taking photos easy to use very versatile

- you get what you pay for i can so no bad points

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purchased 16 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Rosemary, Newhaven

+ Exactly what we wanted, its compact, lightweight, the display is the perfect size to review pictures and the the controls are easy to follow. So far the picures we have printed are brilliant.
We have added a 2 MG SD card and this means we can take plenty of photos and quite a lot of video.
Once the CD is loaded onto the PC, transferring pictures is very simple.

- None to report at this point

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purchased 14 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Richard, Galashiels

+ Good quality for a low price. Same controls as earlier models - easy!

- Power can run down quickly with only two batteries

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purchased 12 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Batterys need changing after EVERY use ie., One night out! This is the only disapointment.

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purchased 13 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Tim, Eastbourne

+ From previous experience, Samsung cameras have good quality lenses and a great LCD screen that's very useful when taking the picture and veiwing it afterwards. This model continues that trend.

- The build quality is possibly not as good as my previous Samsung digital compact camera.

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

MARSHA, LEICESTER

+ THIS CAMERA IS A REAL BARGAIN !!!!!!!! I GOT ONE FOR A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR MY DAUGHTER AND THE PHOTO'S SHE TOOK WERE SO GOOD------I GOT ONE FOR MYSELF ! 10/10

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 13 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Dave, Cleethorpes

+ Easy to get Started
Easy to operate
Like the larger screen

- Standard batteries supplied dont last long poor feature lets down a really excellent camera - you have to buy
special re chargeable batteries for best use

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purchased 20 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Angela, Southampton

+ I found it easy to use straight away for basic photography. As time goes by I will try out the more challenging uses.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 26 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ FANTASTIC PICTURE QUALITY.
QUITE STRAIGHTFORWARD TO USE
NICE BIG SCREEN
ERGONOMIC

- SOUND QUALITY NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS PICTURE QUALITY

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purchased 27 Dec 2007

Score 6.0/10

Mark, Eastbourne

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Drains batteries really quickly. Have spent loads on batteries.

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purchased 04 Jan 2008

Score 9.0/10

linx, sleaford

+ An excellent little camera, fairly easy to use, good images on a screen which I am able to see without my glasses
Robust in build, probably has lots of features which I havent discovered yet, but very pleased with it and its overall performance

- wish it had a carry case or at least a place to put a carry string

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purchased 17 Dec 2007

Score 7.0/10

Gary, Glasgow

+ Good quality pictures

- Terrible battery life. First set of batteries lasted me 10 pictures. Had to get rechargeables.

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purchased 28 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Keren, Warwick

+ I love my camara, its so easy to use.....

- Battery life ends quickly.....

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purchased 15 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good picture quality and features and quite lightweight.

- Batteries die so quick. If you're going out make sure you take more than one set with you. Seems to take blurred pictures rather easy with no antiblur function.

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purchased 13 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Nicola , Glasgow

+ It had a very good zoom and a range of modes to take pictures with.

- It uses upthe rechargable batteries quickly. If dropped the LCD screen breaks easily (happenes with previous version of samsung camera)

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purchased 26 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ excellent camera and so easy to use

- none

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Julie, Carlisle

+ 1st digital camer, so easy to use, switch it on and away you go, brilliant.

- no bad points.

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purchased 02 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ well pleased

- none found yet

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purchased 04 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anne, Kent

+ Excellent camera

- None

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purchased 13 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

jo, Rotherham , “useless with technology”

+ It is so easy to use,

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 16 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use and very good pictures

- None

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purchased 19 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Arwen, Gloucestershire

+ Good photos, easy to use

- Looks Cheap

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purchased 01 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

stephen, angus

+ Nice simple easy to use camera

- none

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purchased 05 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Gareth, Didcot

+ The amount of mega pixels for the price is excellent.

- Lack of viewfinder makes it difficult to take pictures on occassions.

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purchased 02 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Andrew, Seaham

+ Reviewer left no comment

- really poor battery life allows a max of 20 pictures, which was quite disstressing as we used it for our sons birthday party and couldnt video him blowing out the candles as we had took around 18 to 20 pictures.
Took back to shop and told to replace batteries (not very helpful for on hoiday)

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purchased 26 Dec 2007

Alan, Newcastle on Tyne , “66, not a geek”

+ Excellent resolution, large screen. Battery life seems surprisingly good.

- I failed to get it to connect to the software by the umbilical cord and have to download photos by taking out the memory card and using a card reader. It may have a problem with ACDC which is my photo management programme.

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purchased 30 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

maurice, wells , “im a lorry driver”

+ excellent product for the man in the street

- none

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purchased 17 Dec 2007

Score 4.0/10

Elginlad, Elgin

+ Easy to use and image quality are good

- The battery usage is shocking, the camera requires new batteries after taking about 20 photos - to me this is an unnecessery waste and is an expensive business!!!!

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Brian, Leeds , “Satisfied customer”

+ Easy to use and the quality of the images.

- None.

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purchased 08 Jan 2008

Score 10.0/10

Carrie, BODMIN , “quiet, kind mother/wife”

+ Very easy to use and produces lovely photo's.

- Came with no case.

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purchased 29 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

Tim, Sussex

+ Good picture and video quality and very good viewing screen compared to other models/brands that I've seen.

- None really.

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purchased 29 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Excellent image quality and easy to use.

- Quite large, bit bulky.

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purchased 02 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “i'm not david bailey ”

+ it is very user friendly and can take some really good pictures

- I some times have trouble with the focusing

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purchased 29 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Chris, Horley , “like time saving items”

+ kids like the various image effects - and easy for all to use!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 03 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Tori, Bristol

+ Easy to use, great features overall a great buy

- Still a bit chunky needs to be sleeker!!

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purchased 05 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Jennifer, London

+ Picture quality

- Battery life, needs rechargeable batteries

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purchased 06 Aug 2007

Score 10.0/10

pamela, walsall

+ this camera is very easy to use and the photos are of a very high quality and it does not run down the batteries too quicky great value for money

- none that i can think of

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purchased 29 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Sue, Skegness

+ Excellent and easy to use.

- Normal AA batteries dont last long. You really need the lithium ones unless you want to keep recharging.

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purchased 23 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Paul, Wirral

+ Function features and ease of of use.

- Seems to eat batteries for breakfast.

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purchased 30 Nov 2007

Score 8.0/10

karen, luton

+ it was a present for mu daughter and its easy to use

- none

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purchased 01 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Paul, Nelson. Mid Glamorgan

+ Great value for a 10 meg camera. Just point and shoot its simple, with great picture quality with the 10 mega pixels.

- none

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purchased 30 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

graham, london

+ great product easy to use

- none

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purchased 30 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

John, Scarborough

+ Very easy to use, nic compact size, image quality and features are excellent.

- None

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purchased 30 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

Mary, Birmingham

+ Very easy to use. Big screen to look at pictures

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 13 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use and good picture

- Not found any yet

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purchased 01 Dec 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ size, video capability, photo type, screen size

- quality of zoom image

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purchased 14 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ robust and easy to use. xcellent picture quality

- none

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purchased 15 Dec 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to start to use. Loaded quickly onto Vista with no glitches.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 17 Dec 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Fantastic quality, lots of features, easy to use.

- If you use the zoom you will probably get at the most three photos out of a pair of AA batteries. You need to either invest in rechargable batteries, lithium batteries or expect never to use any of the extra features, which is a real shame. this camera would have been a complete ten out of ten if it had a rechargable battery like the ones you get in a mobile phone. This is the only thing that lets it down.

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purchased 30 Nov 2007

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Product Features

Camera Type Compact
resolution (Megapixel) 10.1
Optical Zoom Ratio 3
Screen Size in Inches 2.7
Digital Zoom Ratio 10
Face Recognition No
Image Stabilisation No
Colour Silver
Memory Card Slot Yes
Media Format SD Card
Media Format MMC Card
PictBridge Yes
Macro Mode Yes
Video Recorder Yes
Manual Focus No
Timer Yes
Under Water No
Dimensions (mm) 61.8x99.6x26.95
Weight (g) 169
Flash Yes
Resolution (Pixels) 3672x2760
Shortest Shutter Speed 1500
Longest Shutter Speed 8"
Max. Aperture Lens 1 f2.8-7.1
In-Built Memory (MB) 45
USB Port Yes
WiFi No

Also known as: Samsung 1030, Samsung S1030

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The Samsung S1030 is a high resolution digital camera equipped with a true-colour


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