High end digital camera from Samsung
The WB1000 is the highest compact digital camera from Samsung. The high end means the best, and the best technology is put in this camera. The WB1000 from Samsung digital imaging which has shown the great result in the compact digital camera market. Let me show you if the high end fits the WB1000 with this review.
Like I already told you, the WB1000 is a high end compact digital camera representing Samsung, and has adopted the Schneider lens (24mm), world’s first 3 inch AMOLED, smart dial, A,S,M, and full manual mode. Below is the specification.
SPECIFICATIONS
| Image Sensor | Type | 1/2.33″ (1.09cm) CCD |
| Effective Pixel | Approx. 12.2 Mega-pixels | |
| Total Pixel | Approx. 12.4 Mega-pixels | |
| Lens | Focal Length | Schneider-KREUZNACH f = 4.3 ~ 21.5mm (35mm film equivalent : 24~120 mm) |
| F No. | F2.8(W) ~ F5.8(T) | |
| Digital Zoom | Still Image mode : 1.0X ~ 5.0X Play mode : 1.0X ~ 12.5X (depends on image size) | |
| Image Stabilization | Image Stabilization | Dual IS (OIS + DIS) * OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), DIS (Digital Image Stabilization) |
| Display | Type | AMOLED |
| Feature | 3.0" (7.62cm), hVGA+(518,400 dots) | |
| Viewfinder | Viewfinder | N/A |
| Focusing | Type | TTL Auto Focus (Center AF, Multi AF, Selection AF, Manual Focus) |
| Range | Normal : 40cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 80cm ~ Infinity (Tele) Macro : 5cm~40cm (Wide), 50cm ~ 80cm (Tele) Auto Macro : 5cm~Infinity (Wide), 50cm~ Infinity (Tele) Manual : 5cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 50cm ~ Infinity (Tele) | |
| Shutter Speed | Shutter Speed | Auto : 1/8 ~ 1/2000 sec. Program : 1 ~ 1/2000 sec. A/S/M : 16 ~ 1/2,000 sec. Night : 8 ~ 1/2,000 sec. Fireworks : 4 sec. |
| Exposure | Control | Program AE, Shutter Priority AE, Aperture Priority AE, Manual Exposure |
| Metering | Multi, Spot, Center-weighted | |
| Compensation | ±2EV (1/3EV steps) | |
| ISO Equivalent | Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200(Up to 3M Size) | |
| Flash | Modes | Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash Off, Red-eye fix |
| Range | Wide : 0.3m ~ 5.2m, Tele : 0.5m ~ 2.5m (ISO AUTO) * Flash EVC : ±1EV (1/2 steps) | |
| Recharging Time | Approx. 5 sec. | |
| Sharpness | Sharpness | 5 steps |
| White Balance | White Balance | Auto WB, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom, K * WB Fine-tuning |
| Still Image | Shooting | Mode Dial : Smart Auto, Auto, Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual, User, Dual IS, Scene, Movie Scene: Beauty Shot, Frame Guide, Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Firework, Beach & Snow Continuous : Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB Self timer : Off, 10 sec., 2 sec., Double(10 sec., 2 sec.), Motion Timer, Remote Controller |
| Effect | Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB | |
| Edit | Resize, Rotate, Photo Style Selector, Image Adjust * Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB * Image Adjust : Off, ACB, Red-eye Fix, Face Retouch, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Add Noise | |
| Image Play | Image Play | Single image, Thumbnails, Multi Slide show, Movie Clip, Smart Album |
| Voice Recording | Voice Recording | Voice Recording (max. 10 hours) Voice Memo in Still Image (max. 10 sec.) With Stereo Recording |
| Date Imprinting | Date Imprinting | Date&Time, Date, Off (user selectable) |
| Movie Clip | Recording | Movie Size : 1280×720 High Quality, 1280×720 Standard Quality, 640×480, 320×240 * Frame rate : 60 fps at a selected size(320x240), 30 fps, 15 fps * Format : H.264 (Max. Recording time : 20min.) * Streo recording with volume control, mute during zoom operation * 5X Optical Zoom at 1280×720 (f = 24 ~ 120 mm), 3.4X Optical Zoom at 640×480, 320×240 (f = 35 ~ 120 mm) * Voice(On/Off), OIS(On/Off) |
| Effect | Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB | |
| Edit | Pause during recording, Still Image Capture, Time Trimming | |
| Storage | Media | Internal memory: Approx. 76MB External memory: SD Card(up to 4GB guaranteed) MMC plus(up to 2GB guaranteed,4bit 20MHz) SDHC (up to 8GB guaranteed) |
| File Format | Still Image : JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.21, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0 Movie Clip : MP4(H.264) Audio : WAV | |
| Image Size | 12M : 4000×3000 pixels, 10MP : 3984×2656 pixels 9MW : 3968×2232 pixels 9M 1:1 : 2976×2976 pixels 8M : 3264×2448 pixels 5M : 2592×1944 pixels 3M : 2048×1536 pixels 2MW : 1920×1080 pixels 1M : 1024×768 pixels | |
| Interface | Digital output connector | USB 2.0 |
| Audio | Microphone : Stereo Internal Speaker : Mono | |
| Video Out | AV : NTSC, PAL (user selectable) HDMI 1.2 : NTSC, PAL (user selectable) | |
| DC power input | 4.4V | |
| Cradle | N/A | |
| Power Source | Power Source | Rechargeable battery : SLB-11A (1,130mAh) Connector Type : 34pin Adaptor : SAC-48, USB/Charging Cable : CB34U05, AV Cable : SCC-AV34 Cradle : SCC-HD2 |
| Physical Specification | Dimensions (WxHxD) | 97 × 61 × 21mm |
| Weight | 160g (except for a battery) | |
| Operating Temperature | 0 ~ 40°C | |
| Operating Humidity | 5 ~ 85% | |
| Software | Software | Samsung Master, Quick Time Player 7.5, Adobe Reader |
| System Requirement | For Windows | PC with processor better than PentiumⅢ 500MHz (PentiumⅢ 800MHz recommended) Windows 2000/XP/Vista 250MB of available hard-disk space (Over 1GB recommend) Minimum 256MB RAM (Over 512MB recommended) USB port CD-ROM drive 1024×768 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor(24-bit color display recommended) Microsoft DirectX 9.0C or later |
| For Macintosh | Power Mac G3 or later Mac OS 10.3 or higher Minimum 256MB RAM 110MB of available hard-disk space USB port CD-ROM drive | |
| System requirements for 720P H.264 Movie | For Windows | Intel Pentium 4, 3.2GHz or higher / AMD Athlin 64FX, 2.6GHz or higher Windows XP service pack2 / Vista Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB and above recommended) 64MB or greater video card (nVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or higher / ATI X1600 series or higher recommended) |
| For Macintosh | 1.8GHz Power Mac G5 or 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo or faster Macintosh computer At least 256MB of RAM 64MB or greater video card |
Design
What is the most important point of compact digital cameras? It’s the design rather than function or resolution. Many people want slim body with great design. Samsung digital cameras have focused a lot on the design, and got a good evaluation from many users around the world. The WB1000 is also with the good design of 97x61x21mm of size and 160g of weight.
In design, from the WB500 to WB1000, they have similar design. This is called a family look, and selected from a large number of makers in a lot of field from car to camera. Like the phrase “We can see the company by the design”, the firm and strong image of the WB series can be engraved on lots of users.
There’s a part noticeable, and it’s a mini dashboard and smart dial. The mini dashboard was firstly shown from the NV9, and because of the good evaluation, it’s installed again on the WB1000. The smart dial allows users to set menu, iris, and shutter speed more quickly. However, the plastic tripod hole is a little unexpected.
World’s first 3 inch AMOLED hVGA
As a high end digital camera, it seems focused on the display much. For the first time as a digital camera, it has adopted the AMOLED and solved the weak points of the TFT-LCD such as afterimages and viewing angle. The inappropriate color on the earlier model looks arranged. And the high resolution for 3 inch size shows the smooth screen.
Advanced image processer in quality with 12M pixels
By adopting 12M pixels, pictures can be developed with the large size, and remain the image quality after cropped. With this strong point, users can take tele angle images using crop, and for macro shots, it can be developed closely. The image processor has also been upgraded, so it shows better gradation and noise.
World first 24mm, 5x zoom Schneider lens
The WB series from Samsung has adopted the Schneider lens, and WB1000 has also the Schneider lens. The WB1000 supports 24mm~120mm. The difference between 24mm and 28mm is quite big, even though it looks a little. The FOV is F2.8 for maximum wide angle and F5.6 for maximum tele agnle.
It’s the photo with 24mm. Like you see, the ultra wide angle as much as DSLR could be taken by the WB1000.
Using the 5x zoom, it’s good to take leaves or birds in a long distance. Outfocusing effect can be made.
Wide and tele angle
The detail in wide angle is so good. It describes each grass, and so vivid on the initial setting. It’s a little bit obscure in tele angle, but compared to other cameras, it’s not bad.
Full manual mode (A/S/M)
It’s not common to supports full manual function as a compact digital camera, but the WB1000 supports it as a high end model. Iris and shutter speed are adjustable like DSLR, and fosus and white balance can be 100% manually operated. With the smart dial controlling this manual function, they are considering the users’ convenience.
From the top, focus, white balance, iris and shutter speed adjustment.
In fosuing picture by setting the iris and shutter speed manually, and adjusting the focus manually
Dual IS
Before the WB1000, I thought it could be better if the IS works double. The WB1000 can activate both OIS and DIS at the same time, so it can prevent shake under low light conditions.
Looking at the pictures, you can see the big difference. Without IS, pictures were shaken much, but with the OIS, minute shake was prevented, and in Dual IS mode, it’s perfect. But on Dual IS mode, the ISO is automatically set, and noise increases.
Smart dial
The smart dial is almost the same as the quick control of Cannon which is only seen from high level products. By turning the smart dial, you can adjust the iris and shutter speed, and when focusing with MF, it’s so convenient and easy to control.
It’s good as a second digital camera having DSLR performance for DSLR users.
And it’s also good for beginners as a digital camera supporting manual operation.
Smart auto function
The difference between the smart auto and normal auto function is AI. The smart auto automatically set the mode optimized for the situation. After the actual test, it showed the good result. There are 11 scene modes such as scenery, white, night scenery, night portrait, backlight, backlight portrait, portrait, macro, macro text, tripod, and action.
Perfect portrait system
Recently a lot of compact digital camera focused on the portrait function, and the importance of portrait has been mentioned much. The WB1000 supports the mode focusing on portrait called the Perfect portrait system. It has a lot of functions regarding portrait such as face recognition, blink detection, smile shot, self guide, and beauty shot.
Face recognition
It takes about 5 sec to recognize a face, and the recognition rate is quite high. Setting this mode, exposure and focus are optimized on the face. Therefore, this would be very helpful when the difference of exposure between faces and background. (Up to 9 faces can be recognized at the same time.)
Beauty shot
Beauty shot is like a handsome mode taking out flaw on your skin and making it smoothly. There are 3 levels to adjust. This function makes faces handsome and deletes flaws. Level 1 or 2 is appropriated. 3 is too much.
Other than these, a lot of useful function such as blink detection, smile shot, and self guide are supported.
HD video recording
Samsung camera is famous for the strong video recording function. The WB1000 also has an HD video (720p, 30fps) function, and optical zoom is possible during recording.
HD video takes a lot of memory space, but the WB1000 has adopted the H.264 format, and it allows users to take much more time than MPEG-4. While other makes still adopt MPEG4 or MJPEG, supporting the H.264 format is a good advantage, I guess.
It’s the video recorded outside. Large resolution video of 720p HD can be recorded and also optical zoom can be applied. While zooming, the sound keeps silent. I think this is because of the operating sound of lens, but I wish users could set the sound on. Strange thing is that the sound is also getting louder by zooming.
If you want to pause the recording, you can push the OK button on the smart dial. Pushing the OK button again, the recording resumes.
OIS on
OIS off
Applying the OIS for a video recording, you can prevent the minute shake. The difference is so noticeable. Other than that, it supports various video functions like a camcorder such as stereo voice, video extraction, image captures, and so on.
Smart Secretary, smart album
Sorted by Schedule, theme, color and week
The WB1000 supports more organized album function. This is not just a basic album. Users can sort pictures by schedule, theme, color, and week. Especially, the sort by color will be very useful.
Image quality
Recently, compact cameras support high ISO. A few years ago, high ISO can only be made by DSLR, but the WB1000 also supports up to ISO 3200.
The high ISO resolution is just normal. From ISO 80 to 200, it shows the clean images without noise. From ISO 400, there’s some noise particle on the dark part, and some rough expression on bright spot. From ISO 800, rough expression shows up on both dark and bright spot, and from ISO 1600, details are lost a lot with much noise. On ISO 3200, the image size is reduced with a lot noise and details are destroyed, so this will be limited for some special case. The Max ISO considering the quality is 800.
Color feature
The WB1000 shows the high contrast colors and it doesn’t need color compensation. It supports 10 photo styles such as normal, soft, vivid, forest, retro, cool, calm, classic, negative, custom RGB. On the custom RGB mode, users can adjust R, G, and B channels.
Like you see, the dark contrast is the WB1000’s own color feel. If you don’t like this, you can adjust it from the image setting.
WB1000 good for everyone
The WB1000 supports full manual operation with various function, so is very good for those who want to buy DSLR, but don’t have enough much, experience manual operation before DSLR, and look for sub camera for DSLR. Also with a lot of convenient functions such as OIS, perfect portrait system, and smart auto system, the WB1000 is suitable for beginners, I guess.
I have found some weakness. Non-intuitive interface and tripod hole made of plastic material are not suitable for a high end digital camera. However, the WB1000 has more strong points than weak points certainly, so I’m expecting the reaction of the market from now.
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