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Review summary: Taking the WB500 out of its box, it's difficult to ignore how chunky the camera is for a compact. Measuring 105 x 61.4 x 36.5mm, this isn't one you will be able to slip into your ...

Verdict: The Samsung WB500 is a good, rugged camera with impressive zoom range for a compact. It offers some original auto features, but at the same time gives the photographer room to experiment with manual settings if they so desire. Image quality is OK, ...

Review summary: Chunky but cheap with a 24mm wide angle lens and oodles of features, including HD video recording

Verdict: The inclusion of the equivalent of a 24mm lens is to be welcomed and you certainly get a versatile zoom for your money. You also get plenty of features although quite how many of them users will get around to trying is debatable. But at least they're ...

Pros: Attractive design, good array of modes and features, superb wide-angle lens and 10x optical zoom

Cons: A bit bulky for a compact camera, troublesome menu, picture quality is merely adequate for the asking price

Verdict: The Samsung WB500 is an interesting and versatile compact digital camera that comes packed with advanced features. Its wide-angle lens and 10x optical zoom make up for its various shortcomings.

Review summary: The 10-megapixel WB500 compact superzoom with an ultra-wideangle 10x zoom ticks all the boxes, has no serious flaws and represents good value for money. There are more exciting cameras on the market, but the WB500 is well worth a look, offering good ...

Pros: Zoom range ; good lens quality ; apos ; customisable command&apos ; lever

Cons: Over-smoothed images ; small and slippery buttons

Verdict: There's nothing about the Samsung WB500 that's likely to particularly grab you. It's a smart purchase because it ticks all the boxes, doesn't have any serious flaws and is pretty cheap for what it is. But, when you've got superzooms like the Panasonic ...

Review summary: The WB500 is the flagship model of a new series of Samsung digicams that introduce a new Perfect Portrait System, which includes Face Detection, Beauty Shot and Smile and Blink Detection modes. Equipped with a 10.2 megapixel sensor and Schneider ...

Verdict: Pictures taken with the review camera were bright and colourful with slightly elevated contrast and saturation, both of which were confirmed by our Imatest tests. Imatest showed the review camera to be capable of the level of resolution expected for ...