I can understand the frustration of the buyer who gave one star because of poor reliability. I have experienced similar cases in the past when buying electronics, but not with this camera. It has been money-well-spent and the first battery I put in, it lasted more than two years (I took at least more than 300 shots with the first battery). If you have more money, I recommend Evoca 170 which gives you more range.


Samsung140sQD   July 28, 2001
Sandy Brown. (USA.)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This camera has many features that others don't.The price is reasonable and the camera is very appealing to the eye.The only thing I don't like about the camera is when the film is advancing it's a bit too loud. Other than that I love this camera.


EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS   October 23, 2000
Kathy A. Mccollum (Bridgeport, CT USA)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful

I don't know how the camera will hold up in the long run but we just got back from Las Vegas and the photos that were taken with this camera were just beautiful. Extremely sharp, great (hand held) night photos, colours were great. We are extremely pleased with the results and hope the camera will be with us for a long time.


Unreliable Waste of Money   October 8, 2000
mistie
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

Based on the two other sterling reviews and the recommendation of a local camera store, I purchased the Evoca 140S in August. I hesitated because after reading reviews for other Samsung models, I read two very different viewpoints...the camera was fantastic, or the camera was a piece of junk.

After having the camera for less than two months, the red eye reduction and the back light feature stopped working today. When the camera worked the pictures were fairly good. However, I've now spent over $... (with shipping) for a camera that is already defective. I wish I'd purchased it from a local store, because at least (with many stores) I could return it. I will now have to deal directly with Samsung, reputed to have horrible customer service.

I hope anybody considering buying a Samsung camera will listen to my experience, as well as that of other Samsung purchasers (Amazon reviews....other models.) I had a Samsung vcr break within the first year, and between that and the other negative reviews I thought "no way will I buy a Samsung"...but then the praise for this model (and the lack of negative reviews) changed my mind....I consider that my $... mistake.

P.S. the motor is very loud when loading, advancing or rewinding. This would be a problem if you needed to take pictures in a quiet situation.

Update: 6/03: after getting the camera fixed at our expense (Samsung Customer service never responded or helped), it has worked fine but I would like to point out one other drawback. In automatic mode, the flash takes a full 10 seconds to recharge. 10 seconds feels like forever when a posed group is waiting for you to take a second picture, or if you're in a situation where the action doesn't wait for you (indoors graduation last week)....even with 800 speed film I had to wait 10 seconds...I'm sure that somebody proficient in cameras would know a way around this, but for the average person who wants a "point and shoot" camera with zoom capacity, it's a huge drawback. For this reason alone, if I could do it over I'd buy a different camera.


Amazing Pictures   September 21, 2000
20 out of 21 found this review helpful

We thought our old Nikon 35mm took sharp pictures, but this Samsung is amazing, the "HDTV" of film photography! We had been soured on zoom cameras when we purchased the #1 consumer reports zoom (a Yashica) a couple of years ago and could never get consistently sharp pictures. As another reviewer indicated, the autofocus on this camera seems to never miss -- consistently sharp pictures from 38 to 140mm. In fact, the pictures are almost too sharp -- the gray hairs show up and my wife has said she will start having to wear makeup. An added plus -- Samsung provides excellent customer service. Very satisfied with this purchase.