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Sunday 23 September 2012

Samsung Galaxy Camera

As one of the Samsung Mobilers for the UK I was lucky enough to be invited along to IFA 2012 where I got to attend Samsung’s Unpacked event and also report on the IFA event itself.

Firstly I should explain that through my time with Samsung I have become quite interested in photography and cameras in general….currently I am using my first DSLR which is a Canon 1100D which is great for beginners. However after seeing what Samsung pulled out the bag I may have to invest in the new Galaxy Camera!

Call me girly….but I totally love that orange colour!

Okay onto the real meaty details, this camera has a seriously impressive spec list….it is mainly aimed at those users that aren’t quite confident enough to use a dslr but still want to take professional looking photographs!

Specs in a nutshell:

16.3 Megapixel
21x optical zoom (we all know digital zoom is awful…so this is great!)
Optical Image Stabilisation
4.77” LCD HD super clear touch display (308ppi)
ISO Auto, 100-3200
4G and 3G access….so you can share photos on the go
1.4Ghz quad core processor
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
8Gb memory and room for an external memory card
Full HD 1080p video recording
HDMI output
GPS and GLONASS
Wifi and bluetooth
1650mAh battery
Dimensions: 128.7x70.8x19.1mm
Weight 305g

So that's an impressive list right!?

Other than that the camera is a really nice bit of kit, it sports a number of “pro” modes that enable the user to create professional pictures really easily.

One such mode is waterfall trace, the following picture was taken on my dslr and as a beginner it took me ages to get the settings correct…I imagine with the Galaxy camera you could select this mode and then point and shoot and come out with a similar result

Finally as the camera shares the same processor as the one that is in the Galaxy S3 I managed to run a speed test to test it’s processing abilities….I used the Antutu benchmark app from the Google Play store: