Samsung HZ10W 10.2 Megapixel Camera boasts Ultra-Wide Angle 24mm Schneider Lens with Powerful 10x Optical Zoom

Friday, January 16, 2009, 5:18
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Samsung, leading supplier of a wide variety of digital consumer electronics and home appliance products, has come up with the released of their latest compact 10.2 megapixel digital camera – Samsung HZ10W. Boasting of the HZ10W, the company claims that the new camera comes featured with both Optical and Digital Image Stabilization, and mega-wide angle 24mm Schneider lens with robust 10x optical zoom (telephoto capabilities of 240mm – 35mm film equivalent).

Samsung said, “For shooters who wish to be in more control when it comes to taking digital images, the HZ10W offers a lot of manual controls. Asits reviews, users can manually configure shutter speed, from 16 ~ 1/1,500 seconds, as well as adjust focus and aperture settings. Users can also dial in exposure in 1/3EV steps at a maximum of ±2EV and select a desired ISO value with options of 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, and even 3200 at a reduced resolution of three mega-pixels.”

Measuring just 4.13? (W) x 2.4? (H) x 1.4? (D) and weighing around 219g, the Samsung HZ10W digital camera will be available in February with the suggested price tag of up to $299.99.

Tony Sorice, VP of Sales and Marketing for Digital Imaging, at Samsung Electronics America. “The mega-zoom HZ10W is one of the most feature-rich digital cameras in Samsung’s wide ranging family of digital imaging products. The camera addresses demands in the marketplace, not only for longer zooms, but for wider focal lengths as well. Such powerful optics, combined with other advanced features like the ability to record HD video, will undoubtedly make the HZ10W an attractive model for anyone in the market for a new digital camera.”

Other Features of Samsung HZ10W Digital Camera:

•Samsung’s proprietary Smart Album program allowing users to search through the various files they have saved on their memory card for a specific image
•Face Detection technology detects up to 9 faces and automatically adjusts focus and exposure to ensure better composition and image quality.
•Blink Detection automatically fire 3 consecutive shots if the camera detects that a subject’s eyes are closed
•Smile Shot automatically take a photo only when the camera detects smiles on the subjects’ faces
•Beauty Shot automatically brighten and even out skin tones as well as remove blemishes
•Captures video in 720p high-definition at 30 frames per second
•2.7 inch (230K pixels) LCD screen
•H.264 compression