The Samsung WB36F is a Wi-Fi-enabled travel-zoom compact from 2014, part of the WB35F/WB36F/WB37F Smart Camera family Samsung unveiled around CES 2014, and among the last consumer compacts Samsung made before leaving the camera business.
It pairs a 16.2-megapixel 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor with a 12x optical zoom (24-288mm equivalent) Samsung lens, a 2.7-inch LCD, 720p HD video, and built-in Wi-Fi with NFC for one-tap pairing and Samsung's Smart Sharing features, storing to microSD and running on the common BP70A battery.
Its appeal now is squarely in the CCD-digicam revival: it is one of the newest CCD-sensor compacts ever sold, with a long zoom and simple operation, and its Samsung branding plus discontinued status feed steady demand — hence a healthy 15 listings currently on the UK used market.
UK used-buying checks: assume the Wi-Fi/NFC ecosystem is dead — Samsung's Smart Camera app was withdrawn, so transfers must go via the microSD card and the camera should be priced as an offline shooter; extend the 12x zoom through its full range listening for grinding or hesitation; check the lens barrel for the sand-jam errors endemic to long-zoom compacts; confirm a genuine BP70A battery and charger (cheap spares are plentiful); and test flash and rear LCD, as neither is economically repairable.