Comments about Samsung Samsung HZ Series HZ30W Digital Point and Shoot Camera, 12.2 Megapixel, 15x Optical Zoom, 3.0 inch LCD, 720p HD Video Recording, Black:

I gave the camera to a friend, practically handed it to her as she was embarking the plane for a vacation to Thailand.
She was able to more or less figure things out without the manual, and she was extremely pleased with the camera afterwards!

Comments about Samsung Samsung HZ Series HZ30W Digital Point and Shoot Camera, 12.2 Megapixel, 15x Optical Zoom, 3.0 inch LCD, 720p HD Video Recording, Black:

After researching quite a bit, I finally decided on this Samsung camera. I wanted to make an upgrade on megapixels and zoom capabilities, but I also was not wanting to have much of an increase in my camera's actual size. I knew that I wanted something that was powerful, but still compact. This one is slightly larger than your average point and shoot, but it has great zoom ability. (15X optical) This is exactly what I wanted to use for travel. It takes excellent wildlife and nature photos, and I also got really great close-ups on things. I used the setting that automatically identifies which scene mode should be used and it worked great. It took wonderful night photos as well. I shot a lot in the very colorful South Beach area in the evening, and I must say, the photos came out almost better than it looked in person. Very impressive. The only downside that I can point out is that there is a bit of a delay to wait for the flash to be ready. But overall, for the price, I would highly recommend this camera.