Prologue

Endless competition in the camera market make customers happy, I think. Knowing customers’ needs and filling them, they keep tempting customers. Like DSLR cameras, the compact digital camera market is also separate by performance and functions. The market requests portability, performance, or design, and they are components to give up. Especially, because the lens is irreplaceable, and extension of accessories is not easy, customers try to find an almighty camera. To satisfy this desire, the high end camera market has been created. Former high end cameras looked like a DLSR camera. They were not compact cameras, nor DSLR cameras, so the position was insufficient to attract customers. I can’t help reminding the PRO810 with optical 15x zoom by Samsung. After the first nightmare, Samsung has released the second high zoom digital camera WB500. It has adopted uncommon 24mm wide angle lens and optical 10x zoom, so it covers both wide angle and tele shot.

It supports HD shot up to 1280x720 which is considered as a natural specification for high end level. In the high zoom compact digital camera market, Panasonic products have been rated high. In this situation, the reason Samsung release this product resolutely is that the WB500 has hidden charming points. Now, let’s take a look at the WB500 from inside to outside.