Most manufacturers make this a menu option, so why Samsung continues to make this a full mode you have to enter is beyond me. Although there isn't full control over shutter speed and aperture, there is a Night mode that lets you set the shutter speed and aperture for long exposures using a tripod (up to 8 seconds).Īlso in the Mode menu is Dual IS, which uses the camera's optical image stabilization along with electronic image stabilization. Switching to Program adds control over exposure compensation, ISO, white balance, and metering, along with a few other things like face and smile detection and color effects. If you want to take some of the guesswork out of the process there are 13 scene-shooting settings, including a Frame Guide option that lets you compose a shot, capture part of the precomposed scene on screen, and then hand the camera off to someone else to take the picture while you get in the shot.
The Smart Auto mode automatically chooses the appropriate camera settings based on 16 scene types-everything from Portrait and Landscape to Macro Text and Action. Though the PL200 does offer some extra shooting options beyond basic point-and-shoot use, it's primarily designed for those who don't stray from auto modes. I don't recommend using ISO 1600 or 3200 as there are just too many problems with color, noise, and noise reduction to make photos worthwhile. ISO 800 is somewhat usable for small prints and Web use, but colors look off.
In Smart Auto or if you have the camera set to Auto ISO, the PL200 seems to use ISO 400 as its ceiling, which is good for getting the best possible photo, but bad if you're shooting indoors or in low light the PL200 will go with increasingly slower shutter speeds instead of raising the ISO, which means you need steady hands and still subjects to get blur-free photos. There isn't a noticeable shift in quality until ISO 400, where subjects get visibly softer even at smaller sizes.
Overall, the photo quality is very good from the Samsung PL200.
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