Samsung WB2000 Review

4.5

September 17, 2010 | Mark Goldstein |

Buy a WB2000 10 Megapixel Compact Camera - 4.30 mm-21.50 mm - Black (7.6 cm 3" OLED - 5x Optical Zoom - Optical - 3648 x 2736 Image - 1920 x 1080 Video - MPEG-4 - HDMI - PictBridge)

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Specifications

Image Sensor

Type	1/2.4″ High Speed CMOS
Effective Pixel	Approx. 10 Mega pixel
Total Pixel	Approx. 10.6 Mega pixel

Lens

Focal Length	Schneider-KREUZNACH f = 4.3 ~ 21.5mm (35mm film equivalent : 24~120 mm)
F No.	F2.4(W) ~ F5.8(T)
Digital Zoom	Still Image mode : 1.0X ~ 4.0X Play mode : 1.0X ~ 11.4X (depends on image size)

Image Stabilization

Image Stabilization	Dual IS (OIS + DIS)

Display

Type	AMOLED
Feature	3.0" (7.62cm), VGA

Viewfinder

Viewfinder	N/A

Focusing

Type	TTL Auto Focus (Center AF, Multi AF, Selection AF, Manual Focus, Face Detection AF, Object Tracking AF), Movie AF (CAF)
Range	Normal : 50cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 80cm ~ Infinity (Tele) Macro : 5cm~50cm (Wide), 50cm ~ 80cm (Tele) Auto Macro : 5cm~Infinity (Wide), 50cm~ Infinity (Tele)Manual : 5cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 50cm ~ Infinity (Tele)

Shutter Speed

Shutter Speed	Auto : 1/8 ~ 1/2000 sec., Program : 1 ~ 1/2000 sec., M : 16 ~ 1/2,000 sec. Night : 8 ~ 1/2,000 sec., Fireworks : 4 sec.

Exposure

Control	Program AE, Manual Aperture Adjustment ( 21 steps)
Metering	Multi, Spot, Center-weighted
Compensation	±2EV (1/3EV steps)
ISO Equivalent	Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

Flash

Modes	Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash Off, Red-eye fix
Range	Wide : 0.2m ~ 4.4m, Tele : 0.8m ~ 1.8m (ISO AUTO) * Flash EVC : ±5EV (1/2 steps)
Recharging Time	Approx. 4 sec.

Sharpness

Sharpness	5 steps

White Balance

White Balance	Auto WB, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom, K

Still Image

Shooting	10fps, 5fps, 3fps, Precapture, Single, interval, 10sec, 2sec, BRK, Raw file support
Effect	Smart Filter : miniature, vignetting, fish-eye Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB, Sketch, Defog
Edit	Resize, Rotate, Photo Style Selector, Image Adjust * Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB * Image Adjust : Off, Red-eye Fix, Face Retouch, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Add Noise

Image Play

Image Play	Single image, Thumbnails, Multi Slide show, Movie Clip, Smart Album

Voice Recording

Voice Recording	Container : *.WAV, Codec : ADPCM Voice Recording (max. 10 hours)Voice Memo in Still Image (max. 10 sec.) With Stereo Recording

Date Imprinting

Date Imprinting	DD/MM/YY

Movie Clip

Recording	Movie Size : 1920x1080 High/Standard Quality, 1280×720 Standard Quality, 640×480, 320×240, 432x320, 224x160, 192x64 * Speed Dial (1000 fps, 420fps, 240 fps, 60fps, 30fps, 10sec(timer), 2sec(timer)) * Format : H.264 (Max. Recording time : 20min.) * Stereo recording with volume control, mute during zoom operation (user option) * Voice(On/Off), OIS(On/Off) * Movie capture button * Smart Auto Movie (Landscape, Blue Sky, Natural Green, Sunset) Full-size Dual Capture
Effect	Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB, Sketch, Defog (*depends on size and frame rate)
Edit	Pause during recording, Still Image Capture, Time Trimming

Storage

Media	External memory: SD Card(up to 4GB guaranteed) SDHC (up to 8GB guaranteed)
File Format	Still Image : JPEG, DCF, EXIF 2.21, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0 SRW (Samsung Raw File format) Movie Clip : Container : MP4, Video : H.264, Audio : AAC
Image Size	10M : 3648x2736 pixels, 9MP : 3648x2432 pixels, 8M : 3264×2448 pixels, 7MW: 3648x2048 pixels, 7M 1:1 : 2736x2736 pixels 5M : 2592×1944 pixels, 3M : 2048×1536 pixels, 2MW : 1920×1080 pixels, 1M : 1024×768 pixels

Interface

Digital Output Connector	USB 2.0
Audio	Microphone : Stereo Internal Speaker : Mono
Video Output	AV : NTSC, PAL (user selectable) HDMI 1.2 : NTSC, PAL (user selectable) HDMI Type D
DC power input	4.4V
Cradle	N/A

Power Source

Power Source	Rechargeable battery : SLB-11A (1,130mAh) Connector Type : 20pin Adaptor : SAC-48, USB/Charging Cable : CB34U05, AV Cable : SCC-AV34

Physical Specification

Dimension (WxHxD)	99.5x59x21.7
Weight	153.3g
Operating Temperature	0 ~ 40 °C
Operating Humidity	5 ~ 85%

Software

Software	Intelli-Studio(Built-in), Samsung RAW Converter

Special Feature

Special Feature	N/A

System Requirement in general

For Windows	PC with processor better than Pentium? 500MHz (Pentium? 800MHz recommended), Windows 2000/XP/Vista 250MB of available hard-disk space (Over 1GB recommend), Minimum 256MB RAM (Over 512MB recommended), USB port, CD-ROM drive,1024×768 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor(24-bit color display recommended), Microsoft DirectX 9.0C or later
For Macintosh	Power Mac G3 or later, Mac OS 10.3 or higher,Minimum 256MB RAM,110MB of available hard-disk space,USB port,CD-ROM drive CD-ROM drive

System Requirement for 720P H.264 Movie

For Windows	Intel® Core™2 Duo 1.66 GHz or higher / AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core 1.6 GHz or higher, Windows XP service pack2 / VistaMinimum 512MB RAM (1GB and above recommended),64MB or greater video card,(nVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or higher / ATI X1600 series or higher recommended)
For Macintosh	1.8GHz Power Mac G5 or 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo or faster Macintosh computer,At least 256MB of RAM,64MB or greater video card