CNET rated it low. In fact, this is not a bad camera at all.
I have a DSLR and several point and shoot digital cameras, including Canon G7 and Sony V3. The main reason for me to buy the S800 is its size and price. S800 Clear picture quality is not as good as the images of the V3 Canon G7, but not far from the Sony Pictures. Make sure the ISO set to 1950 to get a good shot.
It's a good thing for the S800 is the MPEG-4 video. The size of MPEG-4 are much smaller than the video format used in digital cameras, Canon, Sony and many other camera manufacturers, you can burn a lot more videos in the Samsung Digimax S800 Memory Card with Price example the same size. When recording video, you can zoom optics, but the sound is turned off while the zoom is activated.
S800 has a built-in digital photo frames to take pictures of buildings in the frame. S800 is equipped with a photo is a composite function that you meet two, three or four small images in an image allows. Although these functions funcy images can be more pleasant in most photo manipulation software, the device makes it fun for the whole family.
For photos of the interior, the flash is necessary, that you keep to ISO 50, for pictures of Samsung Digimax S800 to achieve the price you have associated a low noise level. Maybe you can use ISO 100, but no more. The buttons are confusing, and it takes some time for me to understand what to configure.
Ultimately this is not a bad camera. Lower price, but the image quality and functionality-wise, it is not on the ground. In general, I like the middle between a point and shoot digital camera rank.