Samsung Digimax S500 vs Canon EOS 5D digital cameras comparisons
We prefere 2.5" lcd screen size at model EOS 5D than 2.4" built at model Digimax S500.
Canon EOS 5D has 12.8Mpix picture and that is more details than picture at Samsung Digimax S500 camera which has 5.1Mpix.
Samsung Digimax S500 has optical zoom 3x. Canon EOS 5D comes without lenses and optical zoom so you have to buy extra depending of your needs.