Powered by two common AA alkaline batteries, the S85 allows users to generally be capable of finding a replaceable power source wherever they go, and not having to be concerned about forgetting an assortment charger at your home. The S85 features Samsung's SHD lens and brings a 5x optical zoom (35mm film equivalent: 38 190mm) right to shooters' fingertips. By having a focus range that starts at 1 centimeter, the S85 also allows users to try out macro photography and find closure with subjects, such as flowers, and capture crisp, clear images with super detail. For fast action photography, the S85 is equipped with an maximum shutter speed of 1/2,000 second or a motion capture feature so that users to try as many as seven pictures an extra.

With Samsung's proprietary ASR (Advanced Shake Reduction) image stabilization system and Wise Shot technology, the S85 gives users a chance to minimize the of hand shake and ensure that best shots are captured in mysterious conditions. Wise Shot automatically takes two consecutive pictures in rapid succession one with ASR image stabilization enabled, then one with all the flash and prompts the user to review both and you want to keep preferred version from the picture. Furthermore, the S85's Face Detection technology also makes taking pictures of family easily. Samsung's Face Detection feature detects around nine faces and automatically adjusts focus and experience of ensure better composition and image quality.

By with the S85's 2.5 inch LCD screen, users can frame their subjects and that can review, edit, and customize their images at your camera. Its own effects "E" button gives users instant access towards a host of creative controls, including alternatives for resizing and rotating images, adjusting brightness, contrast, and saturation levels, fixing red eye, and manipulating color that include saving captured images as B and W, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, and Negative. The S85's "Fun" feature also allows users for taking their creativity one step further. This particular feature allows shooters to create a composite photo by saving up to four individual images collectively, highlight a picture by sharpening the foreground and softening the main focus of the background, as well as customize their saved images with mirrors, stickers of shapes, and cartoon text bubbles. All images are usually saved to 20MB of of storage space or a SDHC/SD card having a guaranteed more 4GB.

With 14 scene modes from which to choose, including Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close Up, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach and Snow, Cafe, Food, and Self Shot, shooters can rest assured that are going to capable to effortlessly adjust the digital camera and capture the most suitable image possible in any setting.

The S85 also outstanding high resolution movie mode, excellent record at VGA resolution (640 x 480) during a maximum frame rate of 30 fps (fps). Additionally, shooters could use the camera's 5x optical zoom while recording video obese Samsung's Successive Recording mode, can pause, after which resume filming and not have to save the clips as individual files.