Evaluation: 
Conclusion: Great Video Features
Review: I'm a professional videographer and I think this is a really special item. I bought it for the HD video features. I was able to edit the video on Premiere Pro CS3. I've only had it for a day, but I put it through a few tests. I was surprised by how good the video quality is, and the colors looked great. The sound was surprisingly good (nothing special, but much better than expected). I think the wide angle lens on it is also very good. It's obviously not a professional video camera, but I can imagine using it for very low profile shooting and to capture video when I'm out and don't want to carry a camera with me. I can also imagine using it in situations where a very small light weight camera would be essential. I haven't put it through enough test to decide if I would ever use any of the footage on one of my projects, but it might fit a niche in a project that my larger video cameras can't fill. I really like that it has a wide angle lens, and anyone buying this should realize that you are not going to get much of a zoom out of this thing. My only wish is that it shot in 24p.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Outstanding camera, especially for the price!
Review: This camera is absolutely wonderful. After shopping around and looking at cameras for what seemed like forever, I finally found this little wonder. Now people may be hesitant, as to the Samsung brand, I was too, but I am in love with this camera. The price tag of only $250 was great as it is probably one of the cheapest HD cameras you can buy (from a reputable brand), and its image quality simply rocks. I must say that I am a more advanced user who was looking around for manual controls to make my images pop, and this camera's manual mode does just that. You can control virtually everything (minus some very complex things like manual focus, but you really don't need control over those in a little point and shoot.
The camera takes excellent quality videos in the HD mode (be forewarned that you may need a beast of a computer though to play back the movies smoothly). Also people have been complaining about average image quality from this camera and I see nothing of the sort. Colors are vivid and can be mad more or less so by changing effects either before or after taking the picture. One smart feature that Samsung included was the fact that the camera is so speedy with its smart touch interface that it gives a quick update of filters and effects when you roll your fingers over the button. This is great when you want to take pictures in oddly lit situations and you need to quickly find out what looks the best for your photo.
One thing I was really worried about was the pop-up flash on the top of the camera. Moving parts scare me as they tend to break easily and when I looked at the little brother to the camera, the NV15, I saw that the flash didn't really close all of the way after being played with. This flash however feels solid and like it will always close all of the way and will always open promptly with the half push of the shutter button. Not to mention this flash is POWERFUL, it can light up a whole room, not like it's a Canon Speedlite, or anything, but this is by far the best flash in a Point and Shoot I have ever seen.
The smile mode is a hilarious feature, people get so surprised when you just hold the camera and when they smile, it just snaps away. Also, the red-eye reduction is a great feature and just edits away red-eye, unfortunately it can't do pet-eye.
Now of course there must be some downsides to the camera. The first camera received from amazon was defective, a whirring noise always came from the lens when it was at the widest zoom. Samsung confirmed this problem and promptly offered to fix it, I was satisfied with their prompt response (although I was unhappy to speak with Raj in India about how removing the battery might fix my problem, do they not think that I would have tried that???) Anyways I returned it and a new one was at my house the next day (way to go Amazon!) This one being without the whirr. I have a complaint about the whole zoom and loose sound thing, I think I could live with motor noise in my video, and even if I didn't like it, you can edit out the video. Another thing to mention is that the software that comes with the NV24HD is flat out weak. It is a photo sorter and basic editor. Basically iPhoto or whatever the windows version of iPhoto is. The last complaint I have is that the camera has no dock. Honestly a little plastic dock would not cost that much and would make me feel better about charging my camera so I wouldn't have to rest it on its brilliant screen or the nice Schnider lens.
Even with my little quips about the camera, I have to say that for the price I would rather have this camera any day over a Nikon Coolpix or a Canon Powershot.
Evaluation: 
Conclusion: Video is great, still shots need improvement
Review: Let me begin by saying I am not one of those camera heads that does a tremendous amount of research before buying a camera and then tests the new camera, out trying each setting so I can do my own detailed review. I am by no means any kind of expert. The main reason we bought this camera is that we wanted the HD video functionality it offers.
I think the camera delivers nicely on the videos BUT I am disappointed to see that we can't purchase the cradle that allows you to hook directly to your HD TV to watch your videos. Here I am ready to throw some money at Samsung and they don't even offer it, so I wait. But I do love the videos and the fact that they use the H.264 codec so the quality is great, & file sizes of videos are handled efficiently.
On to the rest of the functionality. Love the smart buttons, gives you the feel of a touch screen without touching the screen. Love the wide angle as well. However, the last 3 cameras we have purchased were Canon PowerShots and they have always had very good picture quality all the way around in my opinion. When taking pictures indoors during the day for instance we have had several pictures turn out blurry. With the flash on at night also some less than perfect shots. Comparing them to the only other type of camera that we've ever owned, the Samsung falls short a bit. The only other beef I have with it is the software that comes with (Samsung Master). When downloading pictures you are not given many options like deleting the files once they've been downloaded, etc. Again comparing to the software that comes with Canon which seems much more thought out (probably because Canon has been doing it longer).
Overall though, we are satisfied with our purchase and look forward to using it (and for that CRADLE to come out!).
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Nice camera but problem with charging battery
Review: I ordered this camera for my sister who has HDTV. She wanted to film a wedding. I practiced with the camera so I could give her a quick intro.
Screen nice and clear and takes nice photos. It warned that battery can only be charged when directly inserted into a contact, i.e. no power strip.
It worked at my home. However, at the Palm Beach hotel in Miami (fancy hotel) when plugged directly into an outlet, it refused to charge the batteries (she had ordered two additional lithium batteries). In addition even when it is charging an arrow turns red, but it never turns green or stops glowing red, hence only way to check is to disconnect camera and then open camera to check status of battery. We ended up returning camera to the vendor. Plug into camera also leaves some leverage. Unable to watch video on laptop which has Vista.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Do you homework 1st the NV24HD is what it claims to be
Review: I'm glad I did not read the poor reviews @ Amazon before I bought my NV24HD. Instead I relied on the Mfr SPECS and bought it. This is a GREAT camera. Anyone who says less does not understand modern technology. This camera fits a small niche... First it is a Point & Shoot with "Wide Angle" Optics. So if your expecting a Handycam with 30x Zoom this is NOT your camera. You should be doing limited zooming with this camera as it is limited to 24mm Wide to 85mm Portrait range. The camera is perfect for family environment. It takes amazing photos and the HD video is decent compared to any P&S considering it's size. Is the HD Video perfect? no but IMO it's pretty decent. While there are minor issues with the camera the key word is "minor". I don't agree the issues other reviewers cite are relevant I.e. its bad for landscape? Well Duh? The NV24HD delivers and is made really well. The AMOLED display is amazing, place this beside any other P&S with both on and see for your self how much more this offers with the Wide Angle Optics. If you have a need for a P&S and can accept Wide-Angle to Portrait range optics you owe it to your self to get this camera.
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