Samsung WB850F review

Smarter than the average camera

Samsung WB850F review
The Samsung WB850F has 16MP and Wi-Fi for uploading images to social networks and emailing them to friends

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There's no shortage of detail in this shot

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Macro focus was required to get this poppy sharp. The camera's wide dynamic range has enabled teh detail of the clouds and the flower centre to be captured.

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Colours are natural and life-like here.

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The red of these buses is over-saturated and too cherry-red.

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Shooting at the end of the telephoto setting with a fairly close subject enables depth of field to be restricted a little

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This was taken within a second or two of the previous image using the same settings, but the white balance is very different.

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