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We have collected 6 reviews of the Samsung WB750. Experts rate Samsung WB750 7.8/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the Samsung WB750 and Samsung Digital cameras.
The Samsung WB750 is a 12.5 megapixel compact camera that utilises the company's own BSI CMOS sensor, a 18x, 24-432mm optically-stabilized lens and a 3 inch LCD screen. The WB750 travel-zoom also offers full 1080p HD video recording with a creative movie mode, simultaneous stills and video capture and an HDMI port, advanced A/S/M shooting modes for the more experienced user, auto modes for the beginner, 10fps burst shooting, Live Panorama mode, 3D photos, and a range of creative filters and effects. The Samsung WB750 is available now in black for £249 / $279. First impressions of the Samsung WB750 are of a more refined and slimmer design than previous WB-models, with a depth of 25mm and weighing less than 200g. Constructed out of robust plastic in a sober all-black, the WB750 is small and light enough to carry in a trouser pocket or small camera bag. The WB prefix stands for 'Wide' and 'Big' - not necessarily the attributes you'd want attributed to a 'compact' - but here it actually refers to the lens reach, equivalent to an impressively versatile 24-432mm in 35mm terms, which should cover almost every subject that you'll encounter.
The Samsung WB750 is a relatively cheap compact camera that features a 12.5MP BSI CMOS sensor, ensuring that you’ll be able to shoot excellent stills or HD video even if you’re not the most photography savvy person around. The WB750 also lets you snap 10 megapixel photos whilst recording in full HD video, which isn’t a feature we’ve seen too much of in cameras nowadays. Let’s take a closer look… The Samsung WB750 retails for around £150, which, for the impressive snapshots you can take and very good 1080p video, we believe to be an absolute bargain. Inside the box, you’ll receive a few items including a quick-start guide, wall adapter and microUSB to USB cable. The Samsung WB750 arrives with a sleek black colour scheme, which looks absolutely brilliant. When combined with the bump texture of the hand grip on the right-hand side, the two contrasting sections work brilliantly together. The WB750’s design reminds me more of my DSLR camera, with the grip on one side, but without all of that hand cramping weight to it! There’s quite a range of buttons and ports on the WB750. On the top you’ve got the shutter button, the dial for switching modes, the power button and also the built-in microphone.
The Samsung WB750, successor to the WB700 is a neat 12.5-megapixel compact camera but one that plays host to Samsung's new BSI CMOS sensor technology and a superb Schneider Kreuznach 18x, 24-432mm lens. The design is remarkable in the sense that it is both svelte and feature rich, provides nice ergonomics and is easy to use too, even with that large wide-zoom lens somehow squeezed into its body.The WB750's feature set provides a set of attributes and lens combination that make it the type of compact ideal for the traveling snapper or those requiring a little more from their compacts than simple point and shoot-ability. It's compactness make it easy to carry, even in a pocket and yet the wide zoom lens provides scope enough for everything from shooting wide open landscapes to getting in close to subjects farther afield.The lens is optically stabilised making handholding shots at the longer focal lengths available an easier task sans tripod, while an excellent 3-inch LCD screen makes viewing images and composition a breeze, though the screen is tad too reflective in bright conditions.
The Samsung WB750 ($279.99 direct) is a 12.5-megapixel compact camera with an impressive 18x optical zoom. It can capture very wide angle scenes and distant objects, although it lacks the GPS capability found in similar cameras like the Fujifilm Finepix F600EXR ($349.95, 3 stars). Despite being HD, its video is a bit waxy, washing away fine detail and textures. Because of this, the camera isn't quite good enough to knock our Editors' Choice, the 18x-zooming Nikon Coolpix S9100 ($329.95, 4 stars), off its throne, but if you are primarily interested in still photos, the WB750 is still worth a close look. Design and Features The WB750 features a conservative black finish and measures 2.3 by 4.2 by 1 inch (HWD). It tips the scales at 6.7 ounces, making it slightly smaller and lighter than the GPS-capable Canon PowerShot SX230 HS ($349.99, 3.5 stars), which measures 2.4 by 4.2 by 1.3 inches and weighs 7.9 ounces. The camera has a good number of physical controls, as it offers support for full manual mode, including a top-mounted Mode dial and a rear 4-Way jog wheel. One physical button that is missing is EV Compensation; instead you'll have to adjust this through a software menu.
Samsung's first superzoom cameras were a nice surprise. Then, the WB700 came along and let the side down—with no AMOLED screen and a CCD sensor, it was a bit disappointing for a supposedly top-end model. The Korean manufacturer is therefore hoping to put things right with the WB750, a model that's been brought back in line with its now numerous market rivals. The WB750 has, for example, been loaded with a new Samsung-made 12-Megapixel BSI CMOS sensor (... rather than the Sony sensor widely used in many competitors). The WB750 is a pleasant camera to hold. Your fingers fit nicely around the handle (with good grip for the middle finger), the materials are good quality, and the camera has been finished with attention to detail—right down to the battery and memory card compartment doors. The scroll wheel moves easily but has nicely marked notches for improved control, and the four-way arrow buttons are well separated. It's obviously still some way off an expert compact, but the WB750 still feels like a great camera to use. Unfortunately, things all go to pot when you switch the camera on, as the low-grade TN screen looks black when viewed from below.
Warning: close proximity to the Samsung WB750 has been known to cause extreme cases of “zoom envy.” Patients may experience shortness of magnification, mild or moderate squinting, and in rare cases, thoughts of return policies. One certain cure for this affliction is simply buying your own WB750, into which Samsung has managed to cram a full 18x optical zoom–unheard of for an ultracompact body. This makes for one impressive spec sheet, but extreme zooms too often signal the arrival of poor image quality. That’s certainly a worry for this ambitious model but, as always, we let our tests decide. The WB750’s color performance is only slightly worse than average, returning an error value of 3.25 in our test. The gamut was oversaturated by about 8%, and the most inaccurate shades were light blues and dark yellows. Since yellows are responsible for skin, this is going to be detrimental to accurate rendering of human subjects. More on how we test color. Fujifilm’s F600EXR is similar in design to the WB750 and is a more color-accurate alternative, though not by very much. Test results are also slightly better than Casio’s EX-ZR100, and slightly worse than Nikon’s Coolpix S6200.