For All to Envy
Reviewed on 29 August 2007

An interesting question to ask these days is, 'what defines a premium camera?' Samsung has cooked up just the answer to this question in their new flagship NV series. No matter what it is you seek for in a camera, we are pretty sure that the Samsung NV series will have a camera that will cater to your needs. Placing an added emphasis on design and craftsmanship, the Samsung NV series offer a range of innovative cameras that consciously carry the concept of "premium".

Feeding off the consumer’s need for more, Samsung has taken this understanding to the lab and subsequently gave birth to the Samsung NV3. Presenting itself as an ultra slim camera, the NV3 combines luxurious design with practical multimedia technology. A rarity in the market today, the NV3 offers so much more than you’d find in a camera of its size and thinness. Among its lengthy list of multimedia features, many should find utmost pleasure in using the portable multimedia player and mp3 player. Satisfying users who crave compactness and versatility, the NV3 merges photography with multimedia entertainment in an incredibly compact body.

If you are one who sees greater importance in lens quality, you may find your prayers answered in the Samsung NV7 OPS. Equipping users with the world renowned Schneider lens, it defines premium status by serving users with a high quality picture taking experience. The lens used incorporates Samsung’s Optical Picture Stabilisation technology, while together with Samsung’s Advanced Shake Reduction technology, the NV7 OPS gives all the stability one can possibly ask for.

Fully aware of the hype of megapixels, the Samsung NV10 reaches a premium of this kind by providing quality resolutions at a high 10.1 megapixel with its 1/1.8-inch CCD sensor. Giving tremendous detail, this quality is beautifully preserved with Samsung’s Advanced Shake Reduction technology that consistently gives flawless images. Promising superb image quality and detail, it further betters your photographic experience by including an innovative user interface known as “Smart Touch” that greatly simplifies control navigation. Simply speaking, the stylish NV10 is a well-rounded camera that makes taking beautiful pictures a smooth breeze.

While the NV10 is undoubtedly a great camera, Samsung makes this great camera even better by developing an enhanced model, the Samsung NV11. Also holding 10.1 megapixels, the NV11 betters itself from the NV10 by providing a stronger 5x optical zoom, a larger 2.7-inch LCD and also adds Samsung’s face detection technology. With that said, the NV11 is a camera that rises to the expectations of those who seek greater quality in portrait shots.

Bearing in mind the varying interpretations of a premium camera, the Samsung NV series is an impressive line of stylish black cameras that presents premium in a camera that one can come to agree. With each camera in the series satisfying a specific need of the consumer, one will likely find their ideal camera in the NV series that others are sure to envy.