Samsung announces HZ25W Digital Camera

Digital Cameras, Featured David Peter

Samsung biggest Electronic giant has announced new digital camera HZ25W into Indian market. This device has 12.5 megapixel digital camera with Ultrazoom and 24x Schneider-Kreuznach Optical Zoom lens. With this camera, User’s can easily zoom in and out while recording as they can take the advantage of the camera’s 26mm wide-angle focal length and 24x optical zoom features. Smart Audio Features of this device has the ability to automatically choose from one of the 11 optimized settings to the quality of pictures.

camera This device has face recognition technology which can remember faces it sees frequently and prioritizes them when focusing and exposing future shots. It can remember up to 20 recognized faces in internal memory and allows users to search for their favourite faces in playback. In Blink Detection Mode camera take a series of shots,  when closed eyes are detected everyone is captured with their eyes opened. Smart Auto Focus feature can be used to automatically focus while taking photos and now no need to worry about dark light or out of focus. The price of this camera is around $400.

Camera Specifications:

Sensor
  • 1/2.33 ” CCD
  • 12.47 million effective pixels
  • 12.70 million total pixels
Image sizes
  • 12M: 4000 x 3000
  • 10M : 3984 x 2656
  • 9M : 3968 x 2232
  • 8M : 3264 x 2448
  • 5M : 2592 x 1944
  • 3M : 2048 x 1536
  • 1M: 1024 x 768
Movie clips
  • 1280×720 (30fps & 15fps)
  • 640×480 (30fps & 15fps)
  • 320×240 (60fps & 30fps)
File formats
  • Still Image : RAW (DNG1.1), JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.21, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0
  • Movie Clip :H.264(AVC)
  • Audio : WAV
Lens
  • 26-624mm equiv.
  • 24x Optical zoom
  • f = 4.6 ~ 110.4mm
  • F2.8(W) ~ F5.0(T)
Image stabilizationDual (OIS + DIS)
Digital zoomApprox. 5x
FocusTTL Auto Focus
AF area modes
  • Cente
  • Multi
  • Face Detection
  • Tracking
  • Selection
Focus distance
  • Normal : 80cm ~ infinity (Wide)
  • Macro : 10cm ~ 80cm (Wide), 50cm ~ 80cm (Tele)
  • Auto Macro : 10cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 50cm ~ Infinity (Tele)
  • Super Macro 1 cm
ISO sensitivity
  • ISO 80
  • ISO 100
  • ISO 200
  • ISO 400
  • ISO 800
  • ISO 1600
  • ISO 3200
  • ISO 6400 (Up to 3M)
Metering
  • Multi
  • Spot
  • Center-weighted
  • Face Detection AE
Exposure modes
  • Smart Auto
  • Program
  • Manual
  • Aperture Priority
  • Shutter Priority
  • User1
  • User2
  • Scene
  • Portrait, Night
Exposure Compensation+/-2EV (1/3EV steps)
Shuttter speed (TBC)
  • Auto : 1 ~ 1/2,000 sec.
  • A, S, M, U: 8 ~ 1/2,000 sec.
  • AEB, continuous : 1/4 ~ 1/2,000 sec.
Scene modes
  • Scene Recognition : Portrait, Night Portrait, Night, Backlight Portrait, Backlight, Landscape, White, Macro, Macro Text, Tripod, Action
  • Scene : Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Text, Close-up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow
White balance
  • Auto
  • Daylight
  • Cloudy
  • Fluorescent_H
  • Fluorescent_L
  • Tungsten
  • Custom
  • Kelvin
Self timer2 sec., 10 sec., Double
Continuous shooting Modes
  • Single
  • Continuous
  • HS Continuous
  • AEB
  • Motion Capture
Flash
  • Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash off, Red eye fix
  • Range : Wide :0.3m ~ 6.0m, Tele : 0.5m ~ 3.0m (ISO AUTO)
LCD monitor
  • 3.0 inch TFT LCD
  • approx.230,000 pixels
Digital input/output
  • USB 2.0 High Speed
Video outputAV : NTSC, PAL (user selectable)
Storage
  • Internal memory (Approx. 40 MB)
  • SD/SDHC memory cards
Power
  • Rechargeable SLB-11A Li-ion battery
Weight (no batt)TBC
Dimensions

TBC