Samsung — 35mm film compact with 38-140mm zoom lens, panorama mode and DX ISO sensing
The Samsung Vega 140s is a mid-1990s 35mm compact from Samsung's Vega/Evoca range, also sold as the Evoca 140s. It slots below the longer-zoom Vega 170 in the same family, offering a shorter but versatile telephoto reach for everyday snapshots.
The camera has a 38-140mm zoom lens (f/4.6-12.2) with automatic DX-coded ISO detection from 50 to 3200, defaulting to ISO 100 for non-DX film. Shutter speeds span 1/3 to 1/400 second with a bulb mode, autofocus is program AE controlled, and the flash reaches roughly 0.68-5m wide and 0.87-2.2m tele. It runs on a CR-123A lithium battery.
Shooting options include portrait zoom, sports, continuous and interval modes plus a switchable panorama setting. An optional quartz-date (QD) version added remote-control shooting, uncommon on budget compacts of the period.
These turn up secondhand as inexpensive film-camera finds rather than sought-after collectibles. Check the CR-123A contacts for corrosion, smooth zoom motor operation, and that the flash still fires reliably after years of storage.