Test du Samsung WB150F : Le Wi-Fi Point-and-Shoot
Social sharing and email
Suppose you just took a bunch of fun pictures with the WB150F and you want to upload them to
.To do this, you must be within range of a Wi-Fi network for the camera to connect.Once done, the WB150F will display a login screen to enter a username and password. The downside is that I had to use the camera's four-way directional pad to enter information, which was time-consuming and frustrating. I remember NES passwords that took less time to enter.
Once connected, the camera allows you to check which photos and videos you want to upload before hogging bandwidth. Emailing an image to someone was the same process, only I had to enter my information and -mail and the recipient's email address. Did it work? Yes. But it was annoying.
Mobile Link
One of the main Wi-Fi features of the Samsung WB150F is its ability to connect to other Samsung devices such as smartphones and tablets and transfer photos and videos. This process was a bit more tricky because I I had to download the MobileLink app on my phone. Then I had to open the MobileLink option on the camera, connect the phone to the camera's wifi, open the MobileLink app on the phone, then I could finally transfer images and videos wirelessly to the Galaxy S II.
It was another effort that took me some time, leading me to think, “Why wouldn't I just want to take pictures with the phone so that I could avoid all of this in the first place?” one hand the WB150F has that nice 18x optical zoom lens. And lots of manual controls and fun filters. social networking than to ride the American Gladiators obstacle course needed to transfer media to a phone from the camera.
Remote viewfinder
One of the features that I was most excited about was the Remote Viewfinder option, which basically turned the Galaxy S II into a remote viewfinder for the WB150F. To do this, I had to download the Remote Viewfinder app on Galaxy S II, connect the phone to the camera via Wi-Fi, then run the Remote Viewfinder app. After a while, the phone finally connected to the camera and showed a real viewfinder remotely, which was great. The good news is that I didn't need to be in Wi-Fi range for this to happen, as the two devices were feeding off each other.
I put the phone in a horizontal position, thinking the phone's remote LCD screen would orient horizontally, but to my chagrin, it remained in a vertical position, retaining its reduced resolution. So expect a remote viewfinder much smaller than you expected. Anyway, this was my favorite Wi-Fi mode because the image could be captured from the phone by pressing a virtual shutter button, and it was saved at once on the camera and on the phone. Unfortunately, there is a bit of a lag between pressing the shutter button and capturing the image, so don't expect an instant snapshot.
The rest
Samsung WB150F could also connect to Microsoft SkyDrive via Microsoft Live account to store images and videos in the cloud. I did that and it worked. However, only Microsoft SkyDrive is supported, that's so something to consider. The WB150F can also be connected to a Wi-Fi enabled TV to view pictures and videos without a cable. The downside was the time it took to connect to a TV and the poor quality images and videos when viewed on the big screen. An HDMI cable would have saved valuable time on the whole process.
The conclusion
Although some people may find the Wi-Fi features beneficial, I had no use for it. Sure, the remote viewfinder was cool, but when am I really going to use it? Any pictures or videos I upload to Internet or what I record on my computer is done quickly via a USB cable. Also, I still think most people will rely on their smartphone to take pictures rather than a smart camera.
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