Samsung Digimax S500

I complained to samsung, their advice..buy rechargeable batteries. No indication as to why the poor battery life. It's worthless!!!

Until you try to use the camera, it seems really cool! Lots and lots of great sounding features... that don't work. The camera will never be happy with the mode you set it to, even the "auto" and "smart" modes. As a result, the camera will ALMOST NEVER focus, but instead gives a friendly beep to let you know it's unable to focus with its current settings. If you buy this camera you will end up having to take all of your pictures with your cellphone.

Samsung camera S500...There is nothing is wrong with the Samsung S500 camera all you need is a decent pack of blue 4 activ rechargable 2300 nimh AA batteries from Aldi at the price of £2.89 and charge the batteries (For 12 Hours Minimum) Then you have 2 Spares to carry as Spares. but you probably wont need them .I had the same problem and the camera batteries they went flat after 6 Photos with rechargable 700s.I now have taken 120 photos and 5x6 mins of video on 1 Charge and it is still showing fully charged ,Also i have viewed the Photos and the Videos 3 times over .So dont waste your money on a New Camera Just buy these batteries ..And a Charger if you havent got one.Ps (Charge For 12 Hours) MINIMUM

We will never buy another Samsung camera again. We should have bought a new camera a long time ago because we have spent a fortune in batteries. We can only take about 5 pictures before it kills new batteries. Even with the Digimax S500 camera off it will kill your batteries. Its sad when you go to use your camera and you have to have a couple of new sets of batteries just to get through an event.

tMy Samsung Digimax S500 camera was alright for a month before it completely went down hill.

the battery life is poor. i put batteries in 30 mins later it demands more.

For an easy -to -carry -around camera, it's hard to beat - my Canon Powershot A460 beats it on battery life but it was £10 dearer with no rechargeables!

I do not like it at ALL. the battery runs out SOOO fast, i take about 5 - 8 pictures , and its dead. That is SO usless. I'm jelous of all my friends, they have ugly camaras, but their camaras work so good. probably the only good thing about this camara is the color of the camara. i do NOT recomendd this camara to anyone, I am buying a new one asap. THIS ONE SUCKS.

Picture quality OK. Takes only a few pictures before battery is dead. Because of this disastrously short battery life, the camera is, in my opinion, totally useless and Samsung should provide replacement camera providing reasonable battery life. Very disappointing!

Lens gets stuck and camera will not come back on!! Only had it 2 weeks!!!! I do not like the Samsung Digimax S500!!!

Because of the problem with the battery charge, the camera is pretty much unusable, which is why I only rate it 2 out of 10.