Tokyo is burning!

Samsung Electronics has provided the author of this article with the mentioned digital imaging device.

Tokyo is still at the peak of autumn. December has started already but it is not so cold yet. Instead, the leaves turned red & yellow and they are making fantastic scenes.
In my campus, there are so many ginko trees, and they are all burning!!!
Sky is high and clear, the weather is so lovely. People are enjoying an excursion for viewing autumnal leaves, stepping on the fallen leaves. I’ve heard that deadly hot last summer made leaves tinted more vividly.
Now I understood why Japanese people have loved ginko so much.

Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6mm

Samsung ST100 │ 1/125s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6mm

Samsung ST100 │ 1/500s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6mm

Samsung ST100 │ 1/45s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 100 │ 6mm

Samsung ST100 │ 1/45s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 120 │ 6mm

Samsung ST100 │ 1/45s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 160 │ 6mm

Recently I have been to Kamakura, which is the historical city that used to be a capital of Japan during Kamakura period. It takes about an hour from Tokyo so many people visit there on holiday.
I could see the beautiful fallen leaves in Kamakura as well, and even more peaceful atmosphere than big city, Tokyo, so I wanna show some of those I took that day.

Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 100 │ 6mm

Samsung ST100 │ 1/60s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6mm

Samsung ST100 │ 1/15s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 400 │ 6mm

Samsung ST100 │ 1/180s │ f/3.6 │ ISO 80 │ 6mm

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After the Carnival in Brazil

Posted by Renato Costa on Mar 17, 2010 •

Samsung Digital Imaging has provided the author of this article with the mentioned digital imaging device.

[Samsung ST550 1/180s ㅣf/9.5 ㅣISO 80ㅣ5.3mm]

Generally, the Carnival (Carnaval) holiday in Brazil is a time for a free fantasy. Many people moving across the country to take rest or to play carnival in places where there are parades and crowds of people, as Salvador, Recife and Rio de Janeiro. Here in São Paulo the city become empty, despite that we have a carnival parade.

I decide to take a rest here and start using my new Samsung Compact Camera ST550, and the pictures needed to show the work of São Paulo’s carnival after parade.

[Samsung ST550 1/350s ㅣf/4.4 ㅣISO 80ㅣ13.7mm]

Why?  Because everyone thinks just about the parade and don’t realize what happens after it!

[Samsung ST550 1/500s ㅣf/4.7 ㅣISO 80ㅣ8.3mm]

The schools of samba keep all cars with allegory in one place until the result of the carnival competition is announced on the Tuesday afternoon carnival in São Paulo. There is a kind of ceremony where long lines are armed in sambódromo site. Tents are armed position where the representatives of each school, which will annotate the notes as they are being disseminated, making the calculations. The chairman of the league makes the final considerations about the carnival that year, reads the possible loss of points given to each school, and then start reading the notes.

[Samsung ST550 1/180s ㅣf/5.4 ㅣISO 80ㅣ18.7mm]

After the result of this competition is announced the best schools of samba parade again in Sambódromo, at the end of the week following the carnival. This parade has no competitive character, it is only a kind of festival to crown the year’s best schools, where the parade foliões can more carefree with questions.

[Samsung ST550 1/180s ㅣf/9.1 ㅣISO 80ㅣ4.9mm]

To provide a parade is necessary at least 10 months working that is shown in just 80 minutes and after this all work done become obsolete, without use.

[Samsung ST550 1/250s ㅣf/5.5 ㅣISO 80ㅣ10.4mm]

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2010 Edition à Gadget of the month ST550

Imagine, a popular monthly magazine about technology, entertainment and culture with a circulation of 100.000 copies per month in Brazil, selected the Samsung ST550 as gadget of the month in January, 2010.

Imagine Magazine is a monthly publication of TVA, cable TV operator in Brazil, t hat shows to its public and readers, interesting content and news regarding technology and internet. It highlights tendencies, innovations, findings, worldviews, predictions and appoints as gadget of the month, products that stand out from the others in their categories, recommending them to its public.

The magazine featured January, 2010 Edition à Gadget of the month ST550, and the title of the article is Easy Selfshots.

The article introduced about the functions of ST550 such as the usage of the Dual LCD which is perfect for selfshots, funny animation to get children’s attention, and countdownt, and other features were mentioned.

SAMSUNG CL65 Camera Unboxing

SAMSUNG CL65-Wi-Fi(wireless network)

Full Touch Digital Camera ST550(TL225).

Rendezvous with World’s First Dual LCD, Full Touch Digital Camera ST550(TL225).

A teaser video for a new compact camera ST550(TL225) of Samsung digital imaging was announced first in foreign countries. As I was able to participate in a Samsung camera user campaign, I could use a sample body of the ST550(TL225) made before the mass production. Because I haven’t received a user guide yet, I could not check mechanical characteristics or all the features. If you want to know features, Click this link.

The operating buttons of the ST550(TL225) are four of power, shutter, zoom and display in total.

At the bottom, it requires a battery (720mAh) and memory of micro sd.

The back is very neat with 3.5 inch wide LCD (1.15 pixels and haptic touch screen)

As for the size and thickness, it is slightly thinner and larger than a pack of cigarettes.

It varies with the newly introduced dual LCD mode. The flash light is off now.

The front 1.5 inch LCD is not a touch type. I’m just fingering it in wonder.

Having a front LCD and full touch LCD on the back is the biggest feature of this product, which is fun.

The small square shows where af is (auto mode).

Whenever a half shutter is pressed, af, the small square moves in the front LCD to focus depending on a photo mode.

When I take the camera a little bit down at the face recognition mode, the af pointer immediately changes accordingly.

I felt that this camera’s face recognition feature is faster than other Samsung cameras. AF pointer quickly moves to find a face.

When setting up the self shot mode, a person icon appears from the front LCD and it takes a picture in 3, 2, 1 to the self situation.

When the children mode is set up, a short and simple animation from the front LCD is repeatedly played. The front LCD may attract a lot of people’s attention.

When I showed the front LCD to a sleeping cat, he stares at it and sleeps again.

This kind of ST550(TL225) dual LCD and full touch screen menu is still new to me. You may feel a minor vibration when you touch it like a cell phone’s haptic mode. The front LCD and self shot mode are pretty creative, wonder and fun. Any woman or student who likes self shot or family with a baby might use this with fun.

It will be pretty easy for making a portrait shot at home. In addition, you can pose different looking at the front LCD.

For the front LCD, you should set it up on the menu. Please refer to the below video as to the movement of the menu and touch screen.

I thought firstly that the ST550(TL225) is a quite intersting camera (It has no manual mode but auto compact)

The ST1000(CL65) launched at the same time has wireless features of GPS, blue-tooth and DLAN.

It has a feature of transmitting a photo taken via e-mail, picasa, face book and etc. and GPS to show location info.

I think that both are pretty interesting products considering that they are a new try.

 

Retro is cool!

[Samsung ST550(TL225) 1/45 ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 200ㅣ3.9mm]

[Samsung ST550(TL225) 1/45 ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 200ㅣ3.9mm]

Last night Simple Minds, were in Belgrade and concert was incredible! Amazing rock band from

Scotland lost in the time, very similar to my amazing country lost between East and West, past and

future. And than me… being nostalgic and romantic against being modern, urban and cool. Maybe all this is magic link between audience in Belgrade, magnificent Simple Minds and me. Maybe…

[Samsung ST550(TL225) 1/45 ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 200ㅣ4.9mm]

While sounds of guitar and drums were running trough every bone in my body, while thousands and

thousands of people were waving in one rhytm i saw a guy with tears in his eyes, I saw romantic

hugs and hidden touches of lovers…and i thought how i felt the same before, long time ago I felt

something so deep and pure. You know the feeling when your heart beats so fast that you’re afraid

that everyone around you will hear? You know the feeling when your’re having terrible stomack

pains and being wicked excited because you gonna see your love in few hours?

[Samsung ST550(TL225) 1/60 ㅣf/5.9 ㅣISO 640ㅣ22.5mm]

As we getting older it seems like we are running away from our nature, we are busy.

For some reason we stop believing, worst of all we stop dreaming and we are using shortcuts and

start running for instant satisfactions in all aspects of our lifes. And i guess, we start making strange

compromise, even it’s our own life the one we have!

After all, we have been told “Get real! This is 21th century. Life is too short”!

I agree.

But it was so great last night.

it was so great to stop for a moment with all that running, go back into the past life when people

were more romantic, when we had more time, when we had time for anticipation, enough desire and

will to enjoy in every second with the special one.

This morning i woke up confused, with mixed thoughts and feelings.

[Samsung ST550(TL225) 1/180 ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 80ㅣ3.9mm]

I had a feeling that even weather was confused like I am. Strange combination of 15 degrees

Celsisus in the middle November and heavy fog like in coldest winter days. And me…21th century

girl with heart and emotions locked in 80’. I was waiting for a bus for job, trying to clean my head

and get ready for “swimming with sharks” in corporate world, but i couldn’t clean my head from

unforgetable moments i expirienced only few hours before.

“Stay, I’m burning slow, with me in the rain

Walking in the soft rain, calling out my name

See me burning slow

Somewhere there is some place

That one million eyes can’t see

And somewhere there is someone

Who can see what I can see

Someone, somewhere in summertime

Someone, somewhere in summertime”…

Simple Minds

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All photos, above, have been shot with the Samsung ST550(TL225), which has been provided by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.

Samsung Debuts 3 New Cameras at the Samsung Experience

On Thursday, August 13th, Samsung launched a trio of cameras that transform the way consumers take and share photos. The press conference, held at the Samsung Experience in New York City, showed off the technologies and features that can be found in the Samsung DualView Cameras (ST550(TL225) and ST500(TL220)) as well as in the new connected camera, the ST1000(CL65).

Check out the following video for a quick snapshot of the event of the new cameras.

SAMSUNG LEADS THE WAY IN DIGITAL CAMERA EVOLUTION

Social Networking at the Heart of Latest Compact Camera Series

Seoul, August 13th 2009: Samsung Digital Imaging Co. Ltd, today unveiled the ST550(TL225), ST500(TL220) and ST1000(CL65), the very latest additions to its camera portfolio. These three new compact devices are highlighted by innovative new features, groundbreaking technology, ease of use and design. Representing the next step in the evolution of the digital camera, the Samsung ST550(TL225), ST500(TL220), and ST1000(CL65) give consumers a whole new approach to personal photography.

Delivering twice the fun of any other compact digital camera, Samsung’s innovative ST550(TL225) and ST500(TL220) truly put the photographer in the picture. The ST550(TL225) and ST500(TL220) feature Dual LCDs with one on the front of the camera and another one on the back. Embracing the latest consumer trends, Samsung’s new ST1000(CL65) provides unprecedented connectivity as it incorporates geo-tagging, Bluetooth 2.0, DLNA, Wi-Fi* connectivity and DLNA compatibility, giving social networkers the ability to share their images while on the move and breaking the confines of uploading and sharing content in the traditional way.

“Today’s product launch is an important milestone for Samsung, reinforcing our position as a leading innovator in the digital camera market and setting a new benchmark for digital camera technology,” said Sang Jin Park, Chief Executive Officer of Samsung Digital Imaging Co. Ltd. “It is our goal to continue to lead the evolution of the industry whilst delivering a first-class consumer experience through ease of use and the design of our ‘Smart Cameras’. We’ve listened to what consumers want and need, particularly in the social networking field, and I expect these latest products to surpass even the highest expectations of today’s budding photographer, guaranteeing fun and excitement to the user.”

Samsung ST550(TL225) and ST500(TL220)



The Samsung ST550(TL225) and ST500(TL220) bring the latest in compact camera innovation to consumers with Dual LCD screens on the front and back, offering twice the fun of any camera and allowing the user to take photographs they simply couldn’t take before. The growing popularity of social networking sites has given rise to the self-portrait or profile picture with many consumers turning their digital camera on themselves to become the subject of their photo.

The 1.5” LCD now on the front of the ST550(TL225) and ST500(TL220) allows consumers to take these self-portraits and profile pictures with ease, showing the user exactly what the picture will look like, enabling the desired result every time. Incorporating a 3.5” wide, 1,152K resolution touch-screen LCD, the ST550(TL225) delivers one of the highest resolution screens available on a digital camera. Complementing this is a 12.2 mega-pixel CCD and 27mm wide-angle Schneider KREIZNACH lens with 4.6x optical zoom, allowing a wider shooting range from a shorter distance, and producing clear, clean images with balanced resolution from the center of the image to the edges.

Another innovation found on the ST550(TL225) and ST500(TL220) is Samsung’s new powerful Smart Gesture User Interface (UI) with a built-in Gravity sensor. Once the camera is on, a simple tap on the front LCD turns it on and the camera is automatically set into self portrait mode with smile detection. This means if users want to take a self portrait, they only need to tap and smile and the picture will be taken automatically. Teamed with innovative Samsung technologies such as Smile Shot, Smart Face Recognition and Smart Auto, users are given the ability to take the perfect image with ease.

Samsung ST1000(CL65)



With the ability to capture and share photo memories on the move, the Samsung ST1000(CL65) allows users to truly connect with family and friends. Packed full of innovation and encased in a sleek compact frame, the ST1000(CL65) incorporates an unprecedented combination of geo-tagging technology, Bluetooth 2.0, DLNA compatibility, and Wi-Fi connectivity options.

The camera’s wireless functionality enables users to send and post pictures almost as quickly as they take them, while its GPS capabilities keep track of where users travel, giving them the ability to manage their images intelligently with geographical location data embedded directly into each corresponding EXIF file. With the increasing importance of content sharing for consumers, the ST1000(CL65) provides an unrivalled experience and is a great way to keep one’s network of friends and family in the know.



The ST1000(CL65)’s built-in geo-tagging allows users to record the details of the location and time the image was taken. Bluetooth 2.0 allows images to be distributed wirelessly to supporting devices such as mobile telephones, and Wi-Fi means that users can now email photos directly from their camera and upload their photos or videos to popular social networking websites, including Facebook®, Picasa™, and YouTube®. The camera’s DLNA compatibility also allows it to wirelessly connect to another DLNA compatible device, such as an HDTV, within a user’s networked home to view and share their precious moments.

Introduced to the world via a series of themed events in New York, Beijing, Bangkok, London and Seoul, the ST550(TL225), ST500(TL220) and ST1000(CL65) will be available to consumers from August 2009.

Specifications




* Specifications are subject to change without notice.
* Wi-Fi only available where verification not required.

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