Do you still remember that…

Do you still remember that argument with your friends or family when you believed that Santa Claus was coming to you bringing a bunch of toys through your chimney and they told me it was not true? Yes, I do. I wanted to believe in Santa Claus because I didn’t want to lose my innocent mind. I was a child who was technically supposed to be innocent. Indeed, I believed what I wanted to believe.

Macy’s Headquarter

ST500(TL220) l 1/125s l F3.5 l ISO 80 l 4.9mm l Program Auto

Lord & Taylor

ST500(TL220) l 1/15s l F3.5 l ISO 200 l 4.9mm l Program Auto

One cold rainy day, I walk along the street near a major department store by chance and find that gorgeous Christmas displays grab my attention. I mumble to myself, ‘Wow, well done, they must be spending so much money on this decoration. Look at the moving dolls and LCD screens! Impressively detailed snow balls!’ I suddenly start critiquing the degree of completion and how the theme is organized with other components. I realize that I’m not seeing the Christmas embellishments with the same eyes that I used to. It does not give me the feeling of a mysterious wonderland like it did when I was young. It’s nothing I haven’t been told or seen before. I feel I lose my innocence as time goes by. Actually, I have had the feeling for a long time.

Bergdorf Goodman

ST500(TL220) l 1/45s l F3.5 l ISO 200 l 4.9mm l Program Auto ST500(TL220) l 1/15s l F3.5 l ISO 320 l 4.9mm l Program AutoST500(TL220) l 1/15s l F3.5 l ISO 200 l 4.9mm l Program Auto ST500(TL220) l 1/20s l F3.5 l ISO 200 l 4.9mm l Program Auto ST500(TL220) l 1/15s l F3.5 l ISO 240 l 4.9mm l Program Auto ST500(TL220) l 1/15s l F3.5 l ISO 240 l 4.9mm l Program AutoST500(TL220) l 1/15s l F3.5 l ISO 200 l 4.9mm l Program Auto ST500(TL220) l 1/15s l F3.5 l ISO 240 l 4.9mm l Program AutoST500(TL220) l 1/20s l F3.5 l ISO 200 l 4.9mm l Program Auto ST500(TL220) l 1/15s l F3.5 l ISO 400 l 4.9mm l Program AutoST500(TL220) l 1/8s l F3.5 l ISO 480 l 4.9mm l Program Auto ST500(TL220) l 1/8s l F3.5 l ISO 400 l 4.9mm l Program AutoST500(TL220) l 1/10s l F3.5 l ISO 400 l 4.9mm l Program Auto ST500(TL220) l 1/8s l F3.5 l ISO 400 l 4.9mm l Program Auto

I want to purify myself by changing my perspective from the adult’s point of view to twinkling eyes of a child, full of curiosity about everything that makes me wonder. Is it a little bit cheesy for me to think that way? Is it too late? Or seriously, am I getting old?

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All photos, above, have been shot with the Samsung ST500(TL220), which has been provided by Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.

ST1000(CL65) dreaming of communicating with the world

The Samsung digital imaging released an outstanding compact digital camera. This is not a digital camera merely taking a picture and recording a movie but the one that dreams about communicating with the world.

Digital Camera ST1000(CL65) dreaming of communicating with the world

I could see the camera a little bit earlier than anyone else as a photographer of the Samsung digital imaging since last WB500(HZ10W). (this is only the second time though) The camera I received is a special engineering sample.

I’ll explain the ST1000(CL65) laying stress on its look for this first time.

The splendid figure put in my hand…

For your information, only black red and silver blue of the ST1000(CL65) are available in Korea so please let there be no misunderstanding about this black color. As it sold in the world, the color can be varied as each country’s character

The detailed look of the ST1000(CL65)…The ST1000(CL65) of 12.2 M pixels supports 5x optical zoom.

While the inner zoom gives rather neat look because of the lens barrel not projecting, it is inconvenient on the other hand. It is because it provides a mediocre angle of view of 35mm due to the limits of the inner zoom as compared with recent Samsung cameras’ line providing wide-angle photos. I feel a little sorry for it while the style became better.

Let’s look at it more in detail. The first thing you can see right away is the GPS receiving part. Thanks to this, the ST1000(CL65) allows you to remember where you took a photo. If you wish, you can check which city you took a photo by turning GPS on.

The operating part side to it is made up very simple. Isn’t it a true trait of the compact size?

Next to the power button are there shutter and zoom buttons. The buttons are generally small but there would be no problem unless you operate them by mistake with an adult’s hand. Below that, you can find a lamp to be turned on when the wireless LAN is on and playback button for you to check photos taken. That is all for the buttons.

Samsung’s famous Haptic UI is applied to the large touchscreen of 3.5-inch LCD.

Not only a touch but also G-sensor is applied so that you can change modes only by tilting the camera. It must be taking some time to get used to this kind of new motion but once you do, it will be an easy function. I cannot know it for sure now because I just received it.

The bottom side is like this. On the left of the port that connects it to the computer and for charge, there is a slot to for tripod mount and on the right of it, you can insert a battery and memory card.

What is interesting is that the memory the ST1000(CL65) supports is not a general SD but MicroSD. As the cell phone and etc. is trying to open the MicroSD market, niche MicroSD may be led by the ST1000(CL65). In reverse, there is familiarity with the cell phone.

Detailed experience reviews will be given next time.Well, that is all for now.

I have not had enough time to use this camera but this coming fall, I will have many opportunities to visit the sea and take a lot of pictures. I’ll give you more live stories at that time.

Finally, I’ll close my story with a movie preview about the ST1000(CL65).

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Must have item in a bag, Samsung Digital Imaging PL51(SL203)

　
One Touch Shot with Smart Auto

Smile, delicious foods, and beautiful scenery are our precious memories. Looking at the beautiful clothes through windows in a department store with a decision to buy them is a pleasing promise in the future. In order to remember these moments and promises, people take a shot with their compact digital camera.

Based on this concept, Samsung Digital Imaging has recently released the PL10 easy to use with great mobility. Its small size and light weight are outstanding points compared with previous PL series or other slim digital cameras, and Smart Auto has been adopted for beginners to easily use it. Let’s take a closer look at the PL51(SL203).

　
Slimmer size and more light weight

There are 2 words expressing the PL51(SL203). It’s small and light. Compared with compact digital cameras and even with slim digital cameras, these words are appropriate. W/T series from Sony which has been considered as slim digital cameras have 93×57×13~18mm of size and 118~128g of weight, but the PL51(SL203) has only 89×56.5×21.6mm of size and 116.1g of weight. So except the depth, the PL51 is better. Considering that slim digital cameras are more expensive than compact digital cameras, the PL51(SL203) gives both mobility and reasonable price.

　
Fun shot with one touch! Smart Auto

It’s fun to leave a photo as a memory, but difficulty of control might be intolerable. If you are not accustomed to taking shots, most of your pictures will be blurred or unclear. Smart Auto makes it easier. You can just point and push the shutter. Then, the PL51(SL203) automatically sets other things. 11 different scenes are supported compared that the ST series supports 16 scene modes. However, it supports necessary scene modes such as backlight, night scenery, and moving subjects, so it will be enough for you.

　
Simple, neat design and blue illumination

Engraved circular hairline around the lens makes different reflection lights by angles, and black high glossy band surrounding left, right, and top gives a design point. The whole back looks like a screen of full touch mobile phone. Overall, it has simple and neat design without unnecessary things.

　
Pushing a power button, dimming blue light is on. At the same time, the lens starts protruding and it looks like watching a living thing. The blue illumination button looks like a magic giving a life to a digital device.

　
10.2M pixels

The PL51(SL203) supports 10.2M high pixels. By supporting up to 3648×2736 resolution, it allows great quality even with A2 size print. You can use this for big photos like poster shots. Both 4:3 normal and 16:9 wide ratio are supported, so you don’t need to change the size for wide monitor or HDTV.

　
Makeup artist in the camera, Beauty Shot

There are 3 ways to take a perfect portrait shot. They are getting a makeup from a makeup artist, or using Photoshop. But if you neither have time to makeup nor know how to use Photoshop, there’s only one way. Take a shot with the PL51(SL203) in Beauty Shot mode.

　
Beauty shot makes your skin smooth and flawless, even if you are not putting on any makeup. With 3 different levels of intensity, more diverse compensation is supported and using with Face Recognition, more accurate shooting can be made when taking a self shot. Taken pictures can be retouched by Beauty Shot from Edit mode.

　
Face Recognition

Looking at a face is an important thing to the PL51(SL203). However, what if it focuses on the background rather than faces, even though it looks at faces?

Face Recognition can be used from Beauty Shot, but can also be used alone. Face Recognition recognizes faces and sets exposure and focus. Self Guide makes a beep sound when recognizing a face. Smile Shot recognizes smiling faces and automatically takes a shot, and I wish it had more accuracy.

　
Smart Album

Among hundreds of pictures, you can easily search pictures with Smart Album without a PC. You can flip them one by one and thumbnail mode with 3, 9, and 20 shots on a screen is also supported. And the photos can be sorted by file name, date, and color. If you have a blue color on a picture, you can quickly find it by color sorting.

　
3x zoom Samsung lens

For more reasonable price, the PL51(SL203) has adopted a 3x zoom Samsung lens. It’s not from a famous brand, but with an endless effort to develop a lens, it gets much better. It’s not enough to appeal to professionals, but for normal users, it can be a good choice.

　
2.7” TFT LCD fitting with its small body

The PL51(SL203) has a very small body, so the size of the LCD has to be limited. It could have adopted 2.5” LCD to reduce the price, but it has been designed with 2.7” LCD. This LCD provides sufficient quality to take and review photos.

　
Digital Image Stabilization (DIS)

Raising your hands in the air, you will see how much they tremble. Therefore, these hands make it difficult to take a shot with the PL51(SL203). In order to reduce this tremor, the PL51(SL203) provides Digital Image Stabilization. After taking shots, it compensates the hand blur on your picture to give you better quality pictures. However, it could have been better if it supported Optical Image Stabilization together.

　
ISO 1600

There’s no noise or color variation with ISO 80, 100, and 200. From 400, there’s a little noise, so when taking a vivid image like the picture, the noise and color variation might be noticed. From 800, noise gets bigger and more color variation happens, so it’s not recommended. Like this, ISO affects the quality. In Auto mode like Smart Auto, ISO is optimized, so it might be better to set composition and consider other things.

　
8 kinds of style

8 types of style can be applied, so you can change the atmosphere of your pictures to Soft, Vivid, Retro, and so on depending on your taste. And with the custom RGB setting mode, users can make their own style by adjusting each value. The style can be applied both before and after shots.

　
640×480 video recording

The PL51(SL203) has a video recording function in 640×480 and 320×240 resolution. It’s not as good as a high end digital camera supporting Full HD(1920×1080) or HD(1280×720), but can be used for a simple video clip or uploading it on sharing sites.

　
Frame Guide

It’s easy to use Frame Guide. Taking a shot with the composition you want, the frame remains on the left and right of the LCD. Then, you can ask someone to take a shot with the composition by matching the frame. This is very useful when you asking someone to take a shot.

　
The small size and light weight of the PL51(SL203) allows us better mobility, and one touch shot of Smart Auto provides convenience of shots even for beginners. Compared to high grade compact digital cameras, functions are a little insufficient, but the mobility and convenience will be a great value to remember the moments.

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Have you seen an orangutan playing with a camera?

If you love to take self-portrait with digital camera, you should have heard about ST550(TL225) or ST500(TL220). Because it has front LCD screen, it helps to take self-portrait and many customers loved it till now. By the way, if you are using either one of them and still have trouble with taking self-portrait, you have some problem with taking just photos. You know why? Because even orangutan is taking photo of herself with ST1000(CL65) and it does not have front LCD screen!

Samsung gave ST1000(CL65) as a surprise gift to Nonja, female orangutan in Vienna, Austria, and she is having fun with it. Nonja is living in Zoo Schönbrunn and now, she is also owns her facebook for her fans!

ST1000(CL65) does not have front LCD screen like either ST550(TL225) or ST500(TL220) but anyhow, Nonja figured out how to take photos. Not only that, she also uploads her photos on her facebook! ST1000(CL65) has GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth features in it. So her fans not only can notice where Nonja took her photos, but also can see her photos almost ‘on-air’ with ST1000(CL65)’s Wi-Fi feature.

Most of photos are not clear and not on focus, but it is pretty amazing that orangutan takes picture of herself. Deputy of Zoo Schönbrunn, Gerhard Kasbauer said, “Nonja does not know about art of photo, but she seems like enjoys taking photos.”

Do you want to take look photos of Nonja and become her fan? Then click here to visit her!

We feel sorry that her facebook appears with German but if you are already a user of facebook, we are pretty sure that you know how to see a photo. :)

Have fun with ST1000(CL65) Nonja, and please show as more photos of you!

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