The Samsung WB150 is part of Samsung's WB range of superzoom compacts, a line built to give travel photographers long reach without the bulk of an interchangeable-lens camera. It arrived in the early 2010s alongside the closely related Wi-Fi-equipped WB150F, sharing the same optical and sensor platform.
The camera uses a 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor with around 14.5 effective megapixels and a long 18x optical zoom lens covering a 24-432mm equivalent range, unusually wide-reaching for a compact of its size. A 3.0-inch TFT LCD with 460,000 dots handles framing and playback, and stills save to SD/SDHC/SDXC cards.
The headline feature is reach: the 18x zoom lets it cover wide group shots and distant subjects from one body, at the cost of a smaller maximum aperture at the telephoto end and reliance on image stabilisation to keep shots sharp. It is a travel-first tool rather than a low-light performer.
Used examples are inexpensive and popular as lightweight travel companions. Buyers should extend the zoom fully to check for lens barrel wobble, verify image stabilisation is functioning, and confirm the battery and charger are included, since this generation used a proprietary Samsung pack.