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Samsung TL225 DualView 12.2MP Digital Camera with 4.6X Optical Zoom and 3.5-Inch LCD Screen and 1.5-Inch Front Screen (Orange) |  | Brand: Samsung
Category: Photography
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Seller: J&R Music and Computer World
Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 895
Format: CD
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 1
Operating System: N/A
Optical Zoom: 4.6
Display Size: 3.5
Maximum Focal Length: 22.5
Minimum Focal Length: 4.9
Maximum Resolution: 12
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 2.6 x 2.1 x 0.9
nv:Sensor: 12.2 Megapixel
Optical Zoom: 4.6x
Focal Length: f= 27mm
Optical Viewfinder: Touch-Screen LCD Display
Optical Viewfinder: Dual Screen
LCD Monitor: 3 inches
LCD Coverage: 100%
Shooting Modes: White
Shooting Modes: Landscape
Shooting Modes: Night portrait
Shooting Modes: Portrait
Shooting Modes: Backlight
Shooting Modes: Night
Shooting Modes: Backlight Portrait
Shooting Modes: Marco
Shooting Modes: Zoom-In Portrait Mode
Shooting Modes: Backlight Sunset Mode
Shooting Modes: Blue Sky Mode
MPN: EC-TL225ZBPOUS
Model: EC-TL225ZBPOUS
UPC: 044701011835
EAN: 0044701011835
ASIN: B002LGXYJ0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1-1/2" LCD on front makes it easy to put yourself in the shot | | • | 3-1/2" touchscreen LCD on the back for intuitive operation | | • | Sturdy aluminum back cover | | • | 12.2-megapixel effective recording | | • | Wide-angle Schneider lens with 4.6X optical zoom |
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Product Description
Samsung proudly introduces a new milestone in digital camera technology. The 12.2 Megapixel Dual LCD Digital Camera with a 1.5" front LCD screen, a revolutionary feature in the industry, lets you take part in capturing the moment like never before. The Samsung Dual LCD Digital Camera lets you see every scene in a completely new and exciting way. Just use the front LCD screen, and set up the perfect shot with you in it, time after time. A host of top-ranked features and technologies, from the lens to the user interface, turns this camera into a true must-have. And the small, handheld size makes it easy to take it with you everywhere you go. The Schneider lens optics with 4.6x Zoom lets you get up close on almost any subject 27mm Wide Angle lens captures even more of the moment Countdown timer - Use it to coordinate any shot perfectly Child mode - Keep small children's attention, with a built-in animation Front and Back LCD Screens - Get out from behind the camera and get in the shot Perfectly framing yourself is quick and easy Never miss being in a once-in-a-lifetime moment Rear Touch Screen LCD - Scroll quickly through all menus Easily access your photo library Haptic vibration response registers your choices Gesture UI is a revolutionary new way to view and sort through menus and options Smart Auto - Automatically senses picture conditions, and adjusts for the perfect shot Optimizes shot regardless of poor lighting 14 different preset modes, for a variety of settings Parameters can also be bypassed for manual control
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 41
 lemon July 16, 2010
pj
I selected the TL225 as I take a lot of self portraits with my young daughter. I had read many reviews however warning of a problem with a non-retracting lens - this is how the camera arrived. Samsung offered to review it for service and likey replace it in 2-3 weeks - as I needed the camera now and the "known" defect was obvious right out of the box I suggested they rush the process - they said no. I returned the camera to Amazon (huge advantage to selecting Amazon fulfilled items), they refunded the full cost, tax and shipping within 48 hours - great job Amazon. I would not purchase this camera - read a lot of bad things about it and photo stores were very negative. I bought the Casio Exilim EX-FH100 for a few dollars more from 17th Street Photo and am thrilled with the camera and with the service and advice I received from their staff
 Excellent July 9, 2010
Deer Hunter
Really nice camera for the non professional. I have a whole stable of DSLRs and a couple of film SLRs. I do semi-pro photography. So, I'm used to fast cameras with semi- I have had no problem adapting to the touch screen. I use an iPhone and HP TouchSmart notebook computer, so I'm pretty comfortable with touch. I miss the ability to see a preview of what selecting a particular icon will bring, but I'm quickly learning to use all of the camera's extensive functions without such previews. A word on the lens. It is sharp and sports a serious wide angle capability that I very much appreciate in tight spaces where it's impossible to move back to include an entire group or surrounding environment. You've got to be careful not to get too close or subjects take on an almost humorous barrel-like appearance, but all-in-all, I love the wide lens. As for printing photos, I am able to print excellent images using Windows Vista's JPG viewer and Photoshop CS4. For quick prints, I use a network connected Epson Artisan 810 with Epson's best glossy photo paper, "Ultra Premium Photo Paper - Glossy". I use my Epson 3880 printer and a range of papers for more professional output. to fully manual controls. I also have two advanced, almost pro-level point-and-shoot cameras: a Sigma DP2 and a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. All of the above cameras have a place in my work. The TL225 is a higher end point-and-shoot camera intended for amateur photographers. It shouldn't be compared to anything but other similarly featured and similarly priced point-and-shoots. I use it to capture images in fast moving environments - kids, family, parties, busy streets. It works wonderfully for those kinds of shots. The Smart Auto function is my favorite setting and that's a lot for someone who uses DSLRs mostly in manual and aperture priority mode to say. It took me a while to become comfortable turning over exposure and focus decisions to a camera, but, with the TL225, I get wonderful images almost all the time when I do.
I just finished an assignment taking pictures of a very active one year old. I used my Nikon D300 and the TL225. Sure I got some great stuff with the D300, but, frankly, I got grab shots of the child with the TL225 that would have been impossible given the D300s size and bulk. And the shots were in sharp focus, with great colors and composition was consistently very good.
Beautiful Camera... July 9, 2010
davemo
I purchased this camera to replace a Kodak V570 that my wife had. This has been one great little camera. The front screen features are more novelty than anything else, but it has such a good auto mode and scene modes that my wife can take good pictures with it. The HD video is good too, just remember that the audio cuts out if you zoom while recording. Highly recommended for people that do not want to fiddle too much with settings, but retain the option.
 I so wanted to like it. June 28, 2010
Tammy Billups
I loved the idea of the LCD on the front since my husband and I travel frequently-- but after a month of using it I realized there were several things that really bugged me about this camera.
1) on one hand the touch screen is so awesome...until we tried to actually use the front LCD screen and take our photo together-- then it always seems no matter where you touch it... you touch something by accident that in turn makes it so that you can't take it and have to try again and again to carefully turn the camera around without touching ANYTHING!
2) the photos are not the quality I was used to with my Lumix and they are smaller in size...I didn't think this would matter but when you do a lot of photo books online, it does because you can't get the same digital quality in the books.
3) it began clicking with some strange noise -- don't know what it was and it didn't seem to affect whether or not it worked...but I returned it anyway.
So, with these things in mind, I cannot recommend this camera...
Puzzled doesn't quite describe how I feel about Samsung.... May 29, 2010
Mehlani (San Francisco, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a Canon person and just about all of my compact cameras have been Canon or Nikon. (I must have owned a dozen in the past decade). I got tired of my newest Canon and wanted to try something different. I've been very satisfied with Canon and it's consistent quality, but the fact remains that other than cosmetic changes and the continued increase in resolution (megapixels), very little is left to be desired by gadget lovers out there.
I've been waiting for the price to drop on the Samsung dual views for a while. I purchased the TL-210 at Costco for about $200. When I brought it home, I realized that it wasn't quite the way I remembered it when I saw it for the first time a while back. It was a little bit bulky as well. I researched it and realized there are actually around 4 different models of the dual views. The TL-205? and TL-210 are the lower end models and neither are touch screen. The TL-220 and TL-225 are the higher end touch screen models. I went ahead and purchased the TL-225 ($260)through Amazon so that I can compare the TL-210 vs. the TL-225.
The reason why I love Samsung is because they have a lot of imagination and are probably the most innovative. If only they could follow through with ingenuity and intuition!! My "upgrade" to the TL-225 touch screen actually downgraded some of my features. The TL-210 was 12.4mp and had a 5X optical zoom. The TL-225 is 12.2 mp and a 4.6X optical zoom. The 210 was not a touch screen so it had buttons all over. These buttons were all located in logical places and if you are familiar with the layout of Canon camera buttons, you wouldn't even need to read the Samsung manual to operate the camera. There was also a dedicated button on the top next to the on/off button to turn on the front lcd screen on the 210. You tap it once to go into self portrait mode, twice for couples, and three times for children (and a cartoon/animation automatically plays on the front screen to keep your child's attention). Simple right?
I can't say the same for the TL-225. The touch screen means you have to deal with icons and none of the pictures on the icons give you a good idea of what the icon represents. There is no dedicated buttons other than the on/off button, zoom, and review. Since you are relying so much on touch screen menus, one would hope to at least see an easy to use, -organized-, logical menu. Wrong. It is so complicated that I will do my best to describe it here - (or you should go into a store and see for yourself!) - Imagine a 3" screen with a bunch of icons lined down the left side. Along the bottom of the screen is an arrow with a "pull up" menu which pulls up more icons. Once you "pull up" these icons, you scroll through these icons left and right to find yet more settings that probably should have been included in the icons already on the left hand side of the screen. But wait! There's another arrow on the right side of the screen that pulls up MORE icons. These icons are redundant and are supposedly a quick way to select between the movie, smart, and picture modes...all of which can also be selected from the LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN!
To make matters worse, these menus change with every mode you are in. So if you change from Auto to "Smart Auto" (I still can't figure out the difference btwn the two!) the icons will change as well. There is definitely a learning curve with the user interface regardless of how tech savvy you are. In addition to the "downgrades" you will also be losing some cool special effects such as vignetting and miniature that the lower model TL-210 has. The TL-225 comes with absolutely nothing! No case and no micro-SD which the Costco TL-210 had. What was Samsung thinking with the micro-SD anyway? In addition, the 210 actually has an HDMI output where as the more expensive 225 does not..(or maybe I just haven't found it yet!).
But wait! There's more nonsense to gripe about! Both the 210 and 225 come with AC adaptors that are about a foot and a half long. These cords plug -directly- into the camera unlike others where you physically remove the battery to charge. So while the battery is charging in the camera, your camera is out of commission! In addition, with a foot long cord your camera winds up on the floor because it's not long enough to reach a table. One last gripe about the 225 (and 210), both are pretty big and bulky althought the 225 is a few millimeters skinnier than the 210 and neither have speakers that are very loud. Neither come with actual instruction manuals, it's on the CD-Rom, or you can view it on their website. Either way you need a pc.
If you can deal with all of the above as I have begrudgingly tried to do...then I would really suggest you consider which model you would like to own. The 2 lower models look almost the same and other than a few small differences in features is basically the same camera. The 2 higher models (the TL220 and 225) are both touch screen and again, are basically the same camera. (Again Samsung redundancy and logic). Currently there is about a $30 difference btwn the 220 and 225. You get a huge gorgeous screen on the 225 and the 220 has sort of a pathetic looking one. For a $30 difference, one must question why Samsung produced two separate models that didn't offer much of a benefit both price and feature wise.
Pros: The TL225, once you learn to use it, is a decent camera. I do not think the picture quality (color saturation, contrast, etc.) is bad at all as long as you are holding the camera extremely still. Even with the so called stability sensors on, pictures do blur quite often especially in low light. I love the screen on the front and find it very handy. The large screen really is gorgeous and the camera seems well made with a metal back (although the screen does scratch easily and I had to put a protective sheet over it). The ability to "flick" the screen to scroll through your pictures is pretty neat, and you can also tilt the camera to advance the pictures as well. The special effects work really well such as "cool, retro, classic, etc." but really could have benefitted more if it had features like Canon's color swap and color accent.
I really wanted to give it 4+ stars but there's just too much to gripe about. This is not a replacement for a Canon and is more of a novelty. The front lcd screen doesn't make up for everything else that this is lacking and will likely satisfy neither amateur nor advanced users alike. Is that extra screen worth the $300 price tag? Not with all the sacrifices made.
UPDATE: After playing with the camera a few more days, I have found that low light/no flash pictures continue to blur really bad even with the slightest movement. Unfortunately will have to return the camera since the picture quality is not consistent and trying to get a good picture (especially of my pets indoors!) requires too many tries. Can't imagine the frustration I might experience if I were on vacation.
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