The samsung Es55 is sleek and small - just 90 x 59 x 22 mm in size, and weighs a mere 116 g. With slick looks, a good paint job and a sturdy frame, the camera is built for the style conscious, who crave portability. The camera features a CCD sensor that's capable of going up to 10.2 megapixel, and a lens that's capable of 3x optical zoom. The image quality isn't too great - edges are not too well defined and saturated colors leave artifacts (which aren't too evident though, thankfully). Color reproduction's vivid and auto-white balance is spot on.

Where ISO performance is concerned, the Es55 was quite impressive since it gave us more than usable shots up to 400 ISO. The camera's ISO sensitivity starts off at 80 and goes up to 1600. Like most Sam sung cameras, the Es55's Night Performance was pretty good. Details were a little lost in some areas of our test shots though, and brightly lit areas were overcompensated for and burnt out. Where modes are concerned, this one's got all a basic user would need, with a few extras. It has Auto, Program, Digital Image Stabilization (for those extra shaky shots), Scene and Movie modes: It has an extremely easy to use interface and a photo help guide to show you the ropes when it comes to taking great pictures. The camera's macro performance wasn't the best and it couldn't focus on objects closer than 4-inches.



It has all the features you'd expect from a budget compact and offers average performance in most areas. If you're looking for a cheap, stylish compact, make sure you don't overlook this one!