Samsung ST95 Review

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September 13, 2011 | Gavin Stoker |
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Buy a ST95 16.1 Megapixel Compact Camera - Black (7.6 cm 3" Touchscreen LCD - 5x Optical Zoom - Electronic IS - 4608 x 3456 Image - 1280 x 720 Video - PictBridge - HD Movie Mode)

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Specifications

Image Sensor

Sensor Type 1/2.3″ (Approx. 7.76mm) CCD
Effective Pixel Approx. 16.1 Mega pixels
Total Pixel Approx. 16.4 Mega pixels

Lens

Focal Length Samsung 5x Zoom Lens f = 4.7 ~ 23.5mm (35mm film equivalent: 26 ~ 130mm)
Digital Zoom Still Image mode: 1.0x ~ 5.0x (Optical x Digital: 25.0x)
Play mode: 1.0x ~ 14.4x (depends on image size)
F Value F3.3 (W) ~ F5.9 (T)

Image Stabilization

Mode DIS (1)

Display

Type TFT LCD
Features 3.0" (7.6cm) Wide, 230000dots / Full Touch Screen

Focusing

Type TTL auto focus (Multi AF, Centre AF, Face Detection AF, Smart Touch AF, One Touch Shooting AF, Object Tracking AF, Smart Face Recognition AF)
Range Normal: 80cm ~ infinity (Wide), 100cm ~ infinity (Tele)
Macro: 5cm ~ 80cm (Wide), 100cm ~ 150cm (Tele)
Auto Macro: 5cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 100cm~ Infinity (Tele)

Shutter Speed

Smart Auto: 1/8 ~ 1/2000sec.
Program: 1 ~ 1/2000sec.
Night: 8 ~ 1/2000sec.

Exposure

Control Program AE
Metering System Multi, Spot, Centre Weighted, Face Detection AE
Compensation ± 2EV (1/3EV steps)
ISO Equivalent Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

Sharpness

Soft+, Soft, Normal, Vivid, Vivid+

White Balance

Mode Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom

Still Image

Mode -Mode: Smart Auto, Program, Scene, Simple shot, Vignetting Filter, Beauty shot, Magic Frame, Photo Filter, Night, Close-up, Object Highlight (2)

Image Play

- Mode: Smart Album, 3D Album, Slide show, Magazine - Type: Single image, Thumbnails, Slide show, Movie Clip (3)

Voice Recording

Voice Recording (max. 10 hours)
Voice Memo in Still Image (max. 10sec.)

Date Imprinting

Off, Date, Date & Time

Movie Clip

Recording 5x Optical Zoom enable (Max Recording time: 20min) - Mode: Smart Movie, Movie, Vignetting, Movie Filter, Palette Effect (4)
Effect Palette Effect: Palette Effect 1, Palette Effect 2, Palette Effect 3, Palette Effect 4 - Photo Filter (Smart Filter): Miniature, Vignetting, Soft Focus, Old film 1, Old film 2, Half Tone Dot, Sketch, Fish Eye, Defog, Classic, Retro, Negative, (Custom RGB) - Image Adjust: Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation (5 steps) (5)
Edit Pause during Recording and Playing, Still Image Capture, Time Trimming - Image Edit: Resize, Rotate, Trimming - Smart Filter: Miniature, Vignetting, Soft Focus, Old film 1, Old film 2, Half Tone Dot, Sketch, Fish Eye, Defog, Classic, Retro, Negative, Custom RGB - Image Adjust: Face Retouch, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Red Eye Fix, ACB

Storage

Media Internal memory: 10MB
External memory: Micro SD Card (up to 2GB guaranteed) Micro SDHC (up to 8GB guaranteed) (6)
File Format DCF, EXIF 2.21, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0
Still Image: JPEG
Movie Clip: MP4 (Video: MPEG4.AVC / H.264, Audio: AAC)
Audio file: WAV
Image Size 16M: 4608 x 3456
14M P: 4608 x 3072,
10M: 3648 x 2736,
12M W: 4608 x 2592,
5M: 2592 x 1944,
3M: 1984 x 1488,
2MW: 1920 x 1080,
1M: 1024 x 768

Interface

Digital Output Connector USB 2.0
Audio Microphone: Mono
Internal Speaker: Mono
Video Output AV: NTSC, PAL (user selectable)
DC Power Input Connector 4.2V

Power

Power Source Rechargeable battery: BP95A (740mAh, Min.950mAh)
Charger: SAC-48 (AC Adapter), CB20U05B (USB Cable)
Connector Type: 20pin (7)

Physical Specification

Dimension Dimension (WxHxD) 91.9 x 53.1 x 17mm (without protrusions)
Weight 106.9g (without battery and memory card)
Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40°C
Operating Humidity 5 ~ 85%

Software

Application Intelli-studio (Built-in)

Special Feature

Slim Body, 5x zoom, 3.0" wide Touch LCD · 16 Mega Pixels · 5x Zoom · 3.0" Wide Touch LCD (230K) · 720p, 30fps, H.264 · ISO 3200 - Smart Touch 3.0 · Smart Auto 2.0 (Still & Movie) · Smart Filter 2.0 - Intelli-Zoom - Object Highlight - Magic Frame - Sound Alive - Smart Crop · Smart Face Recognition + Face Tracking · Smart Album · Perfect portrait system

System Requirement in General

For Macintosh Power Mac G3 or later Mac OS 10.4 or higher Minimum 256MB RAM 110MB of available hard-disk space USB port CD-ROM drive
For Windows PC with processor better than Pentium? 3.2GHz / AMD Athlon FX 2.6GHz or higher Minimum 512MB RAM (Over 1GB recommended) Windows XP SP2 / Vista / 7 250MB of available hard-disk space (Over 1GB recommend) USB port CD-ROM drive nVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or later / Ati X1600 series or later 1024 x 768 pixels, 16-bit colour display compatible monitor (1280 x 1024, 32-bit colour display recommended) Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or later

Flash

Mode Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash Off, Red-eye fix
Recharging Time Approx. 4sec.
Range Wide: 0.2m ~ 3.5m
Tele: 1.0m ~ 2.5m (ISO AUTO)

Usage note

  • (1) DIS (Digital Image Stabilisation)
  • (2) Smart Auto: Portrait, Night Portrait, Backlight Portrait, Night, Backlight, Landscape, White, Natural Green, Blue Sky, Sunset, Macro, Macro Text, Macro Colour, Tripod, Action, Fireworks
    Scene: Landscape, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Beach&Snow -Drive: Single, Continuous, AEB, Motion Capture -Self-timer: Off, 2sec., 10sec., Double
  • (3) Slide show: Slide show with Effect & Music
    Smart Album Category: File, Date, Face
  • (4) Smart Movie: Landscape, Blue Sky, Natural Green, Sunset - Size: High Quality - 1280 x 720 (30fps, 15fps) Standard Quality - 1280 x 720 (30fps, 15fps), 640 x 480 (30fps, 15fps), 320 x 240 (30fps, 15fps)
    Due to the noise while optical zooming, user can select to record sound or not. (Voice recording selectable: Sound Alive On / Sound Alive Off / Mute)
  • (5) Movie Filter (Smart Filter): Miniature, Vignetting, Half Tone Dot, Sketch, Fish Eye, Defog, Classic, Retro, Negative, (Custom RGB)
  • (6) Internal memory capacity may not match these specifications.
  • (7) Included items may vary depending on sales region.
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