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Samsung NV40 Review
Review Date: May 8th 2008
Author: Mark Goldstein
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Specifications
| Image Sensor |
Type |
1/2.33″CCD |
| Effective Pixel |
Approx. 10.5 Mega-pixel |
| Total Pixel |
Approx. 10.7 Mega-pixel |
| Lens |
Focal Length |
Schneider Lens f = 6.2 ~ 18.6mm
(35mm film equivalent : 34 ~ 102mm) |
| F No. |
F2.8 (Wide) ~ F5.2 (Tele) |
| Digital Zoom |
Still Image mode : 1.0X ~ 5.0X
Play mode : 1.0X ~ 11.4X (depends on image size) |
| LCD Monitor |
2.5" color TFT LCD (230,000 pixel) |
| Focusing |
Type |
TTL auto focus(Multi AF, Center AF, Face Detection AF) |
| Range |
Normal : 80cm ~ infinity
Macro : 5cm ~ 80cm (Wide), 50cm ~ 80cm (Tele)
Auto Macro : 5cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 50cm ~ Infinity (Tele) |
| Shutter |
Speed |
Auto : 1 ~ 1/1,500 sec. Manual Mode : 16 ~ 1/1,500 sec.
Night : 8 ~ 1/1,500 sec. Fireworks : 4 sec. |
| Exposure |
Control |
Program AE |
| Metering |
Multi, Spot, Center Weighted, Face Detection |
| Compensation |
±2EV (1/3 EV steps) |
| ISO Equivalent |
Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 (Up to 3M Size) |
| Flash |
Modes |
Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash off, Red-eye Fix |
| Range |
Wide : 0.5m ~ 4.5m, Tele : 0.5m ~ 2.5m (ISO Auto) |
| Recharging Time |
Approx. 5 sec. |
| Shake Reduction |
Dual IS (OIS + DIS)
* OIS(Optical Image Stabilization), DIS(Digital Image Stabilization) |
| Sharpness |
Soft+, Soft, Normal, Vivid, Vivid+ |
| Effect |
Effect |
- Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic
- Color Effect : Normal, BW, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, Custom Color
- Image Adjust : Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation |
| Edit |
- Image Edit : Resize, Rotate, Trimming
- Color Effect : Normal, BW, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, Custom Color, Color Filter, Add Noise, Shaded, Elegant
- Image Adjust : Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Red Eye Fix, ACB |
| White Balance |
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom |
| Voice Recording |
Voice Recording (Max. 10 hours)
Voice Memo in Still Image (Max. 10 sec.) |
| Date Imprinting |
Date, Date & Time, Off (user selectable) |
| Shooting |
Still Image |
· Auto, Program, Manual, Dual IS, Scene, Night, Portrait
· Scene : Children, Landscape, Text, Close-up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, Self shot, Café, Food
· Continuous: Single, Continuous, AEB, Motion Capture
· Self-timer : 10 sec., 2 sec., Double, Motion Timer, Remote controller |
| Movie Clip |
· With audio (recording time : max 2 hours)
· Size : 640x480, 320x240 (3X Optical Zoom with sound recording)
· Frame rate : 30 fps, 15 fps
· Color Effect & WB selectable
· Movie Stabilizer (User Selectable)
· Movie Editing (Embeded) : Pause during recording, Still Image Capture, Time Trimming
* Due to the noise while optical zooming, user can select to record sound or not. |
| Storage |
Media |
· Internal Memory : About 20MB
· External Memory(Optional) : MMCplus(up to 2GB guaranteed 4bit 20MHz)
SD (up to 4GB guaranteed)
SDHC
(up to 8GB guaranteed)
* Internal memory capacity is subject to change without prior notice. |
| File Format |
· Still Image : JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.21, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0
· Movie : AVI (MPEG-4)
· Audio : WAV |
| Image Size |
- Normal Shooting Mode
10M : 3648x2736 pixels
7M : 3072x2304 pixels
5M : 2592x1944 pixels
3M : 2048x1536 pixels
1M : 1024x768 pixels
- Wide Shooting Mode
7M : 3648x2056 pixels
- Print Shooting Mode
9M : 3648x2432 pixels |
| Capacity (256MB) |
10M : Super Fine 49 Fine 94 Normal 136
9MP : Super Fine 55 Fine 105 Normal 151
7M : Super Fine 68 Fine 129 Normal 183
7MW : Super Fine 64 Fine 122 Normal 174
5M : Super Fine 93 Fine 173 Normal 242
3M : Super Fine 143 Fine 255 Normal 345
1M : Super Fine 419 Fine 617 Normal 732
* These figures are measured under Samsung’s standard conditions and may vary depending on shooting
conditions and camera settings. |
| Image Play |
Single image, Thumbnails, Multi Slide show
* Slide show : Slide show with Effect & Music |
| Interface |
- Digital output connector : USB 2.0 (20pin)
- Audio: Mono
- Video output : NTSC, PAL (user selectable)
- DC power input connector : 4.2V (20pin)
- Connector Type : 20pin |
| Power Source |
- Rechargeable battery : SLB-1137D (1100mAh)
- Adaptor : SAC-47, SUC-C3 (20pin)
* Included battery may vary depending on sales region. |
| Dimensions (WxHxD) |
94.5 x 59 x 18.8 mm |
| Weight |
133g (without batteries and card) |
| Operating Temperature |
0 ~ 40 °C |
| Operating Humidity |
5 ~ 85% |
| Software |
Camera Driver |
Storage Driver (2000/ME/XP/VISTA, Mac OS 10.1 ~ 10.4) |
| Application |
Samsung Master |
| For Windows |
- PC with processor better than Pentium II 450MHz
(Pentium III 800MHz recommended)
- Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista
- 200MB of available hard-disk space
- Minimum 128MB 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 9.0 or later |
| For Macintosh |
- Power Mac G3 or later
- Mac OS 10.1 ~ 10.4
- Minimum 256MB RAM (Over 256MB recommended)
- 110MB of available hard-disk space
- USB port
- CD-ROM drive |
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