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Camera Test: Samsung L74 Wide

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Certified Test Results and Specifications


Camera Test: Samsung L74 Wide

Tech Specs from Samsung:

Product Specifications - L74 Wide

Image Sensor

Type

1/2.5" CCD

Effective Pixel

Approx. 7.2 Mega-pixel

Total Pixel

Approx. 7.4 Mega-pixel

Lens

Focal Length

NV Lens f =4.7 ~ 17mm (35mm film equivalent: 28 ~ 101 mm)

F No.

F2.8 ~ 5.6

Digital Zoom

Still Image mode : 1.0X ~ 5.0X

Play mode : 1.0X ~ 12.0X (depends on image size)

LCD Monitor

3.0" color TFT LCD (230,000 pixel) with Touch Panel

Focusing

Type

TTL auto focus (Multi AF, Center AF, Face Recognition AF)

Range

Normal : 80cm ~ infinity

Macro : 5cm ~ 80cm (Wide), 30cm ~ 80cm (Tele)

Auto Macro : 5cm ~ Infinity (Wide), 30cm ~ Infinity (Tele)

Shutter

Speed

Auto : 2 ~ 1/1,000 sec. (Night : 15 ~ 1/1,000 sec.)

Exposure

Control

Program AE

Metering : Multi, Spot, Center Weighted, Face Recognition

Compensation

±2EV (1/3EV steps)

ISO Equivalent

Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600

Flash

Modes

Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash off, Red eye fix

Range

Wide : 0.2m ~ 5.0m, Tele : 0.3m ~ 2.4m

Recharging Time

Approx. 5.5 sec.

Sharpness

Soft+, Soft, Normal, Vivid, Vivid+

Special "E" Button

Effect

Color Effect : Normal, BW, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, Custom Color Color Mask

Image Adjust : Saturation

FUN : Cartoon, Photo Frame, High Light, Composite

Edit

Image Edit : Resize, Rotate, Trimming

Color Effect : Normal, BW, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, Custom Color, Color Filter, Color Filter

Image Adjust : Brightness, Contrast, Add Noise, Saturation, Red Eye Fix

Fun : Cartoon, Photo Frame, High Light, Composite, Sticker, Pen Tool

White Balance

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

Voice Recording

Voice Recording (depends on memory capacity)

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

Date Imprinting

Date, Date&Time, Off (user selectable)

Shooting

Still Image

Auto, Program, ASR, Scene

Scene : Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Text, Close-up, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, Self shot, Cafe, Food

Continuous: Single, Continuous, AEB, Motion Capture, Wise shot

Self-timer : 10 sec., 2 sec., Double, Remote controller

Movie Clip

With Audio or without Audio (user selectable, recording time : memory capacity dependent)

Size:800x592(20fps), 640x480, 320x240 (3.6X Optical Zoom )

Frame rate : 30 fps, 15 fps

Movie Stabilizer (User Selectable)

Movie Editing (Embeded) : Pause during recording, Still Image Capture, Time Trimming

Storage

Media

Internal Memory : About 450MB

External Memory(Optional) : MMC/MMC Mach/SD/SDHC (up to4GB guaranteed)

*Internal memory capacity is subject to change without prior notice.

File Format

Still Image : JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.2, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0

Movie Clip : AVI (MPEG-4)

Audio: WAV

Image Size

7M: 3072x2304 pixels, 6MP: 3072x2048 pixels

5M Wide: 3072x1728 pixels 5M: 2592x1944 pixels

3M: 2048x1536 pixels, 1M: 1024x768 pixels

Capacity (256MB MMC)

7M : Super Fine 62 Fine 114 Normal 169

6MP : Super Fine 73 Fine 134 Normal 189

5M Wide : Super Fine 88 Fine 163 Normal 226

5M : Super Fine 87 Fine 160 Normal 219

3M : Super Fine 129 Fine 233 Normal 313

1M : Super Fine 375 Fine 512 Normal 591

* These figures are measured under Samsung's standard conditions and may vary depending on shooting conditions and camera settings.

Image Play

Type

Single image, Thumbnails, Slide show

* Slide show : Slide show with Effect & Music by folders

Interface

Digital output connector : USB 2.0

Audio: Mono

Video output : NTSC, PAL (user selectable)

DC power input connector : 4.2V

Power Source

Rechargeable battery : SLB-1137D, 3.7V (1100mAh)

Charger : Adaptor : SAC-45, SUC-C2

* Included battery may vary depending on sales region.

Dimensions (WxHxD)

104.5 X 61.8 X 21.8mm

Weight

Approx. 174.2g (without battery and card)

Operating Temperature

0 ~ 40 °C

Operating Humidity

5 ~ 85%

Software

Camera Driver

Storage Driver (2000/ME/XP/Vista, Mac OS 10.0 ~ 10.3)

Application

Digimax Master

Special Features

Perfect 28mm wide angle for Landscape and Group photo

3.0" Touch Screen using Flash Animation GUI

Maximized usability using touch screen

Fun and easy operation with Flash animation GUI

World Tour Guide

Information about hot spot over 30 countries

Supporting approx. 450MB Internal memory

Perfect Shake reduction System

ASR(Advanced Shake Reduction)

Supporting High sensitivity ISO1600

Powerful i Movie Clip

MPEG-4, 800x592(20fps), 640x480, 320x240 (30fps, 15fps)

Built-in editing function

Attractive shooting effect and edit

Face Recognition AF & AE for perfect portrait

Performance (TBD

Booting time: 0.9 sec

Shot-to-shot: 0.9 sec

Continue Shot Speed: 2.0fps with 7M (TBD)

Play time delay: 0.3 sec.

AF time: 0.3(wide), 0.4(tele) on ISO 100

AE metering type: TBD

Shutter Lag: 0.05 sec.

For Windows

PC with processor better than Pentium II 450MHz (Pentium 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

1024X68 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

* For playing back a movie clip :

3ivx for QuickTime Player , MPlayer for Intel Processor


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