Diane Pernet: Back to our habitat

Here are some images of Diane Pernet visinging Samsung's d'light.

It was shiny Saturday afternoon. I could easily notice the appearance of our guest in a black dress. When Diane Pernet entered into Samsung d’light building in Seoul, full of her images on the digital wall and warm welcome messages on the floor were greeting her. Was she touched? Sure!

[Samsung NX10 1/50sㅣf5.6 ㅣISO 320ㅣ48.0mm]

[Samsung NX10 1/20sㅣf5.6 ㅣISO 400ㅣ55.0mm]

Samsung d’light is an exhibition space to showcase Samsung Electronics’ product lineup that guests can test and touch the Samsung’s new products such as mobile phones, computers, cameras and other devices.

[Samsung NX10 1/60sㅣf3.5 ㅣISO 100ㅣ18.0mm]

It was actually her second visit to Samsung d’light. She seemed more comfortable and more familiar than the first time. With our staff, she looked around the space and tested new products. During the tour of Samsung d’light, she was always with her camera ST550(TL225) which was the special present from the last visit. The camera has black body with a gold line that is a perfect match for her black dress, dark sunglasses, black hair and her black veil. (to see the story of her last visit, please click here.)

[Samsung NX10 1/500sㅣf5.0 ㅣISO 800ㅣ45.0mm]

▲ She is testing Samsung New camera NX10

[Samsung NX10 1/6sㅣf4.5 ㅣISO 800ㅣ35.0mm]

Diane Pernet. She is a celebrated journalist and famous fashion blogger. Through her blog (http://www.dianepernet.typepad.com/), she tells her story and communicates with people from all over the world. She is also the founder of A Shaded View on Fashion film festival, a festival of short films and videos from around the world exploring themes of fashion, beauty and style.

[Samsung NX10 1/5sㅣf5.6 ㅣISO 800ㅣ55.0mm]

After the tour of new products, she had an interview with us. Bloggers and I asked about her lovely camera ST550(TL225), and her fashion career. Diane answered every question very gently and sincerely that I was so impressed with it.

Diane flew back into our habitat, and flew away somewhere else like she did it last year. So I expect her back someday. Au revoir Diane.

Read more: http://www.samsungimaging.net/diane-pernet-back-to-our-habitat/#ixzz0jqsPagMN

SAMSUNG Camcorder U10 Sample Video

Following is a video recorded by Samsung U10 camcorder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JKsYCCJQQs

Samsung PL150, Chapter 1: The Wedding

Here is some information about Samsung PL150 camera.

Two weeks ago and after five years of relationship, Natalie and I got married.We were really nervous!

It was a very moving and funny civil ceremony. Lots of family members and friends were there.

[Natalie is swiss, so we´ll have another celebration later in Switzerland with her family]

Judges are normally very nice despite of formalities, I guess they understand how special a day like this is.

Going back to the ceremony, well, there was space for tears and also for laughs.

The rings moment, for example, was fun since I couldn´t remember which was the correct finger. Everyone was laughing out loud! Shame on me!

Anyway… same happened to my girlfriend! Ooops, sorry, I have to get used to say wife now :P

After our first kiss as a married couple, we had to face the most terrible challenge: It was Rice Time!! [where does this tradition come from by the way? :P]

Oh My God! Our friends and family threw us like five tons of it! It was great fun for them. And yes, also for us. I had so much rice in my head that I got a little revenge by shaking my hair like a dog throwing some of it back to the people, hehe.

It was a wonderful unforgettable day… and the camera was there to register it!!! Wiiiiii :D

That day we went for some special breakfast, don´t think about something luxurious whatsoever, just something more than my typical coffee with milk ;-)

Walking by I saw this written on the wall. It means “Only Love will change the World”. Pretty cool!

[Samsung PL150 1/125s ㅣf/3.9 ㅣISO 200ㅣ13.2mm]

While having breakfast, Natalie was thinking: “Should I marry him or not??? Hmmmm”

[Samsung PL150 1/20s ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 400ㅣ4.9mm]

Here you can see Natalie and are my parents. Awwww….

[Samsung PL150 1/60s ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 80ㅣ4.9mm]

The witnesses, Guido and Lola. Two friends we love very much!

[Samsung PL150 1/60s ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 200ㅣ4.9mm]

More Family, starting with my lovely sister on left.

[Samsung PL150 1/45s ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 80ㅣ4.9mm]

Rice Time!!!!! See? I was not lying!

[Samsung PL150 1/250s ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 800ㅣ4.9mm]

Here part of the cake, gifted by my sister and her boyfriend Paul.

We look awesome, don´t we?

[Samsung PL150 1/8s ㅣf/3.7 ㅣISO 200ㅣ5.7mm]

And last but not least, Nico and Natalie :)

[Samsung PL150 1/45s ㅣf/3.5 ㅣISO 200ㅣ4.9mm]

I want to thank my cousin Adrian for taking some of the pictures that you can see here. And i also want to thank everyone who came and shared this special moment with us, specially to Alejandro for being my special photographer.

Stay Tuned for chapter 2, and remember…

Don´t try this at home! ;)

Read more: http://www.samsungimaging.net/chapter-1-the-wedding/#ixzz0jewdhAUt

The release of slim camera ST5500(CL80)/ST5000(TL240)

Here is a short information about Samsung's new ST5500 and ST5000 camera.

SamsungDigitalImaging recently announced the release of ultra-slim(1.96mm thick) compact camera ST5500(CL80) and ST5000(TL240) that strengthen user’s convenience.

Their body is accented by fluid, hydro-formed lines. Hydro-forming technology is generally used for auto parts, and Samsungimaging adopted the hydro-forming technology for the first time in this field.

ST5500(CL80)’s features include 14.2 megapixel quality, 7x optical zoom power Schneider KREUZNACH lens, and Slanted Shutter. It also provides brilliant 1,152K high-resolution images through a vivid 3.5” TFT Touch LCD. Plus, its self-standing Posture 7° physique makes taking those tricky self-portraits a snap.

As for its Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, they’re both DLNA(Digital Living Network Alliance) compliant and can be used to display images on networked media players and HDTVs. Alternatively the Wi-Fi connection can be used to upload images and video to Facebook, YouTube and Picasa, among other sites. you can also email images and video directly from the ST5500(CL80)’s 3.5” TFT touch screen, which supports “the qwerty keyboard” input.

ST5500(CL80) also provides smart functions such as Smart Gesture UI, Dual Image Stabilization, Smart Auto 2.0 (Still & Movie) and Smart Filter. Smart Gesture UI is built-in acceleration sensor turns your gestures into commands. For example, users can delete photos by drawing an “X” on the screen without button.

ST5000(TL240) features all functions of ST5500(CL80) except wireless service with 3.5” TFT LCD screen. Both models will be come in Black and Orange.

“ST5500(CL80)/ST5000(TL240) is the product reflected Samsung’s philosophy of camera design” said an executive of Samsungimaging. “The camera offers the highest standard in technology, design, and features”

Read more: http://www.samsungimaging.net/the-release-of-slim-camera-st5500cl80st5000tl240/#ixzz0jesXCUQj

SAMSUNG U10 FULL HD UCC CAMCORDER

Here is a link to the review about Samsung U10 camcorder in a video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWbZMrcpXVc


Here are main feature:
- 15.5mm thickness
- 7 dgree angle
- Full HD 1920x1080
- 10MP
- Time lapse recording
- Intelli-studio
- One touch upload to Youtube

Another dual LCD camera, Samsung PL150

The BuyKing posed a review about Samsung PL150 dual camera.
Camera filled with necessary functions

It’s fun to take pictures in life. There are people who don’t need to chase something cute, pretty, or unique. They just like to take their baby, pet, friend, or girl friend. They even enjoy taking landscape and editing it.

Following the ST550(TL225), Samsung(http://www.samsungimaging.com/) has released another dual LCD camera PL150. It consists of simple and necessary functions, but it’s good enough to take shots. It also means a lot as another dual LCD camera. Let’s take a look at the main functions of the PL150.

Crystal Design and 7 degree slant

By adopting dual injection and making more wondrous feeing, crystal TOC (Touch Of Color) design has also been applied to the PL150. Thin transparent material in opaque dark red crystal makes the design more elegant. Vivid red color following the left edge makes the body more abundant.

For self shot, the upper and the lower side of the body has tilted in 7 degree. By holding the front of the upper side and the back of the lower side, users can set the handsome angle.

This review is very long please click here or http://www.segadget.com/entry/539 for more information.

SAMSUNG WB650 Review

NoteForum posted a review about Samsung WB650 GPS camera.

Just a few years ago, there was ‘image quality’ on the main copy of every digital camera. However, looking at recent cameras, they rather focus on design, specification and unique functions than image quality. (Image quality of almost all digital cameras has become higher, so the quality doesn’t mean a lot any more. Now, it seems that people buy a camera by looking at unique functions and performance.)

The Samsung WB650 which I’m reviewing has a lot of its unique functions unlike other digital cameras such as manual function, 24mm wide angle, 15x optical zoom, GPS, and so on.

WB series is the highest level among Samsung digital cameras, so I think there are a lot of things to look at. Let’s take a look at them one by one through the review.

This is a long review, please click here or http://www.segadget.com/entry/538 for more information.

The Gadget Show: WebTV 27 - Top 5 iPhone apps and Samsung HMX R10

The Gadget Show, WebTV27 introduced Samsung R10 camcorder in video. Here is the link to the video explanation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5VNO62z4c0

This is the NX10, a new concept lens interchangeable camera from Samsung

Here is more information about Samsung NX10 interchangeable lens camera.

Mirrorless interchangeable lens camera Samsung NX10

Finally, the hero in the rumor from 2009 is being released. It’s the NX10 a new concept lens interchangeable camera from Samsung.

The NX10 has both advantages of hardware of DSLRs and convenient use of compact digital cameras.

It will be released with the NX lenses such as 18-55mm F3.5-5.6, 50-200mm F4-5.6, and 30mm pancake lens and has 123×87×39.8mm of size and 353g of weight. 23.4×15.6mm size APC-S type CMOS is installed in the camera with 14.6M pixels. The reason I introduce this with Samsung’s own lenses is that it supports ‘Contrast AF’.

Unlike most of the DSLR cameras has phase based AF, this product has Contrast AF which sets focus by using the difference of contrast, so it has live view with 100% of visibility and VGA level Electronic Viewfinder. Moreover, unlike the common sense ‘Contrast AF is slower than phase based AF, because the body and lens are communicated’, the NX10 allows fast focusing and high speed continuous shots, and with the NX lens having OIS, more vivid pictures without hand-blur can be taken.

On the left and right side of the NX10, memory slot for up to 4GB of SD card and 8GB of SDHC card, DC IN port, Shutter release port, HDMI, USB/AV OUT port are located.

The BP1310 Li-Ion battery taking 150 minutes to be fully charged allows taking 400 pictures and recording 130 min of videos. By using a power saving mode appropriately, more time can be secured, but like we take an additional memory, an additional memory would be better. If you use a built-in flash, it’s needed more.

The mode dial of the NX10 is similar to a mode dial of DSLR cameras. Program mode P, aperture A, shutter S, and manual M are located. These modes allow users to take their own pictures and by their preference, sometimes there are frequently used mode and setting values.

Night Scenery, Portrait, Smart Auto, and Video for 720p HD can be selected by this mode dial and on the upper side, dial for adjustment and shutter button are located. On the left, flash button and built-in speaker are located and on the center, Hot shoe for an external flash is located.

The NX10 has 640×480 610K pixels 3” (7.6cm) AMOLED for better outdoor visibility and 920K EVF with the same resolution makes the camera mirrorless and look like a DSLR, and it also helps get more visibility under the daylight. For your reference, eye sensor is located on the right below for automatic screen change when using the viewfinder.

On the left upper side from the AMOLED, menu button and EVF eye sight adjustment dial are located. Through the dial, focus of eyes and viewfinder can be adjusted and on the right side, DISP and Fn buttons are located. If you don’t know what you see while setting things, please push the DISP button. Then you will see detailed explanation of the menu.

Under the Fn button, direction key (5 way) is located and AF/MF which is a selection among Single, continuous auto focus, and manual focus, White Balance, ISO from 100 to 3200, Metering among spot, center weighted, and multi can be made. Playback and delete button are located. The delete button can load Picture Wizard function to adjust color, saturation, sharpness, and contrast and 3 different settings can be saved allowing more various color shootings.

I felt more convenience in arrangement of exposure buttons and function setting like AEL, exposure correction, and green button while using the NX10 than other DSLRs. Exposure is one of the most important components in shooting. Frequently used exposure correction button and AEL button play an important role. Especially, after pushing AEL button, the exposure value will be maintained until the next shooting, so for different angle shooting, the same exposure can conveniently be applied and through other settings, focus lock or both lock can be set.

While changing modes and setting values, sometimes we miss something. Especially, in exposure correction and selection AF, we need to change the location of focus a lot by using the dial, but we used to forget to change it and take it with the previous value. On the upper side of the NX10, the green button initializes frequently used settings such as exposure correction, focus, program shife, detailed setting of Picture Wizard, and micro adjustment of white balance by one click, so it’s very convenient and easy to use, because it’s located right behind the shutter and dial.

Pushing DISP button, various information is displayed on the screen. Especially, looking at various setting information, it looks like a compact digital camera. Even if you get accustomed to those button I explained, it’s very important to check the current status.

They are the screens of Program P, Aperture A, Shutter S, and M manual mode. Basically, these 4 modes are controlled by the combination of dial and exposure correction button. For example, in A mode, aperture value is adjusted by dial, and while holding the exposure correction button, exposure value is adjusted. It’s convenient to adjust it in the AMOLED. For example, blub exposure for Night Scenery, Fireworks, and celestial body can be set by rotating dial once more from shutter speed 30 sec in manual mode.

From these 4 modes, by pushing Fn button, 7 settings are possible such as photo size, quality, AF, flash, color space, Smart Range, and OIS (Only OIS lens).

I don’t think additional explanation is always good in the world a lot of camera clubs out there. I think it’s more important to understand the specification and feature of the lens, take your own shots even in inclement weather conditions, and enjoy the results..

Samsung has investigated what customers want in the compact digital camera market and through their convenient functions, they’ve been doing great with normal users. Let’s take a look at the convenient modes on the powerful hardware of the NX10.

Convenient modes representing Samsung cameras such as ‘Night’, ‘Portrait’, ‘Landscape’, ‘Scene’, and ‘Smart Auto’ have been strongly supported by customers. Especially, ‘Portrait’, ‘Scene’, and ‘Smart Auto’ would be even more convenient and cool, because various lenses can be mounted. These modes can basically take shots with changing exposure according to the F value of lenses. The screen next to each mode can be edited by pushing Fn button and different by each mode. For example, in ‘Portrait’ mode, ‘Face Detection AF’ and ‘Self Guide AF’ up to 10 faces, in ‘Scene mode’, 9 scene modes, and in ‘Smart auto’, 16 scenes are automatically recognized.

The NX10 can take 720p HD video for 25 min. And it also supports 640 or 320 resolution video recording for web site. Program (P) setting aperture automatically and Aperture (A) which users set aperture can be set. With them, a fader effect which gets darker or brighter at the beginning or ending can be applied.

This camera has 3 shooting menus, normal setting menu, and 1 user setting menu.

The NX10 supports various images like as 3:2 size 4592 X 3056 of 14M to 1929 X 1280 of 2M and 16:9 size 4592 X 2584 of 12M to1920 X 1080 of 2M and 4592 X 3056 RAW images. 9 White balance options and up to ISO 3200 from 100 are supported. When it comes to Color Space, it needs more explanation. When printing out images by using cameras or printers, the range of color reproduction is different and it is called Color Space. Therefore, in order to match colors, there are some standards. For the color reproduction in LCD monitor, printer, and Samsung RAW converter 3, sRGB is good enough. For your information, the file extension of the RAW is SRW and when taking shots in Adobe RGB mode, ‘-‘ will be put on the front of the file name.

Shooting 2 menu like managing light has a lot of AF mode settings by using 5 way direction key. Especially, because AF area and metering determine the location of focus and the area, it affects a lot on the color feeling. When it comes to a flash as an auxiliary light, there are 1^st curtain sync, and 2^nd curtain sync. It selects when the flash goes off such as when the shutter is opening or closing.

Above images were taken in continuous shooting. The NX10 takes 3 shots per sec and in Burst mode, 30 shots per sec in 1472×976 resolution. Bracket taking 3 consecutive shots with +- level of different Exposure, White balance, and Picture Wizard is supported.

Shooting 3 menu is a Bracketing menu. Generally, bracketing takes different shots with +- exposure and blue and amber or magenta and green among 4 colors such as Green, Amber, magenta, and Blue. When taking outdoor shots or making another feeling from the same picture, it’s useful. Picture Wizard BKT takes 3 consecutive shots with 3 different user settings. I’d like to recommend using Smart Range for normal users and it automatically corrects loss due to the difference in the shading of the picture. ISO 100 can’t be selected if using this, but by pushing Fn button, it can be changed.

User setting has convenience of controls. When it comes to exposure compensation which is the most frequently used function in the NX10, it can be set to 1/3 or 1/2 drop when rotating a dial once. It’s better to set high sensitivity and long time noise reduction. Display setting coming out by DISP button can be selected from icon, guideline, and histogram.

The most convenient function of the user setting is AEL and depth preview button. Especially, for AEL, exposure, focus, or both can be set or and depth preview button is more convenient if selecting one touch White balance.

When it comes to normal setting, Setting 1 and 2 have basic settings such as format, initialization, and language. However, Setting 3 has features of the NX10. It has a sensor cleaning function which cleans the APS-C CMOS sensor. Ultra sonic type sensor cleaning can be used from the menu and automatic cleaning is also possible when booting. Through Samsung Anynet+, various products from Samsung can be connected together and HDMI output is also available.

I liked the firmware update the most. Previously, film cameras became luxurious items, but in DSLR generation, the firmware update is the best way to make it more perfect in various environments. For your information, the firmware update of the NX10 is separately provided for the body firmware and lens firmware.

Images seeing from AMOLED are great in the NX10. They are even better than a monitor. The images can be sorted by file, date(day), and week.

I remember that I talked about the possibility of domestic DSLR cameras with camera manias. There were optimists and pessimists, but there was no made in Korea at that time.

The NX10 is the first lens interchangeable type camera not just from Samsung, but from Korea having its own lens mount. This means a lot, but comparing the size of the APS-C CMOS with DSLR cameras, the weight is much different.

The images by the NX10 are great and beautiful. For those who want to change their camera to a DSLR from a compact camera or have a DSLR inferior to the NX10, please remember this camera, because this is the camera in your life, not just a camera for certain time.

SAM_0097 5.7MB 4592 X 3056 1/13s f/2.0 ISO:480 Normal 47mm

SAM_0184 5.6MB 4592 X 3056 1/8s f/2.0 ISO:800 Normal 47mm

SAM_0149 4.4MB 4592 X 3056 0.4s f/2.0 ISO:800 Normal 47mm

SAM_0029 4.1MB 4592 X 3056 1/160s f/3.8 ISO:200 Normal 47mm

SAM_0081 4.0MB 4592 X 3056 1/15s F/2.0 ISO:400 Normal 47

SAM_0100 3.1MB 4592 X 3056 1/80s F/2.5 ISO:100 Normal 47mm

SAM_0043 2.7MB 4592 X 3056 1/180s F/2.8 ISO:200 Normal 47mm

SAM_1650 3.4MB 4592 X 3056 0.6s F/6.7 ISO:200 Normal 29mm

SAM_0103 4.3MB 4592 X 3056 0.3s F/2.0 ISO:800 Normal 47mm

_SAM2131 3.5MB 4592 X 3056 1/180s F/9.5 ISO:200 Normal 51mm

_SAM2058 5.1MB 3056 X 4592 1/180s F/9.5 ISO:200 Normal 47mm

(Focal Length is on 35mm)

Read more: http://www.samsungimaging.net/this-is-the-nx10-a-new-concept-lens-interchangeable-camera-from-samsung/#ixzz0jTJE4bP0