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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Samsung Announces the DV300F DualView Camera

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 09:00 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/02/...-dualview-line/

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.


Thursday, January 6, 2011

Samsung Launches More Dual Screen and Superzoom Compacts

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 06:19 AM

Samsung's not done with cameras yet; this round is rather uninspiring though.

The first bath of cameras are Samsung's "DualView" cameras, essentially cameras with two LCD screens, one at the back and one on the front. Personally, I wonder how prevalent is the self-portrait culture is outside of East Asia? It is something I see a lot of young females do, so it makes sense for Samsung's home ground, but outside of it?

Anyway, the three cameras are the DualView PL120, PL170, and ST700. All are very similar, with the main differences coming in the sensor, lens and LCDs. The ST700 features a 16 megapixel LCD with an optically stabilised 5x 26-130mm equivalent f/3.3-5.9 lens and 3" and 1.8" LCDs (back and front respectively), with the 3" LCD being a touchscreen featuring Samsung's latest touch interface that reminds me of TouchWiz. The PL170 drops the front LCD down to 1.5" and loses the touchscreen feature, while the PL120 loses the optical stabilisation, and has a 14 megapixel sensor and 2.8" LCD instead. All three cameras record video in 720p, and will ship in March for about US$150, US$200 and US$280 respectively.

Samsung DualView PL120/PL170/ST700

Next up is the pair of superzooms; the WB210 and PL210. (By now Samsung numbering system has totally confused me). Both are 14 megapixel shooters with optical image stabilisation, with the former offering a 12x 24-288mm equivalent zoom lens and an optional 21mm equivalent converter, as well as a 3.5" touchscreen LCD with aforementioned TouchWiz UI); the latter comes with a 10x 27-270mm equivalent zom lens and a more standard 3" LCD screen. The pair will ship in February at about US$280 and US200 respectively.

Samsung PL210/WB210


Sunday, July 25, 2010

Samsung Announces Two New DualView Digital Cameras

Posted by Reid Kistler in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 11:00 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/21/...-to-the-high-e/

"Samsung continues to lead the field of cameras with front-facing screens -- it's bringing its total count of DualView cameras to six with the new flagship ST100 and ST600. In addition to sharing a new larger 1.8-inch front screen, both cams feature the same 14.2 megapixel sensor with ISO 3200 sensitivity, a 3.5-inch rear display, and a new "jump shot" mode that uses the front screen to cue a group of people to jump and then fires off three quick snaps to capture the action."

Engadget picked up on Samsung's press release introducing these two new "DualView" digital cameras, which are expected to be available early this fall. As with many new digital cameras, these models are packed with features, including 1280x720 video recording, optical image stabilization, and Samsung's "Smart Gesture User Interface," which combines LCD touch-screen control with physically tilting the camera. Still, it is the dual LCD screens that remain the major selling point - a feature that I initially thought was little more than a gimmick. However, a couple of the shooting modes caught my eye: 1) the "Jump Shot" mode described above, and 2) "Couple Shot" mode, wherein the camera takes a photo "when it detects two faces tilted toward each other." Factoring these shooting modes in with the balance of the features leads to the inescapable conclusion that I am not a member of the target market for these models! The question then, of course, becomes "Who Is?" Do you find the DualView feature attractive enough to make it a required purchase point?


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