Is the Samsung L74 Wide, a good camera to buy?

Answer 1

It is if you don't need much zoom. At a mere 3.6 optical zoom you go from 28mm to 100.8mm. At 28mm you'll get a slightly wider view than, say, a 35mm but you have to compute actual focal length by the "crop factor" for this camera (if it is 1.6 you're shooting from 44.8mm to 161.28mm. If the lens was a 35mm you'd be shooting from 56mm to 201.6). Ignore the "digital zoom" unless you're into poor quality images.

You really need to read some reviews and decide for yourself. Try steves-digicams.com and dpreview.com