I’m not a photographer, not even camera savvy. From a regular end user’s point of view, Samsung TL350 is an excellent digital camera. I’ll say it’s ultra compact HD camcorder too because my main purpose of buying this camera is taking videos.
See my photo and video gallery:
http://gallery.JoeNo1.net/Samsung-TL350-WB2000
Samsung TL350 / WB2000 photo sample
Samsung TL350 / WB2000 photo sample
Samsung TL350 popping water balloon slow motion capture
Here are some Pros, Cons, Tips and Other Thoughts for Samsung TL350 / WB2000 camera.
Pros:
- 1920 x 1080 @30p HD video; — Record vivid color full HD video. Each frame is a beautiful picture. No streak!
- MP4 container (Video : H.264, Audio : AAC); — Smaller video file size. 1920 x 1080p HQ video writing speed < 2MB/s. A regular 1GB SD card can do the job. Not to mention class 4, 6, 10 SDHC. Original MP4 file can be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo directly.
- up to 1000fps slow motion video; — No matter how fast is your fan running. I can clearly see each fan blade.
- high speed photo up to 10fps; — Moving too fast? Take 10 pictures in one click. Capture the split second moment.
- auto power-on interval photo shooting; — Auto power on & off. Take a picture, say every 15 minutes to see the change from sun raise to sun set. Make a nice time elapse video.
- Dual Capture in full size; — Take 10.2M pixel pictures while recording 1080p HD video.
- 5x optical zoom while shooting video; — Watch it closer in HD!
- 24mm wide angle lens; — Much wider angel than my Canon 1080i DVD camcorder.
- take panorama picture; — Hold the camera. Turn a 360 degree. Get a amazing panorama picture. Just that simple & easy!
- 3″ AMOLED display; — Best camera screen ever!
- decent internal stereo microphone; — It’s good even for music recordings.
- embedded a handy software to preview pictures and videos; — Shows up a read-only drive when connected to a PC. It does some simple editing too.
- ultra compact “camcorder;” — Treat it as a camcorder. It’s a ultra small size one. Better video quality than most 1080p camcorders out there.
Cons:
- No 60fps video; — Samsung opts out 1280 x 720 @60p. This is my single biggest disappointment!!!
- No external microphone jack; – Can NOT connect a external microphone to improve sound quality. No way to avoid the lens zooming noise.
- 20-minute video recording time limit; — ONLY 20 minutes per video file regardless resolution. Yes, press a button to start a new recording.
- No manual focus while shooting video; — There are auto focus and smart scene detect function. But we don’t have manual control.
- No HDMI cable; — Buy a Samsung HDMI cable if you want to connect your camera to you big screen TV.
- No separate battery charger; — Battery is out? Too bad! Don’t go anywhere. Charge the battery with the camera.
Tips:
- Don’t use the POWER button if you just want to see the photos and videos. Press PLAY button instead to turn it ON and OFF. This will turn on the screen ONLY, not the lens.
- Press OK button to pause and continue a video recording. Keep it in one MP4 file.
- Copy and paste the embedded software in this camera to a local drive and run it locally. It’s portable. Green!
- Microphone is OFF while zooming by default. Turn it ON!
Other thoughts:
- Battery life is not impressive. Buy a backup battery. It’s better buy a separate charger too.
- OK low light video performance. Not much noise. But it could be much better. I hope the new version can get close to Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7/TZ10.
- More than 10x optical zoom would be nice.
I ordered this digital camera, Samsung TL350, from crutchfield.com on Monday. $299.99 shipped. I got it on Friday.
Before I bought this camera, I did some research. To compare TL350 with Samsung’s previous release TL500, check this comparison chart, http://snapsort.com/compare/Samsung_TL350-vs-Samsung_TL500 We can actually compare any two given cameras on snapsort.com. It’s very useful and powerful.
The clarity and color of the 3″ AMOLED screen is simply amazing! The best digital camera screen I’ve ever seen. It’s obviously better the Sony DSC-T90 I bought more than a year ago. Note that this is NOT a touch screen.
Can’t wait to share some photo and video samples.
Take a close look to the window screen.
Samsung TL350 photo sample. Click to see the full size picture.
The scene is like this. I take the picture right at this window. There is a tiny little dot sitting at the middle of the windows screen. I can’t detect it with my naked eyes.
Samsung TL350 sample. Click to see the full size picture.
Highest video quality test.
* Full HD 1920 x 1080p HQ 30fps.
* MP4 video file (Video : H.264, Audio : AAC). Upload original file, SAM_0014.MP4, to YouTube directly
* File size: 837,523,891 bytes, about 1.8MB/s
The “1920x1080HQ” is the highest video setting on Samsung TL350. I think “HQ” stands for “High Quality.” Try a 7:30 minutes long video recording on a 8GB SDHC card (class 6). No lagging! Pretty good. Very sharp picture quality. Actually, it looks too sharp, almost unreal for me.
I like the quality of the internal microphone of this camera. It’s sensitive and the volume is not too loud. It seems like a OK microphone for casual music video recording. But the microphone position is on the top of the camera. It picks up all the fan noise from the air conditioner right on top of it. In contrast, I have a separate Sony ECM-MS907 microphone on the floor. It doesn’t pickup much of the fan noise. Check this video, (the resolution of this video is downgraded)
Take a 10M-pixel picture while recording 1080p full HD video.
* full HD 1920 x 1080p 30fps
* 5x optical zoom
* picking up music from my car stereos and noise from the len while zooming in or out
* taking 10M-pixel picture (3648×2736) while recording video
* MP4 video format. Upload original file, SAM_0023.MP4, to YouTube directly
* file size: 29,612,503 bytes, about 2MB/s
The “1920x1080p” is the 2nd highest video setting on Samsung TL350. I’m surprised that the file size per second rate of this video is slightly higher than the “1920x1080HQ” setting. I guess that the MP4 video compress rate depends on complexity of each frame in video. In the first video, the background is very simple and stable. So the compress rate should be higher.
This is the picture I take while recording this video.
Samsung TL350 photo sample. Click to see the full size picture.
What if a car pass by? Check out this video.
Download the original MP4 video file and play back locally. The video quality is better than on YouTube 1080p HD. The power lines are clear in the original file. It looks blurry on YouTube.
>>> SAM_0019.MP4
Based on these 1080p samples, the full HD video file size is around 1.7~2M/s. Use 1.8M/s to calculate.
- 1.8M/s x 60s = 108M per minute
- 1.8M/s x 600s = 1080M, which means about 1GB/10 minutes
- 1.8M/s x 3600s = 6480M, which means about 6.4GB/hour
A empty 8GB SDHC card (typically counts 7.6GB) can handle 1 hour and 10 minutes 1080p HD video.
Maximum video recording time limit
30fps (1920×1080, 1280×720, 640×480, 320×240):20 minutes regardless resolution
240fps (432×320) : 5 minutes:40:00 slow motion play back at 30fps
480fps (224×160) : 3 minutes :48:00 slow motion play back at 30fps
1000fps(192×64): 10 seconds : 5:33 slow motion play back at 30fps
I took video samples for each video setting up to their time limits. The follow MP4 file size data are base on real world samples:
30fps
1920×1080 HQ, 2,117,128,839 bytes, approx. 1.97GB/20-minute
1280×720, 1,238,573,062 bytes, approx. 1.15GB/20-minute
640×480, 330,181,109 bytes, approx. 314MB/20-minute
320×240, 109,304,325 bytes, approx. 104MB/20-minute
240fps (432×320), 348,842,589 bytes, approx. 332MB/5-minute
480fps (224×160), 293,127,813 bytes, approx. 279MB/3-minute
1000fps(192×64), 11,583,384 bytes, approx. 11MB/10-second
More picture:
Impossible to read this sign from where I stand. But the camera does a good job. Click on the picture to see the full size original one.
Samsung TL350 photo sample. Click to see the full size picture.
Downtown Los Angeles, 5PM, August 4, 2010
Here is a Panorama SCN mode picture. I hold the camera in my hand. I’m sure my hand shakes a bit. But the picture comes out OK. Honestly, I don’t know how to take a panorama picture. This is my first try.
Samsung TL350 photo sample. Click to see the full size picture.
Barnes Park, 5:40PM, August 5, 2010
Try Panorama SCN mode in Barnes Park, Monterey Park, California.
1. This shot is more than 180 degree.
Samsung TL350 photo sample. Click to see the full size picture.
2. Start from the dark side, left side. The shadow under the trees looks good, but the sunshine part is overexposed.
Samsung TL350 photo sample. Click to see the full size picture.
3. Start from the bright side, right side. The green grass, blue sky and hazy mountain are pretty good. The tree shadow is too dark.
Samsung TL350 photo sample. Click to see the full size picture.
Conclusion: To take a good panorama picture, start from a point where is not too dark and not too bright.
Check out this park on Google map, http://www.panoramio.com/user/joeno1
Hollywood Boulevard, August 7, 2010
240fps slow motion video sample. Resolution: 432×320
See this drummer’s real time action.
Water fountain in 240fps slow motion.
In door low light HD video test. It’s a huge touch screen wall inside Hard Rock Cafe, Hollywood.
Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood front doors, shot from inside out.
Water balloon in slow motion (Samsung TL350/WB2000 high speed video recording)
Recording speed: 240 fps. Video resolution: 432×320
Recording speed: 480 fps. Video resolution: 224×160
Recording speed: 240 fps. Video resolution: 432×320
See Also:
Specifications from Samsung’s official website
Clear pictures of Samsung TL350 / WB2000
- http://www.dcresource.com/news/newsitem.php?id=4094
- http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Samsung-TL350-First-Impression-Digital-Camera-Review-21549.htm
- Where to buy?
I just found a professional end user review.
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Wonderful commentary and examples. Thanks for the taking the time to post these!
You are welcome. Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment.
I remember when I was looking for a high speed camera, I couldn’t find a single real world picture taken by Samsung TL350 on the web. I took a few pictures and posted right way as soon as I got it. I think this will help out a lot of people like me.
BTW:
I took some HD videos in a restaurant at night. I’m surprised the video quality under low light is pretty good too. I will test the slow motion video later. I may do some water balloon video test. Please come back and check it out later.
Joe
Wow, the video quality of the full HD recording must be great. Nice camera!
Yes. I’m satisfied with the video quality both in HD and slow motion. Low light performance is not bad too. It does pickup the lens zooming noise, but I guess it can’t be avoided for such a compact body. I would say that the microphone position should be placed in the front of the camera, not on the top. But it’s not a major issue. I will use a separate microphone to record music videos.
Hi … great pics, and thanks for posting.. you’re one of the only owners to put anything online so far – lol
Can you verify that 60 fps 720 p video is not available on the cam (as was promoted in the specs)?
I’ve been looking at this cam for a while (waiting) and would love to see more pics and video once you have a chance…
Nice guitar quartet, too. I’m a musician/producer… so cool to see
Cheers!
Valentin
Hi Valentin,
Thanks for bringing this up.
I do remember seeing 60fps 720p HD when I do the research. But the true is that there is no such option as “60pfs” or 720p slow motion on Samsung TL350. We’ve been scammed.
I’ll keep updating more samples to this post. Please do come back and check again.
It’s fun to play some music together. We do have musician gathering in Los Angeles area once for a while. Welcome to join us.
Joe
Thanks for posting so many samples and accompanying details! I’m also a musician, and one thing I love to do is record concerts and performances. Often these recordings can go up to an hour in length. I had no trouble recording these lengths with my previous digital cameras, but the TL350 manual says that it has a 20 minute video limit. It doesn’t specify, however, if that’s only the case with the highest 1080 resolution or at all resolutions. I can live with this drawback if I could still record unlimited-length videos at 720 resolution (dependent on the memory card size of course). Could you clarify?
Thanks and keep on making music!
Hi Leogenghis,
I know that musicians like to record live concert. I have a ticket for John Williams classical guitar concert in Cerritos on October 20. I like to record this concert although it might not be allowed.
I don’t know the 20-minute 1080p HD video limitation. Where do you find this? Anyways, I’ll turn on my camera to record 30 minutes of nothing to see what will happen. If this fails, I’ll try 30 minutes 720p after that.
I’ll report the result for sure.
Joe
Hello. Thank you for the information. I think I am buying this camera today. However, I wanted to know just like the guy before me. Does the camera actually have a 20 minute limit on 1080p recording time and is 720p unlimited.
Also, if you record 20 minutes on 1080p and then hit record again, will it record another 20 minutes? Or is it just 20 minutes on one memory card? Also, how much memory does 20 minutes of 1080p take up? Sorry for so many questions, but I really want this camera and these questions are the only thing holding me from buying it right now. Thank you very much.
Hi Dudley,
As I replied a moment ago, I’ll test to see if there is a 20-minute time limit on 1080p and 720p HD video. I need to empty my 8GB SD card first. Please come back later to see the testing result.
There is only one button to start and stop video recordings. Hit it once to start. Hit it again to stop, and so on.
Regarding the video file size, I updated my post. Now, you can see how much space a full HD video will take for 1 minute, 10 minutes or 1 hour.
Joe
Hi Dudley,
I’ve got the result. There is a 20-minute time limit regardless the resolution. That’s a disappointment.
I just updated the post. Check it out for more detail.
Joe
Thanks Joe for checking – I REALLY appreciate it! The concerts I tend to record are school performances (I’m a music teacher). Sometimes I try to sneak in a short recording or two at public concerts, but only in more informal settings. Whipping my camera out at Walt Disney Hall would get me kicked out in no time for sure.
Thanks for your test. It’s indeed a bummer. I read in another forum that it’s probably due to a law in the European Union that imposes a tax on cameras which record more than 10 or 20 minutes, because it gets classified as a video camera. Other manufacturers get around this by releasing different versions for the US and EU. It’s a shame Samsung didn’t.
It’s a 30 minute limit for the EU. As you say, above that it’s classed as a camcorder and attracts I think it’s 8% tax.
I’ve ordered the European version WB2000 and am expecting it tomorrow (what a long wait).
Thanks very much for posting your early results, they convinced me to place my order.
Hi rhubarbe,
Thanks for your research and explanation regarding the video recording time limitation.
I found a Samsung YouTube channel which I believe it’s one of the official one. Then I posted my question regarding 60fps video recording.
The reply shows that this setting has been opted out. Check out this link,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrpZFSBM0zE
Joe
Joe,
Do you know if you can record for 20 minutes, and then just immediately start recording again for another 20 minutes?
So if you wanted to record for 60 minutes lets say, you would just have a little hiccup in your video at 20 min and 40 min. Thank you.
Hi Dudley,
Yes. I can press the button and start a 20-minute video recording right away. But there will be a around 3-second gap between 2 videos because it takes 1 or 2 seconds to start and the end each video recording.
Thanks for following up.
Joe
No problem.. Yes, I saw that Samsung Youtube site yesterday. Regarding the 20 minute limit, it must to somewhat self imposed by Samsung because the EU legislation states that the time limit is 30 minutes (Panasonic DMC-GH1 is limited to 30 minutes video continuous).
I’d have thought that 20 minutes holding the camear in the same position would result in cramp, and I’d certainly welcome the three seconds rest between shots!
I’ve been looking for a camcorder replacement for three years now – had eight camcorders and onto my third video enabled digicam when the WB2000 arrives tomorrow (touch wood). Will this be the one?
f2.4 lens may be the clincher. We’ll see.
PS: some very odd stuff on the TL350 Vimeo area. Lot of it been removed over the last couple of days but even so…
Rhubarbe, you have good sense of humor. The 20-minute limit is designed right for you not to claim arm or wrist damage against Samsung. lol
You are crazier than me. I’ve only got 3 camcorders and 2 cameras. What do you do with 8 camcorders? Display them on eBay?
I forgot to mention the 2.4mm wide angle lens. It was actually my first impression before I took the 1st video. In the guitar quartet recording, I could put the camera in the middle of the room and got everybody in the picture. In contrast, I had to pull my Canon camcorder all the way back against the wall to include all of us. You can compare this two videos.
By Samsung TL350 wide angle, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pozedP1wNWc
By a Canon 1080i DVD camcorder, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Jj1HjpWDQ
I just uploaded a few videos to Vimeo. But bad I have to pay to get them play back @1080p. Does anyone know where can I upload and play back 1080p video for free except YouTube?
Joe
Good afternoon Joe,
I have yet another question. I went ahead and put an order in at ritz.com for the camera. I am so excited. I just want to know if you absolutely need a class 6 SD Card in order for the video to be good quality, or if a class 4 or even class 2 would suffice. Thank you so much for all the information you have put up.
Another question. Can you hook up a separate microphone to the camera? Thank you.
Hi Dudley,
Thanks for raising interesting questions.
No microphone jack on Samsung TL350. So you can NOT connect this camera to a external microphone. This is a draw back for me too since I’d like to record music videos.
Regarding the SD card, I just used a regular 1GB SD card and took a 4-minute 1080p HQ video test drive. I literally drove.
It works out fine. I’m uploading the video to my YouTube channel.
Joe
Hi Joe,
can you tell me something about the focusing when recording a video?
Is there a continuous autofocus or does it stay fixed?
Is it possible to focus manually?
Hi Steve,
I just tested. It’s auto focusing while recording video, not fixed. Most of the buttons are disabled. 5x optical zoom works. Press “OK” button to pause video recording. Press it again to continue.
Can not change video settings during recording. But some manual
settings can be changed before shooting. There is a smart scene detect function could be turn on or off.
Sample. This is it!
Joe
I use 16BG Class 6 Transcend cards from mydigitaldoscount.com (even though I am in UK it’s still cheaper to import [or was]).
I received my WB2000 yesterday. Nice buld quality, feels solid. AF is quite fast. I’m very disappoiinted by the HD video. The footage of my garden has a very yellowy cast to it both on iauto with AWVB and with manual WB.
Inside shots in low light are dark @ 0EV and brighter but noisier at +2EV. I have tried changing tha WB, the gain, the shutter speed but to no avail. One of my tests is to sit on my sofa and film our lounge. We have a reproduction Victorian fireplace (sounds grander than it is) and even the Sony DSC-TX7 (F3.5 @ 24mm) can pick out the detail of the casting. Not so the WB2000, no matter what I do. Don’t get me wrong, the lowlight is less noisy than the Sony but loses detail – the fireplace, rug and (grey) cat sitting on it just appear as three black blobs.
If anybody has any suggestions….
Hi Joe
FINALLY!
Someone who actually has this camera.
I was in between the HX5 and the WB2000 but in April I decided not to wait any longer and get the HX5.
If you want to put the Samsung through the paces have a look at my HX5 blog to get some ideas.
hx5v.blogspot.com
Thank you for the info you provide, 2 things I found so far:
The video with the car passing you offer for download shows some exposure fluctuations (fast changing of brightness)during zoom. Do you notice this in all zoom videos?
The panorama you offer in full size is only 704 pixel high.
Is this the maximum size or did you crop the panorama?
Joe
I was thinking of the HX5V but was put off by the slowness of the lens, compared to the WB2000/TL350.
However, the speed of the lens on the DSC-TX& I also have doesn’t detract from the footage compared to the WB2000 – more details in very dark (and black) objects under low light.
I now wonder whether the HX5V might capture more detail in these areas than the WB2000.
Hi rhubarbe,
If you want to a good low light performance camera, don’t get the Sony HX5V. It will be not much difference from Samsung TL350/WB2000. Get this one, the “KING” of low light, Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7/TZ10.
Here are the side by side comparison videos:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7/TZ10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT8qsyOh6BQ
Sony DSC HX5v
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loFPd50CpCs
You can’t believe how crystal clear the DMC-ZS7/TZ10 is at night!
But there is catch: DMC-ZS7/TZ10 uses a CCD sensor. There will be vertical light stripes when facing strong lights.
Hope these information helps.
Joe
So, I just ordered a Sony NEX-5 twin lens kit…
Hi Joe, as for the fan noise in your recording – it was barley audible – even at the highest settings my headphone AND computer speakers could go.
This is my dream camera come true – good image quality – and good video quality.
Anyways, as for fan noise – try covering the microphone holes with the mesh found on earbuds. I see lots of recording artists cover their microphones with mesh so we don’t hear them breathe, etc lol.
Thanks for all the TL350 videos. Love your guitar playing. Did you transpose for guitar yourself?
Collin Zeng
Just one thing – the ZS7 video is great in low light – but the photos do suffer.
Yes Joe. I had a TZ7 before I bought my DSC-TX7. There is no noise in the TZ7 footage but it’s only 720p…. and as you say it’s a CCD so you get nasty effects from light sources. I am going to have a look at the new DMC-FX700 when it comes out but I note with some disdain that they have given way to marketing and gone for a 14.1MP sensor. Move along the bus, boys, plenty room for more pixels on this tiny chip. Not.
On a side note, I was reviewing some WB2000/TL350 footage the other day and I had, in the meantime, updated my copy of Quicktime to 7.67. It had set itself as default for MP4, so my low light WB2000 footage opened in Quicktime instead of VLC.
The same clip that looked awful in VLC looks kinda great in Quicktime.
Take a look, and better still, download it yourself. See what you think. I left it in original resolution so you can download it from here:
Just 34MB.
It’s not a very exciting clip…
http://www.vimeo.com/14233633
Download the original clip…
Hi rhubarbe,
Wow, you’ve got a lot of gears. Thanks for your TL350/WB2000 HD sample. I think that all this camera can do under low light. Can you post a similar sample shot by DMC-ZS7/TZ10? 720p will be fine.
Joe
I aggree with all the others; Wonderful commentary and examples. Thanks for the taking the time to post these!
I’m probably receiving my WB2000 this week. Have ordered a Transcend Secure Digital 16GB SDHC (SD 3.0, Class 10) and hope it will work …?
I have a Canon EOS 5D MkII and expensive lenses, so this compact camera is for the glove compartment in my car, or for the shirt pocket. BUT, I’ll guess it will be used for a lot of purposes! Have been waiting for this camera since May.
Could I ask you take a photo of a brick wall (straight on), and give us the RAW-file (or a “untampered” JPG, moderatley compressed)? I would love to see how much CA, vignetting and noise there actually are in the image straight from the sensor.
Hi Arnstein,
Thanks for stopping by.
How’s your 16GB SDHC? Can you tell the read & write speed difference by copy & paste files? Does it work on your WB2000?
Here is some pictures of brick wall. That was after 8PM at night.
http://joeno1.smugmug.com/gallery/13425472_TPprB#981723753_3zi8r
I don’t know how to deal with the RAW-file yet. It’s more than 20MB a picture. It takes a few seconds for writing the file to my 8GB SDHC card.
Joe
I use Class 4 and Class 6, they both work..
video looks very good and mic do great work.
but what i whant to say. thats a realy good guitar group. nice !! i love your music.good work.
greetings from germany (-:
Hi birdy1970,
Thanks for visiting my blog.
We all love guitar music. This camera is for shooting our music videos. It’s better to carry a big size camcorder. Love this camera so far.
Joe
Yes, Joe. I have some footage from the TZ7, I haven’t looked at it for some time. It isn’t as good as the WB2000. I’ll try to upload it tomorrow.
Sold the WB2000. Now waiting for a DMC-FX700. F2.2 lens. 1080p ACHD. We’ll see.
Thanks for all the info on the Samsung TL 350!
Is there manual control of exposure in 1080P HD movie mode with this camera?
Thanks.
Hi Sid,
I don’t think there is manual exposure control on Samsung TL350.
I’m uploading 1080p HD videos recorded on a cruise of Lake Powell. Check out my gallery later,
http://gallery.joeno1.net/Samsung-TL350-WB2000
Joe
The 60fps setting is advertised on Samsungs spec site for the the TL350. Can anyone confirm that this feature is not available ?
Hi gerdpeter,
As I concluded in this post, “No 60fps video; — Samsung opts out 1280 x 720 @60p. This is my single biggest disappointment!!!”
Joe
Hi Joe,
Thanks for your detailed review. I just bought WB2000 today. I read that you can have your wb2000 continuously autofocusing, but this is not the case for mine. I wonder whether I have made any wrong settings. Any clues?
Paul
Hi !
One very important question for me, about the WB2000:
When playing back videos, you can go 2x 4x and 8x forward and rearward (and 1x forward I assume) – according to the manual.
But is it possible to step one frame forward and rearward after pausing the video, f.ex if you want to make a still from the video, or just look at how the still could be when home on your PC ?
VERY important for sports !
Hopefully someone can respond fast on this, thank you. Peter
Hi Peter, good question!
Yes, fast forward and backward on camera works good. You can take a 1920 x 1080 snapshot while you pause the video. The snapshot will be saved as a separate JPG file. All these can be done on camera without a computer.
But I don’t think there is a frame-by-frame playback function on camera.
Of course, you can use software on computer to do the frame-by-frame move and take snapshots. See my blog post, “Samsung TL350/WB2000 Camera 1080p HD Video Frame-by-frame Snapshot”
Hope this helps.
Joe
Another question:
What happens when recording a video, and the battery goes empty ?
Will the video just stop where it came to, or will it not end correctly thus not be saved ?
Also important for sport videos where the camera just runs over and over for the 20mins max takes, till battery is empty.
Kindly, Peter (again)
Out of battery, ha~ Good thought. Very practical.
Answer: When a battery is out, the recording video will be properly saved at the point where the camera shuts down.
Thanks for the quick answers Joe !
I have been using the Pentax Optio W60 for recordings from a kite, when we surf on the waves.
It can hold 32 minutes of 1280×720 video.
But 20min is sufficient – one can just go ashore and start it again.
Would have been great with a frame by frame step like on most other cameras, but okay, it is a “luxury” thing…
Although, the snapshot from a paused video dont make much sense if you can not go frame by frame (at least not with sports, which is my world)
PS: Does the wb2000 lens close when the power is out, or not ?
- Peter
Kite HD video recording while surfing? Wow! Sounds exciting.
Yes, lens will be closed when power is out.
Yep – a very different angle.
Here is an older clip I made, from last year that shows the surf seen from “above”
http://www.vimeo.com/7133840
(PS: Dont get seasick – no tilt correction)
- Peter
Hi Peter,
Very good lens position. The object is always focused in the middle of the screen.
Kite surfing looks so exciting!
Nice video. Thanks for sharing!
Joe
Hey Joe, and others – great cam, and it also has manual focus in video mode, as long as it is not set on the “video” setting (a must for me with the manual focus).
Just curious – it seems that there is quite a lot of “noise” from the cam, when it is turned on – is this correct ? (when you put your ear to it, you can hear it, so it is not loud at all, but must consume a lot of battery).
This is both when the OIS is on as well as off, as I thought it was the optical stabilisation somehow – or maybe just the “lens” that is stabilised like that ?
I only ask, because I am in doubt if this is normal, or there could be an issue with my wb2000 ?
My old Canon with 10x optical is fully “silent”, so I dont know if this is normal on newer cams ?
What do others say – wb2000 silent or not ?
- Peter
Hello,
thank you very much for this good review.
I got one question. Is there also a complete manual mode for the movie mode? I want to set up aperature and time manually.
Best
Matthias
Hi Matthias,
Thanks for your comment.
Unfortunately, there is no manual mode for video recording on Samsung TL350/WB2000.
Joe
Hey, I have seen tons of reviews on the TL350, but yours is by far the best. Great job!
Thanks for visiting.
Great review and examples. (I have a Nikon P300 and pick up a Samsung refurbished TL350 because of it offers additional attractive options.)
Unfortunately, after alot of testing I find there is some problem with the videos when doing a zoom that is not apparent in any of your examples or other postings/evaluations. When zooming in or out there is a periodic jogging of the image to one side along with a pulsating in the focus and intensity. It is clearly visible on the camera’s LED screen and very obvious on a 17″ PC display. It is almost like there is some misaleignment of a cam or control element that drives or interacts with the lens during zoom so that the lens gets shaken and pulled in one direction as the cam rotates – thereby producing these periodic effects during zoom.
Have you heard of such problems on the Samsung cameras (I have not seen it in the postings so far)
And how is Samsung in dealing with these sorts of subtle problems since it is under a 90 day warrant – or would you recomend I just return it to the store?? (Many of the Samsung refurbished unit may just be borderline lemons !)
Thanks for reading my review. Sorry to hear the problem of your refurbished TL350.
I’m not sure what exactly the problem is. Is it the “Jelly effect” people talking about on this video sample? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaNMPwA5Qd4
Before you return it, I recommend you to try the firmware update. Please read my blog post about this. It does help to stabilize the camera operations. http://www.joeno1.net/wp/2010/11/28/review/samsung-tl350wb2000-digital-camera-firmware-upgrade/14600/
Good luck!
Joe
Thanks for the advice – I did the update the firmware: it did not help the video at all, nor did it change anything that I could readily detect.
The video problem is not the “Jelly effect”. It is more like a rippling horizontal region ( maybe 1/5 the height of the screen, that occurs initially and repeatedly at different heights during the video zoom. It almost like looking at the image thru a wave moving in water that momentarily appears, dissappears and then reappears further down the screen as the zoom progresses. Weird !
I think this refurb was just a lemon since nothing like that has been discussed or reported as far as I can tell.
Sorry to hear that. Have you tried a different SD card? a high speed one?
Hey, I just got this camera a few days ago (believe it or not I got a floor sample for only $35). I haven’t had much time to play with it, have you got any tips or suggestions for a new user? Thanks for this site, it’s the best i’ve found for this camera!
Well, the best suggestion is, don’t put it into water.
You’ve got a real good deal. Just bring the camera with you and shoot some good stuff.
I uploaded quite a few video samples to one of my YouTube channels. Take a look.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TechJoeNo1
Joe
Ok after some playing around I do have a question – is it possible to lock the exposure while shooting video? I’ve looked at every available menu while in video mode and I can’t find it. I can + or – the EV to make the overall frame lighter or darker, but when I move the camera duing a shot the auto exposure kicks in and constantly makes everything brighter or darker. I want to manually set the shutter and apeture the way I do when I take a still. Or, at least lock the exposure so the automatic one doesn’t keep changing during the shot!
IS there a way to do this?
Yes. I know what you mean. I feel that annoying too. Same thing happened to me in this video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_9bRLuQkI0
I have a solution here:
Turn the dial to “M”. Manually set the exposure. Then press the video recording button to start video recording.
Let me know how it works.
Joe
what was the cost of this camera
It’s easy to Google it.
https://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Samsung+TL350%2FWB2000
Now, the price is still around high 200 USD.
Hey Joe.. I was so happy to see what you did here. I have this camera and I am not so sure about it. I only get a very small screen when I try to film in 1000 fps..I cannot see what I film. I used highest resolution. What am I doing wrong?
And also I want to film it in miniature.. Can you help me?
Mona
Hi Mona,
There is nothing wrong with your Samsung TL350. The video resolution for 1000 fps filming is very limited on this camera. You can’t set the resolution. It’s fixed.
It says in this blog post:
* 1000fps video resolution is 192 x 64
* recording time limit is 10 seconds (file size approx. 11MB)
I hope this explains why.
Joe
I would like to find a pocket camera , fold lense camera that does 1080p. I have purchased a samsung wb850f that is advertised to do `1080p but mine does not . It does 1080i. I need to upgrade . Please advise.
Nowadays, most new digital cameras support 1080p HD video recording. Here are a few easy steps to follow:
1. Set target price range.
2. Select a model in the price range.
3. Read the specs. Focus on what you need.
4. Search reviews of this model.
5. Watch a unboxing video of this model.
6. Make your decision.