Digital Home Thoughts: Samsung Announces the DV300F DualView Camera

The first camera announcement of 2012 comes from Samsung, which is an addition to their unique DualView line. I'm not sure how popular the dual LCDs are, but Samsung think its a recipe for consumer success. The DV300F comes with a 16 megapixel CCD (yay, "only" 16), with a 25-125mm equivalent f/2.5-6.3 lens, and a 3" HVGA LCD at the rear, and a 1.5" low-resolution LCD with 61k dots in the front. There is also 720p video taking capability. The big addition is that of WiFi; in addition to sharing photos on common social networks, with the right app the camera can be controlled by a smartphone. In fact, the camera pretty much reads like a DualView update of the SH100, which we reviewed several months back. Like the SH100, it'll cost US$200, and the camera will ship in March.