The Menu structure of the ES30 camera

The ES30 camera is a modern automatic point and shoot compact digital camera boasting a 12.2 Megapixels sensor. It is dropping down in price and it is easily affordable. To get the most out of it, you have to be familiar with this camera, especially its menu structure (obtained by pressing MENU button at the back) allowing you to access all of its advanced features.

1. Mode
• Smart Auto
• Program
• DIS
• Scene
1. Beauty Shot
2. Frame Guide
3. Night
4. Portrait
5. Children
6. Landscape
7. Closeup
8. Text
9. Sunset
10. Dawn
11. Backlight
12. Fireworks
13. Beach & Snow
• Movie
2. Shooting
• Photo Size
The following sizes are available:
1. 12M - 4000 X 3000, appropriate for A1-sized ( about 23.33 x 33.1 in. ) prints
2. 10M - 3984 X 2656, appropriate for A1-sized ( about 16.5x.33 x 23.3 in. ) prints (3:2 ratio).
3. 9M - 3968 X 2232, appropriate for display on HD TV or A2-sized ( about 16.5x23.33 x 23.3 in. ) prints (16:9 ratio).
4. 8M - 3264 X 2448, appropriate for A3-sized (about 11.7x 16.5 in.) prints.
5. 5M - 3264 X 2448, appropriate for A4-sized (about 8.3x 11.7 in.) prints.
6. 3M - 2048 X 1536, appropriate for A5-sized (about 5.8x 8.3 in.) prints.
7. 1M - 1024 X 768, appropriate for email attachment.
Take care that you have sufficient memory left available for photographing when choosing the higher resolutions.
• Quality
SF (Super fine),F(Fine), and n(Normal).
• EV
Setting may be set from -2, to +2. Normal value is 0.
• ISO
The following iso settings are available: auto, 80. 100,200,400,600 and 1600.
• White Balance
AVailable: Auto, Day;light, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H,Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom Set.
• Face Detection
• Focus Area
The following appears in Program Mode:
• Metering
• Photo Style Selector
Convenient built in special effects (N, S, V, F, R, CO, CA, CL)
1. normal
2. soft style
3. vivid style
4. forest style
5. retro style
6. cool style
7. classic style
8. negative style
9. create own style by adjusting RGB values
To obtain Black and white photo effects, select CL (classic). See also the post: Who said you cannot take Black and White photos
• Image Adjust
• ACB
1. On
2. Off
• Drive
Please view our post on continuous or burst mode shooting: http://me-and-my-samsung-es30.blogspot.com/2011/04/burst-or-continuous-shooting-mode-in.html Dont forget that this works in program mode.
• Voice
1. Off - Turn off voice recording
2. Memo - Set the voice memo feature
3. Record - Enable voice recording
3. Sound
• Volume
• Start Sound
• Shutter Sound
• Beep Sound
• AF Sound
4. Display
• Function Descrip...
• Start Image
• Display Brightness
• Quick View
• Power Save
5. Settings
• Format
Format the SD storage card. Be careful with this setting!
• Reset
Allows reset to factory settings or not: Choices: Yes, No
• Language
Sets the menu language, up to 36 selections!
• Time Zone
• Date/Time Set
Sets date and time. Allows user to set the individual fields, month, day, year, hour and minute.
• Date Type
Offers the following date formats: YYYY/MM/DD, MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY
• File No.
Affects file numbering, with the following choices: Reset, Series
• Imprint
Adds date|time information to the photo. Choices: Off, date, date & time
• Auto Power Off
The following choices are available (Off, 1 min, 3 min, 5 min, 10 min). Saves batter power by shutting down if any controls including the shutter are not activated.
• AF Lamp
1. Off
2. On
• Video Out
1. NTSC
2. PAL
• USB
1. Auto
2. Computer
3. Printer
• Battery Type
1. Alkaline
2. NI-MH

We wonder why Samsung did not offer Shutter|Aperture priority settings. If they did, the camera would appeal to even professional cameras as an auxiliary camera.


We will post more and illustrative photos to go with it in the future if we have the time.