Samsung unviels ES10 digital camera
Samsung has launched its new ES series digital camera called ES10. ES10 is the first release in ES Series. Though the camera is in entry level, it has some amazing features. Its not surprise that its going to be real treat for photographers.
This cute digi-camera comes with 8.1 Megapixel with 1/2.5″ high resolution CCD sensor which can provide high quality pictures. It has 3x zoom and 2.5 inch LCD screen which supports resolution of 230K. Shoot videos with MPEG VGA resolution 640×480. Features like Face detecting, Red Eye Fix are also present. LCD has intelligence to adjust according to the environment brightness.
You can choose colors like silver, pink, white and black. The pricing are not known yet.
Specification : (Courtesy: samsungcameras.com)
| Image Sensor | Type | 1/2.5″ (Approx. 1.02cm) CCD |
| Effective Pixel | Approx. 8.1 Mega-pixels | |
| Total Pixel | Approx. 8.3 Mega-pixels | |
| Lens | Focal Length | SAMSUNG Lens f = 6.3 ~ 18.9mm (35mm film equivalent : 38~114mm) |
| F No. | F2.8(W) ~ F5.2(T) | |
| Digital Zoom | Still Image mode : 1.0X ~3.0X Play mode : 1.0X ~ 10.2X (depends on image size, Min. size is 320×240) | |
| Image Stabilization | Image Stabilization | DIS (Digital Image Stabilization) |
| Display | Type | TFT LCD |
| Feature | 2.5″ (6.4cm), QVGA (230,000 pixels) | |
| Viewfinder | Viewfinder | N/A |
| Focusing | Type | TTL auto focus (Multi AF, Center AF, Face Detection AF) |
| Range | Normal : 80cm ~ infinity Macro : 10cm~80cm (Wide), 50cm ~ 80cm (Tele) Auto Macro : 10cm~Infinity (Wide), 50cm~ Infinity (Tele) | |
| Shutter Speed | Shutter Speed | Auto : 1 ~ 1/2,000 sec. Manual/Night : 8 ~ 1/2,000 sec. Fireworks : 4 sec. |
| Exposure | Control | Program AE |
| Metering | Multi, Spot, Center Weighted, Face Detection AE | |
| Compensation | ±2EV (1/3EV steps) | |
| ISO Equivalent | Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 | |
| Flash | Modes | Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash off, Red Eye Fix |
| Range | Wide : 0.4m ~ 4.3m, Tele : 0.5m ~ 2.3m (ISO AUTO) | |
| Recharging Time | Approx. 5 sec. | |
| Sharpness | Sharpness | Soft+, Soft, Normal, Vivid, Vivid+ |
| White Balance | White Balance | Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom |
| Still Image | Shooting | Mode: Auto, Program, DIS,Photo help Guide , Scene Scene : Beauty Shot, Potrait, Night scene, Children, Landscape, Text, Close-up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow Continuous: Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB Self-timer: 10sec.2sec., Double, Motion Timer |
| Effect | Photo Style Selector :Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB Image Adjust : Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation (5 steps) | |
| Edit | Image Edit : Resize, Rotate, Trimming Photo Style Selector :Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB Image Adjust : Face Retouch, Red Eye Fix, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation | |
| Image Play | Image Play | Single image, Thumbnails, Multi Slide show, Movie Clip * Slide show : Slide show with Effect & Music |
| Voice Recording | Voice Recording | Voice Recording (max. 10 hours) Voice Memo in Still Image (max. 10 sec.) |
| Date Imprinting | Date Imprinting | Date&Time, Date, Off (user selectable) |
| Movie Clip | Recording | With Audio or without Audio (user selectable, recording time : Max 2 hours) Size : 640×480, 320×240 (3X Optical Zoom, Mute during Zoom Operation) Frame rate : 30 fps, 15 fps |
| Effect | Photo Style Selector :Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB | |
| Edit | Pause during recording, Still Image Capture | |
| Storage | Media | Internal memory: Approx. 9MB flash memory External memory: SD Card(up to 2GB guaranteed) MMC plus(up to 1GB guaranteed) SDHC (up to 8GB guaranteed) |
| File Format | Still Image : JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.21, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0 Movie Clip : AVI (MJPEG) Audio : WA | |
| Image Size | 8M : 3264×2448 pixles 7MP: 3264×2176 pixels 6MW: 3264×1836 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 : Mono Internal Speaker : Mono | |
| Video Out | AV : NTSC, PAL (user selectable) | |
| DC power input | 3.3V | |
| Cradle | N/A | |
| Power Source | Power Source | Primary Battery: 2x AA Alkaline Rechargeable battery :SNB-2512B KIT(2xAA Ni-MH Battery & Charger) Connector Type : 8pin * Included battery may vary depending on sales region. |
| Physical Specification | Dimensions (WxHxD) | 94.1×62.7×25.2mm |
| Weight | 120g (without battery and card) | |
| Operating Temperature | 0 ~ 40°C | |
| Operating Humidity | 5 ~ 85% | |
| Software | Software | Samsung Master, Adobe Reader |
| Special Features | Special Features | Self Portrait Intelligent LCD MJPEG VGA 30fps Face Detection Beauty Shot DIS(Digital Image Stabilization) Photo Help Guide |
| System Requirement | For Windows | PC with processor better than PentiumⅢ 500MHz (Pentiumlll 800MHz recommended) Windows 2000/XP/Vista 250 MB 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 9.0 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 |