Samsung Germany has announced the 13.8-megapixel Samsung WB5500 digital camera with a 26x zoom lens. Spanning a 35mm equivalent focal range of 26-676mm, the Samsung WB5500’s lens bears the prestigious Schneider-Kreuznach name on its barrel. The camera offers manual and semi-manual exposure modes and can store the captured photos as raw image data. Videographers will appreciate the HD movie recording capability and the fact that they can use the 26x optical zoom while filming. Movies are compressed using the H-264 codec and stored in MPEG-4 format. Endowed with an HDMI port, the Samsung WB5500 is available priced at €429.

Website: Samsung press release (in German)

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