2011년 2월 24일 목요일
2011년 2월 23일 수요일
Eat your sweets @depachika
I visited department store, just to buy some souvenirs for my family and friends, not for Valentine. Japanese people call the corner that sells food ‘depachika’. You can guess, ‘depa’ comes from department, and what is ‘chika’? Chika means underground. Yes, there are usually food corner on the underground floor at department store. Depachika is a very attractive world, so I recommend you go there and try to eat some Japanese sweets when you visit Japan.
Samsung ST100 │ 1/125s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 80
Samsung ST100 │ 1/125s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 80
Samsung ST100 │ 1/90s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/125s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/90s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/45s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 80
Samsung ST100 │ 1/125s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/125s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/90s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/90s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
Samsung ST100 │ 1/125s │ f3.6 │ 6mm │ ISO 100
2011년 1월 27일 목요일
Beautiful sunset (Shooting by HMX-T10 - Full HD 1080/60i)
Beautiful sunset (Shooting by HMX-T10 - Full HD 1080/60i)
2011년 1월 24일 월요일
Samsung launches ST95, ST90 and ST65 mid-range compacts
Samsung has announced a trio of style compacts in the form of the ST95, ST90 and ST65. The ST95 offers 16MP while the other make do with 14. The top two models offer 5x zooms starting at 26mm equivalent while the ST65 has 5x zoom starting at 27mm equiv. The ST95 features a 3.0" touch-screen interface, rather than the more conventional button-based interfaces of its sister models. The cameras will reach the US market in February, at respective target prices of $199, $149 and $129 the company says.
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Samsung Delivers Stylish Design and Enhanced Performance Through the New ST95, ST90 and ST65
Slim-line design and high-quality performance for those passionate about photography
SEOUL, Korea – January 19, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, announced today the ST95, ST90 and ST65, the latest additions to its ultra-slim, stylish design range, delivering the perfect balance between style and functionality. The latest launches reinforce Samsung’s ambition to produce high performing, fashionable and portable models for all customers, which still maintain a premium and high quality feature set to guarantee great images.
The ST95, ST90 and ST65 boast impressive performance features within their ultra-slim line design. With each device measuring 16.5mm (ST90) or 17mm (ST95 and ST65), the new cameras ensure users have the most sleek and stylish compact cameras on the market to match their personal style. The compact design of each model has been specifically developed to improve the overall usability and function of the cameras. The ST95, ST90 and ST65 also offer a variety of fashion leading color options. an effortlessly slip into any jacket pocket for added portability, so it’s ready to go whenever you need to capture that perfect picture.
The compact models incorporate leading features to maximize performance in any situation, delivering high image quality. These features include a 26mm wide lens on the ST95 and ST90, and a 27mm wide lens on the ST65 plus a 5x optical zoom lens, to ensure users can capture every detail within the frame while delivering a deeper image perspective. The camera range also boasts 16 megapixels for the ST95 and 14 megapixels for the ST90 and ST65, delivering sharp, crisp and highly detailed photographs in any environment. Whether the user wants to capture the perfect shot of friends or the latest scenic setting from their hotel window, the intelligent Smart Auto system chooses from 16 different landscape and portrait modes (15 modes on the ST65) to automatically select the appropriate settings allowing you to capture the perfect image.
“Today’s launch reinforces Samsung’s ability to balance our consumers’ needs for style and design while still maintaining high performing innovative features,” said Mr. Hyunho Chung, Executive Vice President and Head of the Digital Imaging Business, Samsung Electronics. “We know that our customers are passionate about compact and sleek design and following the global success of the ST60 and ST70, we have upgraded and streamlined the optical performance within the slim-line outer body to meet these demanding requirements. The design has been carefully considered to ensure it meets the requirements and usability needs of our customers for the best camera experience.”
HD Movie Recording with enhanced Smart Touch 3.0 User Interface for advanced capturing
All three cameras include 720p HD Movie recording, and the ST95 also supports H.264 codec, providing up to 2-4 times longer recording capabilities compared to conventional models with MPEG-4 OR MJPEG. Capturing high quality video to share and enjoy with friends is a must-have function, and the latest ST range makes sure people can effortlessly capture and create through the HD shooting and HD playback movie functions. The ST95 also reaches new levels of interaction with the consumer, through newly developed Smart Touch 3.0 User Interface which works on the 3.0” wide multi-purpose LCD touch screen, so users can quickly access, manage and use key features like they would on a modern day Smart phone.
Smart Feature Technology for intuitive and easy to use capturing
To reach the high-performing standards required by today’s passionate camera users, the ST range also boasts Smart Filter and Smart Album functions. The Smart Filter delivers a high-performing artistic edge to both still shots and videos through the miniaturizing effect, compositional contrast with a Vignetting filter and the Fish-eye setting to provide a cool, unique and stylized finish. For all those photos of friends, birthday parties and celebrations with loved ones, the Smart Album automatically organizes photos by type, date and even by face recognition, so you can always find your best friend amongst your favorite photos for added ease of use.
Samsung ST95 specifications
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| Sensor | • 1/2.33" CCD • 16 MP |
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| Lens | • 5x zoom • 26mm equivalent wideangle |
| Additional features | • 3.0" W TSP with Smart Touch 3.0 UI • Smart Auto 2.0 • Smart Filter 2.0 • HD Movie (H.264) • Built-in PC S/W |
| Dimensions | • 92 x 54 x 17mm |
Samsung ST90 specifications
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| Sensor | • 1/2.3" CCD • 14 MP |
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| Lens | • 5x zoom • 26mm equivalent wideangle |
| Additional features | • Sound Auto 2.0 • Smart Button • Smart Filter 2.0 • HD Movie • Built-in PC S/W |
| Dimensions | • 92 x 54 x 17mm |
Samsung ST65 specifications
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| Sensor | • 1/2.3" CCD • 14 MP |
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| Lens | • 5x zoom • 27mm equivalent wideangle |
| Additional features | • High Sensitivity 3200 • Sound Auto • Smart Filter • Smart Album • HD Movie |
| Dimensions | • 92 x 56 x 17mm |
2010년 5월 6일 목요일
Slim, slimmer, Samsung digital camera ST70
Slim, slimmer, Samsung ST70
Taking 14.2M high pixels pictures with Smart Auto
Compact cameras keep being developed by improving previous functions and adding new functions. Even though it’s really compact and small, sometimes it’s really difficult to use. That’s why complicated functions need to be simplified with adding functions at the same time. That means the convergence comes together with simplicity.
Recently, Samsung(www.samsungimaging.com) has released the ST70 and ST60 having slim design and functions. They have reduced the complexity of use by accenting frequently used functions. Let’s take a look at the slim function and design of the ST70.
Slim design fitting with suit
The non-glossy type silver body looks neat feeling like a silver suit. The ST70 has a slim body with 16.6mm of thickness (The ST60 has 16.5mm), but it looks slimmer due to the silver color. Except the battery, it weighs only 120g, so there’s no problem to put in a shirt pocket. Since the top with the shutter button has been designed with slant, it’s comfortable to hold the body and push the shutter. The silver color, simple design, slim size and light weight fit well to both young generation and businessmen in suits.
Effective 14.2 Mega pixels & 2.7” LCD
The ST70 has effective 14.2 Mega pixels. Taking pictures in maximum resolution (4320x3240), a poster sized picture (A1) can be printed out. As a compact camera, it supports quite high pixels and compared with DSLRs, it’s higher than entry level DSLRs. If you want to buy a camera for printing out, the ST70 will be a good product. It supports 4:3 standard ratio with 3:2 and 16:9. The ST60 supports effective 12.2M pixels in the maximum resolution of 4000x3000.
It has adopted 230K pixels 2.7” TFT LCD screen. The outdoor visibility of the LCD is good, but due to its silver color of the ST70, it looks a little darker than a black body product.
Optical 5x zoom
The ST70 supports optical 5x zoom. (The ST60 supports optical 4x zoom.) Using it with digital 5x zoom together, maximum 25x zoom is available. Pulling the lever to the right, the image is zoomed in and to left, it goes back. The lever can be adjusted by an index finger, so it’s much easier to control than buttons. There’s no time delay after moving the lever, so users can take a precious moment quickly.
One touch Smart Auto
Smart Auto automatically recognizes various scenes and help users take perfect shots. By pushing the button located on the left top once, users can activate it. It automatically recognizes 17 different scenes, so even beginners can easily take great shots.
Dual IS minimizing hand shake
Dual IS minimizes hand shake by applying OIS and DIS together. Small and light compact cameras are vulnerable to hand shake. Especially, when zooming, it gets worse, so IS function becomes more important. In general shooting, OIS can be selected and when it’s insufficient, Dual IS can be also activated to get stronger effects. (The ST60 only supports DIS.)
Video recording function with various atmospheres
It can record up to 1280x720 size movies. 640x480 and 320x240 can also be recorded for uploading on web sites, and in 320x240, 60 fps is supported. By using the zoom, various types of videos can be recorded. In order to prevent noise from being recorded while zooming, you can select ‘Mute while zooming’ in voice option. Using Photo Style or Smart Filter together, various movies can be created. By applying Vignetting effect in Smart Filter, classical and emotional video recording is available. Maximum 20 minutes of movie can be recorded.
*320x240 - 60fps recording
Macro
Macro is one of the photographers’ favorite modes, because Macro can catch the detailed scene which we generally couldn’t see. The ST70 supports 10cm Macro mode, so it’s enough to take flowers, insects, spaghetti, pizza, and something like that. Pushing the down button of the direction key, the mode changes to Macro mode from normal shooting mode.
Maximum ISO 3200
It supports ISO from 80 to 3200. Increasing ISO appropriately, users can take bright pictures under the low light condition. That’s why camera makers are trying to increase the range of ISO. However, too high ISO value makes the quality worse, so users need to find out the appropriate ISO. The ST70 keeps clean image quality in up to ISO 400 and from ISO 800, it’s getting more noise. In ISO 1600 and 3200, the noise distorts the colors much, so it’s better to use at night not in the day time.
Face Recognition
The ST70 supports various Face Recognition functions. It recognizes faces and automatically sets the focus and exposure, and detects smile and shoots. When registering faces, it prioritizes those faces to set focus and exposure. It also supports Blink Detection and Self Guide making beeping sound when recognizing a face.
Beauty Shot
Beauty shot corrects skin tone and brightness in 3 levels to make clean and flawless faces. In scene mode, Beauty Shot can be selected and by pushing Fn button, skin tone and brightness can be adjusted. You don’t need to worry about flaws on your face any more.
Tracking AF
Tracking AF is very useful when taking moving subjects. It’s following a moving subject such as my kid riding sled or something and set the focus. Users don’t need half shutter any more to keep the focus, so beginners can easily take shots.
Photo Style
The ST70 supports 11 Photo style modes. If normal shooting is a little boring or too simple, you can just apply one of them such as Sketch, Defog, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Black and White, and Negative to your pictures. These are frequently used effects when using image editing software and they can make smooth feelings. By using Custom RGB, you can make your own pictures.
Let’s play with Smart Filter
Let’s take fun pictures. 4 Smart Filter consist of Miniature, Vignetting, Fish eye 1, and 2. Miniature makes a picture look like a toy by blurrying the upper and lower side of the picture. It’s useful for those who like figure shots and to apply toy effect to a building. Vignetting filter makes Pin hall camera feeling by darkening the surroundings, and fish eye filter distorts the picture by blackening the edges.
Built-in Intelli-Studio
Intelli-Studio is convenient software supporting management of pictures and videos, editing, and uploading on the Internet. Users don’t need to download or install this software. Just by connecting the ST70 to a computer via USB cable, Intelli-Studio is automatically executed.
Slim, slimmer, Samsung ST70
Taking 14.2M high pixels pictures with Smart Auto
When googling cameras, there are a lot of expensive cameras with unnecessary functions. On the other hand, the ST70 is a practical compact camera. I think it will appeal to users who want useful functions and elegant design.