The Samsung NV5 is different to the Samsung NV7 OPS, without the CCD come intellection stabilization Samsung calls "Optical Picture Stabilization". Like the NV7 OPS, the NV5 offers the society of a seven megapixel CCD imager with a booming 7x optical zoom. The lens dominates the Samsung NV5's unfolding panel, again tide the camera itself strongly resembles its unequal NV-series sibling’s original is among the largest of the group even without that lens. Samsung's NV5 has an attractive body nonetheless with softly curved side edges, and mostly smooth panels, save for that lens, and a gently angled handgrip on the right hand end (as seen from the rear). The lens is branded as a Schneider-Kreuznach Varioplan, and offers a moderate 38mm wide angle to a useful 270mm telephoto focal range. Maximum aperture ranges from f/2.8 at wide angle to f/4.0 at telephoto, and as well as Samsung’s advanced shakes Reduction firmware. The NV7 also offers ISO sensitivity from 100 - 1000.

A 2.5" LCD presentation takes enlargement a magnificent charge of 24-carat estate on the truck of the camera, further is surrounded by a blimp thirteen unmarked buttons that are accompanied by a graphical user interface on the LCD that guides you due to to their functions. Beyond these buttons, divergent controls should be a snap - there's only a mode dial, shutter button and zoom lever to contend with. Eleven scene modes should help make the camera approachable for beginners, but more experienced photographers will be pleased to find functions such as shutter- and aperture-priority plus a fully manual mode at their disposal. Images are stored on SD / MMC cards, or in 19MB of built in memory, and power comes from a Lithium Ion rechargeable battery.