The AUTO shooting mode turns the i85 into a fully automatic point-n-shoot camera. This simplified mode has limited access to the menu options, in fact, there's only three flash options to choose from; Auto, red-eye reduction or flash off.

Program AE mode, is like auto, the camera selects both shutter speed and aperture values automatically. However, now you have access to more advanced camera settings like ISO, White balance, Metering, etc. Icons indicate we are using 8M Superfine image size/quality, Auto flash mode, Multi metering, and an SD card is being used for image storage. You can also see indicators for battery level, zoom position as well as the time & date.

When you half press the shutter release, the AF marks will turn green if focus is achieve or red if it fails. The selected aperture and shutter speed values are shown, and the flash icon also turns red when the flash is going to fire.

Here you can see the Mode menu. It consists of three menus, Shooting, Multimedia, and Scene. Under shooting, you can choose, Auto, Program, ASR (Anti-Shake Reduction), and Movie mode. The Scene menu allows you select from 14 pre-programmed shooting modes that assist you in shooting in several tricky lighting conditions. They are Night, Dawn, Portrait, Back Light, Children, Fireworks, Landscape, Beach/Snow, Text, Self Shot, Close Up, Food, Sunset and Cafe.

The Multimedia function offers features that are not found on many digital cameras. These cool options include a MP3 player, Text viewer, Tour Guide, etc. Samsung claims these features make the i85 the ultimate travel companion.

When using Program mode, pressing the "E"ffects button will give you access to these creative options: Color, Special Color, Image Adjust and Fun.

Record menu options (except in Auto):

Sharpness - Soft, Normal, Vivid
Contrast - Soft, Normal, Vivid
Focus Area - Center AF or Multi AF
Voice Memo - Record audio when shooting the picture
Voice Record - Record audio clips or messages only

Press the Fn (FuNction) button to change:

Size - 8M, 7M, 6M Wide, 5M , 3M, 1M
Quality - Super Fine, Fine, Normal
Drive - Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB
Metering - Multi, Spot, Center
ISO Speed - Auto or fixed at 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600
White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent H , Fluorescent L, Tungsten, Custom set
Exposure Compensation - ±2EV in 1/3EV steps

Movie mode records 800x592, 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 motion video with audio. Shooting in 800, you will only be able to capture video with 20fps, while shooting in the other two modes you can select a frame rate of 15 or 30fps. Movie clips are saved as Windows .AVI format video files. The length of these movies is limited only by the amount of available memory. Unlike most models, you can use the optical zoom while recording.

Movie mode menu options:

Size - 800x592, 640x480 or 320x240
Frame Rate - 30, 20 or 15 fps
Metering - Multi, Spot, Center
Stabilizer - On or Off
White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent H , Fluorescent L, Tungsten, Custom set
Exposure Value - ±2 in 1/3 steps

And you can also Record Audio only. The length is limited to a the amount of available memory. Audio recordings are saved as Windows .WAV format files.