Shutter lag -- the time it takes from pressing the shutter release to capture without prefocusing -- is reasonably low, taking 0. Keep in mind, though, this is with the lens at its widest position; focusing with the lens zoomed will take slightly longer.
If you're trying to capture a burst of action, the camera's continuous mode is capable of capturing up to six photos at 8 frames per second my lab tests clocked it at 8.
However, focus and exposure are set with the first shot, so depending on how much subject movement there is, not all of the shots may be in focus.
Samsung updated the design of its point-and-shoots making them look more like cameras and less like its smartphones. The WBF has a leather texture on its plastic body that adds some grip -- not a lot, but some. Carried over from previous models is its handy pop-up flash that can be pulled back and aimed upward so you can bounce the flash -- a feature few if any cameras have at this price point.
Samsung also rearranged the position of the flash and the buttons on top, making it easier to release the flash and angle it with your left hand. The power button is closer to the shutter release, too, so you can turn on and shoot a little faster than you could with the WBF.
Also returning is Samsung's Smart Panel user interface. Press the Fn button and up pop all your available options. Use the control pad or touch screen to select what you want to change, and use the zoom control to cycle through the available options.
It's fast and efficient once you get used to using it, which can be tricky if you're used to another manufacturer's interface. Also, Samsung includes many of the same shooting options laid out in a regular vertical menu system when you press the Menu button, which is unnecessary and potentially confusing.
On top of that, there are two ways to select options with the Smart Panel UI. Something else that might cause some confusion or frustration at first is Samsung's placement of Wi-Fi and general camera settings on the shooting mode dial. Time after time, I'd go to connect to my smartphone and forget that I actually had to change out of my shooting mode in order to get to the Wi-Fi settings and instead, would hit the Menu button on back.
This is something you would probably stop doing after a lot of use. Lastly, battery performance is good; CIPA-rated for photos. However, using the zoom lens a lot, recording video, burst shooting, or turning on the Wi-Fi can really cut into that shot count.
If you regularly go out for a full day of shooting, you'll want to get an extra battery -- and probably an external charger, too, since the battery is charged in the camera.
Though the WBF has a good fully automatic mode as well as program auto, shutter-speed-priority, aperture-priority, and full manual modes, much of what you'll want to consider this for is all of its live-view filters and effects for photos and movies and also for its Smart modes. The Smart modes are a mix of standard scene modes such as Macro, Landscape, and Sunset, and some automatic ways to do things like freeze action or create light trails without messing with shutter speeds on your own.
Magic Plus mode is where you'll find the camera's large selection of filters and effects, not to mention a Motion Photo option for creating animated GIFs on the fly. Also included is Samsung's Best Face mode that lets you take a group shot -- firing off five frames in quick succession -- and then pick the best faces for everyone in the shot, seamlessly combining them into one photo. Available apertures at the wide end are f2. If you connect the camera directly to a Wi-Fi network, you can send pictures and video by e-mail; upload to Evernote, Facebook, Picasa, YouTube, and Dropbox; and share content to DLNA-enabled devices as well as sync to a personal Samung Link cloud storage account, which you can also access from other devices.
If the camera is connected to a wireless network with a Windows PC on it, you can set up Samsung's i-Launcher software and do wireless auto-backups to your computer though you're probably better off connecting via USB.
If you connect to the same network as the camera with a smartphone or tablet, you can use the camera as a baby monitor, which is fine if you're on vacation or just in a pinch, but the performance isn't good enough for regular use. MobileLink lets you transfer files from a smartphone or send files from the camera to one or more smartphones. AutoShare gives you the option to automatically send photos to a smartphone as you shoot them with the camera.
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