(Source: The Philadelphia Daily News)THE GIZMO: Funny how we think about giving gizmos seasonally - in February for lovers, in June for dads and grads. Lots of companies pitch products with just such a hook. But the truth is, a smart gadget is always welcome. Herewith, some options that are good for everyone.
BABE MAGNET: We're hearing buzz about digital cameras going "bye-bye" (the newly discontinued Flip camcorder line being a sore case in point) because people are content taking digital stills and video with mobilephones. Yet a dedicated digi-camera with the right features set still deserves attention.
Take, please, the Samsung DualView ultracompact series, boasting a second LCD screen on the front that displays whatever is being captured by the lens. In effect, that second screen serves as a mirror for the subject - great for attracting a baby's attention. A front screen's also good for getting a glum teen or grown-up to perk up, after noting, "Eew, I look awful!" Or to help the shooter get properly framed in an arms-length self-portrait.
“The PL120’s new LCD screen contains two digital cameras on them. This
feature is very useful and will become very popular.”
– PC Extra, Turkey (15th March 2011)
Samsung, ST700, PL170 ve PL120 ismindeki 3 yeni dijital fotoğraf makinesini duyurdu. Ürünlerin en can alıcı özellikleri çift dijital ekrana sahip olmaları. Böylelikle fotoğraf çekilen kişide eş zamanlı olarak ortaya çıkacak fotoğrafı görebilecek.
Bir zamanlar fotoğraf dünyasının tahtında oturan küçük boyutlu ve hesaplı kompakt dijital fotoğraf makineleri, dijital fotoğrafçılığın gelişmesi ve özellikle uçuk fiyatlarda olan profesyonel D-SLR makinelerin ucuzlaması ile gözden düşmüştü. Çünkü fotoğraf meraklıları iyi fotoğraf çekebilen kaliteli bir kompakt dijital fotoğraf makinenin üzerine az bir fark ödeyerek giriş seviyesi D-SLR foto makinesi satın alabiliyor.
Kompakt dijital fotoğraf makinesi segmentinin ölmemesi ve canlanması için elinden geleni yapan firmalardan en büyük adımı Samsung firması attı. Samsung, piyasaya yeni sürdüğü 3 yeni kompakt dijital fotoğraf makinesiyle tüm dikkatleri bir anda üzerine çekmeyi başardı. ST700, PL170 ve PL120 isimli yeni Samsung dijital fotoğraf makineleri üzerlerinde iki adet LCD ekran bulunduruyor. Bu özellik çok faydalı bir şey mi sanki? diye düşünenler olabilir ama bizce oldukça faydalı ve ilerleyen dönemde oldukça rağbet göreceğini düşünüyoruz.
Samsung’un çift ekranlı fotoğraf makinelerinden ST700′ün ana LCD ekranı 3.0 inç büyüklüğünde ve dokunmatik. Ön taraftaki merceğin hemen yanına bulunan ikinci LCD ekran ise 1.8 inç büyüklüğünde. 16.1 MP çözünürlük sunan cihaz 5x Optik zum yapabiliyor. 1280X720 çözünürlüğünde ve 30fps video çekebilen ürünün ISO oranı ise 3200.
Diğer model olan PL170′de tıpkı ST700 gibi 16.1 MP çözünürlük desteği sunuyor. PL170′in ST700′den farkı ise ikinci LCD ekranın büyüklüğü. Ürünün 1.5 inç LCD ekranı bulunuyor. En küçük kardeş olan PL120 ise 14.2 MP çözünülüğünde ana LCD ekranı 2.7 inç, ikinci kamerası ise 1.5 inç büyüklüğünde. Ürünlerin ISO oranları ve desteklediği özellikler aynı. Bu fotoğraf makineleri ile poz vermek daha keyifli bir hal alabilir. Çünkü bazı insanlar kendilerini fotojenik bulmaz ve çekilen fotoğrafı beğenmezler. Bu özellik sayesinde kişi beğenebileceği pozu kendisini ikinci ekranda görerek verebilecek.
Facebook, Twitter ve Blogspot gibi sosyal ağ ve blog siteleri internet kullanımının büyük bir bölümünü oluşturuyor. Bu tip sitelerdeki kullanacıların dikkat ettikleri en önemli şey ise profil fotoları. Fotoğrafını çekecek kimseyi bulamayan pek çok kullanıcı bu kameralar sayesinde kendi resimlerini diledikleri gibi çekebilecekler. Bu kameralar sayesinde aynada kendini çeken tiplerdende kurtulmuş oluruz.
The Samsung ST700 features a 16.1 megapixel CCD image sensor behind a Schneider-Kreuznach Varioplan branded 5x optical zoom lens. The ST700's lens has 35mm-equivalent focal lengths from a useful 26mm wide angle to a moderate 130mm telephoto. The ST700's lens includes optical image stabilization, which should help reduce the likelihood of blur caused by camera shake, as part of what Samsung terms "Dual Image Stabilization". The other part of the function is Digital Image Stabilization, which combats blur using the camera's firmware, automatically raising the camera's ISO sensitivity (and noise levels) as needed.
There's no optical viewfinder, with images being framed on a 3.0-inch, wide-screen, touch panel LCD. A particularly unusual feature of the Samsung ST700 is that in addition to the main, rear-panel LCD monitor, it also includes a secondary color LCD on the camera's front surface adjacent to the lens. It serves as an alternative to the articulated displays found on some cameras, which can often be tilted and/or swiveled so as to allow them to be seen from in front of the lens - useful for self portraits and group shots using a timer. The dual-display approach offers an advantage over such designs in that there's no need for a potentially fragile tilt/swivel mechanism. On the other hand though, it doesn't allow the LCD screen to be protected from damage by folding it inwards as can be done with a tilt/swivel display - and indeed, there's now twice as many displays risking damage from a knock or scrape. It also can't be seen from other directions such as above or below the camera. Though large for its kind, the front-panel display is also significantly smaller than the main panel, at just 1.8-inch diagonal. Samsung has given the ST700 the ability for the front-panel display to frame self-portraits using the timer, as well as for a countdown display during timer operation (ensuring everybody knows when to smile), and to show a brief animation when the camera is in Children mode, intended to catch your child's attention so they look directly at the camera while their photo is taken. A new "Easy Self Shot" mode powers down the main LCD for added privacy.
The Samsung ST700 has the ability to record standard or high definition movies with sound at 30 frames per second, with a maximum resolution of 720p (1,280 x 720 pixels). Connectivity options include HDMI video with Consumer Electronics Control support, allowing the camera to be connected to, and remotely controlled via, the latest high-definition displays. The ST700 also includes face detection capability with a smile detection functions, which can be used to automatically capture a photo when everyone's smiling. It can also be programmed to recognize people's faces, and prioritize them when recognized in a scene. There's also a "Beauty Shot" mode which smooths skin tones on detected faces. The Samsung ST700 also has a selection of scene modes aimed at keeping things approachable for beginner photographers while still offering a degree of control over images, plus a Smart Auto 2.0 mode which automatically selects from 16 scene modes for stills and 4 for movies. Smart Filters 2.0 such as "soft focus", "half-tone dot", "cinema", "fish-eye", "miniature" and "sketch" add some interesting effects. The newly added "Magic Frame" feature instantly creates formatted postcards or posters using built-in templates.
The Samsung ST700 ships from March, priced at around US$280.
The Smart Touch 3.0 enables users to drag, click and control 'app-style' icons, easily flip through photos, and control a range of the camera's features. With easy self shot feature, the ST700 also includes a new Children mode that allows you to create your own animations.
ST700 Specifications
-1.8" Front LCD /5x optical zoom -Magic Frame/Magazine Album -Face Detect & Tracking -Smart Face Recognition -Smart Auto 2.0 (Movie& Still) -Smart Filter2.0 -Smart Album/Magazine Album -Beauty Shot -Built In SW (Intelli-Studio) -High Sensitivity ISO3200 (Full Size)
*Provided by Samsung Electronics
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This is an unboxing video of a 2View camera PL120 from Samsung.
-Features
1.5" Front LCD (Self Shot, Children Mode, Jump Shot Mode, Timer Mode) 2.7" Main LCD 26mm Wide angle lens, 5X zoom Smart Filter, Magic Frame, Smart Auto HD Video Recording
New ST6500 digital camera comes with high quality functions and eye catching design. ST6500 features -16.1 mega pixels -26mm wide angle lens -5x optical zoom -HD Movie recording at 720P with 30fps -Sound Alive -Smart Filter -Magic Frame
Mirrorless and hybrid cameras are becoming the leading cameras in the market today. But, DSLR cameras still have value, as well as compact digital cameras are also doing okay in the market.
When it comes to Samsung, they have released cameras such as NX series (Mirrorless), GX series (DSLR), and compact digital cameras (ST/WB series), and today I’m going to take a look at the ST100 which is a compact digital camera.
▲ Appearance / Design
It comes in 2 colors purple and black, and has a shiny body. It is 100x60x20mm and weighs 135g. (Not including the battery and memory card)
The lens is the famous Schneider 6.3-31.5mm (35-175mm on 35mm equivalent) of focal length and F3.6-4.8. It’s an inner zoom type and supports 5x digital zoom.
It’s a dual LCD camera with a 1.8” LCD on the front. It’s a specialized camera for self shots. For your information, it supports couple/jump/smile shot modes which are taken automatically.
On the back, it has the 3.5” wide touch screen LCD like previous models.
The sides are finished in a smooth curved line and on the right side, there’s a strap ring.
On the top, it has F.LCD/Power/Shutter/Zoom/Play buttons, and the F.LCD button is to activate the front LCD. For your information, by tapping the front LCD, the front LCD can be turned on as well.
On the bottom, it has a battery/memory card chamber, recharge/data cable connection port, and tripod connection port. The battery is 3.7V 740mAh Li-Ion and MicroSD is used as the memory card.
In design, it’s like a normal digital camera, but it’s more specialized for self shots with the dual LCD.
▲ UI/Menu
The basic UI and menu are the same as the previous cameras.
All of the functions are operated by touch and by selecting the left upper side, the screen mode can be selected. Through the mode button, the menu such as size/filter/ISO/color can be set.
The menu is also very similar to other ST series. The menu also changes with the shooting mode.
The mode can change to Smart Auto/Movie/Program mode by rotating the motion recognition button located on the right center.
The overall menu and UI lay outs are the same as the previous ST series and all the menus are operated by touch. (Or motion recognition)
▲ Screen Size
The Samsung ST100 has a 1/2.3” CCD and 14.48M pixels (14.2M effective pixels). 3 kinds of screen ratio modes are supported and the general 4:3 ratio supports 6 sizes such as1M/3M/5M/8M/12M/14M.
It also supports 16:9 2M/10M and DSLR 3:2 12M.
It supports 5x zoom and the pictures below are the maximum wide angle and maximum telephoto angle images.
Maximum wide angle photo (Upper) by the ST100
Maximum telephoto angle photo (Lower) by the ST100
▲ Center / Corner quality and ISO
Compared with the center quality, the corner quality is a little insufficient.
<Center/Corner quality of the Samsung ST100>
From ISO 400, I started to notice noise. Other digital cameras normally have noise from ISO 400.
<Images of the ST100 by different ISO>
The quality is not that great, but like a normal digital camera.
▲ Additional functions
Samsung ST series supports various additional functions, and these functions allows a lot of ease of use for users. Face recognition also worked well.
<Face Recognition function of the ST100>
Scene mode consists of various modes such as Beauty Shot/Frame Guide/Night Scenery/Portrait/Macro/Text/Backlight. According to the current scene, users can select the proper scene mode.
Sometimes, it’s a little too difficult to choose the appropriate scene, and because ISO/Shutter speed/Aperture is fixed in the different modes I had to experiment a bit to get what I wanted.
<Scene modes of the Samsung ST100 – Night Scenery (Left) vs Firework (Right)>
Smart Filter is my favorite function. It consists of Miniature, Vignetting, Fish eye 1 & 2, Defog, and Sketch. The Functions gave me pictures a lot of personality.
<Smart Filter of the ST100 – Miniature Filter>
<Smart Filter of the ST100 – Vignetting Filter>
<Smart Filter of the ST100 – Fish eye 1 (left) and Fish eye 2 (Right) Filter>
<Smart Filter of the ST100 – Sketch Filter>
We’ve looked at the ST100 with the 1.8” dual LCD from Samsung. This cameras great for the Myspace style photos with it’s front LCD. So for the ladies and gents that like to take great self shots for their personal blogs and post this is a great camera to look at. And damn it makes you look good. Especially the Smart Filters, allowing each picture to really feel unique.
Below are the resized sample shots without any alterations. Thank you.
When travelling, I sometimes want a photo of myself, and fell awkward asking someone to take my picture but with the ST600 I can easily take a self shot. With other cameras you have to worry about making sure your face is in the frame correctly. For those of you who don’t like that struggle, I would recommend the ST600. The ST600 has a front display for users to take more convenient and accurate self shots.
Various self shots through the front LCD.
The biggest advantage of the front LCD on the ST600 is that users can see themselves as if looking at a mirror. This can reduce your time wasted on self shots, because it’s intuitive and convenient. The swivel LCD is also convenient for the self shot, but it makes the camera bigger.
Various shooting mode of the front LCD
Self shots
Result of self shots
1.8” Tapping LCD
The front LCD can be turned on by the F.LCD button on the top or by tapping the front LCD. When tapping the LCD, the LCD turns on, and one more tapping, it turns off. Don’t hit the front. Just tap the front display. This operation is very useful for those who don’t like complicated operation.
Front LCD turned on by tapping
The size of the front LCD is 1.8” wider than the previous models. It’s quite big almost filling the grip. It has a good viewing angle, but due to the material of the LCD, it has rather high reflexibility, so it was difficult to take shots in bright places. However, it’s generally fine. It’s also weak to fingerprints, but it can easily be cleaned up.
Combination of Smile Shot and Self shot
The ST600 supports various modes including the self shot mode by using the front LCD. Among them, the smile shot mode which automatically takes a shot when it detects a smile. It’s the combination of the front LCD and smile shot.
Self shots
Result of self shots
On top of that, it has Children mode showing an animation on the LCD, lover mode taking shot when 2 faces get close, and jump shot mode shows a timer to know when to jump and taking continuous shots. Self shot mode can also be used for movie recording. In a movie mode, the front LCD and children mode are only available.
The timer screen of Jump shot mode
Result of Jump shot
Animation
The animation played in Children mode can always be changed. Various animations from clown to your favorite characters are possible. By connecting the camera to a PC, the animation can easily be downloaded through Intelli-Studio program. It’s the same a firmware upgrade.
02_7° Design & 3.5″Front LCD
Transparent design
The ST600 is designed to look like water. It’s transparent and glossy. Have you ever looked at yourself reflected on water? The surface of the ST600 is just like that. It’s unique enough to get an attention from others and really impressed me.
Power of 7 degree for the best self shot
The most frequently used self shooting is to hold the camera and follow the rule of the beauty angle. However, it’s not always good enough, so we need help from a tripod. No tripod around? You can just put it on a flat surface and take a shot. Most of the time the shot would be the middle of the subject, but with the 7 degree slanted bottom the ST600 has just enough angle to get a great full body shot without making the subject too small.
Shooting on a table
Results
Different views
The bottom of the ST600 has been made to be 7 degree slated, so when it’s located on a flat surface, it provides good composition. Besides, the 27mm lens and front LCD enhances the power of 7 degree. The shutter button is also 7 degree slanted to the front following the bottom.
7 degree slanted ST600
3.5” 1,152K pixels wide LCD, Super Clear Display
On the back, the 3.5” wide touch LCD is located. The LCD is a Super Clear Display and has 1,152K pixels, so compared to other LCD having 230K pixels, it is very vivid screen. Thanks to the high pixels, it has great viewing angle.
230K pixels screen vs ST600 1,152K pixels screen
Intuitive touch operation
Hold function of touch
Mode change and menu setting by touch operation
Play by touch
The ST600 has the common UI by Samsung and is operated by both touch and buttons. Power, Front LCD, and play menu are the button types, and the others are the capacitive touch type. When the front LCD is being operated, the hold function of the back LCD is automatically operated.
One touch shooting function
Smart Touch AF operation
The ST600 offers one touch shooting and Smart Touch AF which is a kind of AF operation function by using touch. When it comes to One Touch shooting, touching the subject in the screen, the focusing point is moved and keeping the touch, it also takes a shot. Smart Touch AF is a function where the focusing point follows the subject. Smart Touch AF is difficult to apply to complicated light source, colorful subjects, and fast moving subject.
Smart Gesture
The ST600 supports Smart Gesture using the gyro sensor. Smart Gesture is used to change the shooting mode and play photos, and with one hand, it can be operated. When changing the mode of Smart Gesture, users can touch the icon located on the grip. Playing photos can be done by tilting the camera.
Shooting Mode setting
Play mode change
Playing pictures
Play menu with various retouching functions
In play menu, Smart Filter, Photo Style, and basic editing functions are included, so simple editing and effects can be used. Since it has very intuitive interface, beginners can easily use the effects.
Smart Filter retouching
Editing function in play menu
Photo Style
On the front, the flash and the assist light are located on the left and right sides. The lens is a protruding type and in the maximum wide and telephoto angle, the lens is protruded up to 0.5~1 cm which is not that noticeable. The flash is located on the left of the Front LCD. Assist light is not only for AF assist light, but also used as the timer alarm.
A speaker, F.LCD, Power, microphone, zoom lever, and shutter button are located on the top. The speaker and microphone are a mono type. The F.LCD button is used to operate the front LCD. A small LED is on the power button and when it’s on, a blue light is lit.
On the right corner, a play button is located. Since it’s located in a dented part, it’s never pushed easily. Below, USB/AV port and HDMI port are located.
AC/USB rechargeable battery
The battery is a Li-Ion SLB-07 and it has only 760mAh, so it can only take about 190 shots. The battery can be charged by both AC adapter and USB port. When using the USB port, it takes longer than the AC adapter, but I think it’s very useful. The battery chamber is located on the bottom. A battery latch and lock prevent the battery from being detached.
The MicroSD/SDHC is used and it has 30MB of internal memory. The memory is inserted in the memory slot in the battery chamber. The guaranteed capacity of the external memory is 4GB of Micro SD and 8GB of Micro SDHC.
03_27mm~135mm & Features
27-135mm optical 5x zoom lens
The ST600 has the Schneider-KREUZNACH VARIOPLAN 4.9-24.5mm f3.5-5.9 lens. It supports 27-135mm 5x zoom, so it allows users to take various kinds of shots. It has a relatively fast booting, zoom, and AF speed, so it allow users to take snap shots without any problem.
The 27mm lens offers a wider angle shot over a normal 35mm lens. When taking a narrow street, indoor shooting, and wide scenery, the 27mm wide angle is very useful. The distortion in 28mm or lower angle can be easily fixed.
Photos by 27mm wide angle
The 27mm wide angle lens takes dynamic pictures with the feature of space. Long legs or big head in low or high angle shots is because of this dynamic design.
Maximum 5cm Macro shooting
The lens has 5-80cm in wide angle of focal length and 50-80cm in telephoto angle. In telephoto angle, the shortest focal length is too far, and the zooming is also low, the inefficiency. In normal focus mode, a normal Macro mode is not easy, because it has 80cm~Limiteless of focal length. That’s why the wide angle is good for Macro shooting. The quality was quite satisfactory. The AF speed was also quite fast, so there was no inconvenience in taking subjects.
Power IS, Dual IS
The ST600 has Dual IS which is the combination of OIS and DIS. The OIS is Optical Image Stabilization, while the DIS is Digital Image Stabilization. The OIS can always be turned on or off while taking pictures or movies. Because the OIS prevents hand blur of users, it’s more effective for telephoto shooting than in low light condition.
OIS off
OIS on
In low light conditions, Dual IS is the answer. Dual IS secures the shutter speed by increasing ISO and handles the noise effectively through the digital technology. That’s why you can get a clear result with the Dual IS even in a low light condition.
IS off IS on -Blurry moving object on the back
Dual IS (OIS+DIS) – Clear picture
Smart Auto for the optimized shooting condition
Smart Auto is a function to recognize the shooting condition. 17 different situations can be recognized and with the help of 2 kinds of situation judgment modes detecting the movement of subjects, it’s always possible to take the perfect shot.
Smart Auto automatically activates the Face recognition function when taking portrait shots. When the distance between the camera and the subject is close, Macro Portrait mode is activated and Beauty shot is automatically applied. When in backlight shooting mode, it activates the flash or applies the backlight compensation for smoother results.
P-mode Smart Auto – Macro Face Recognition
P-mode Smart Auto – Backlight Portrait
It recognizes various scenes, so even beginners don’t have to worry about shooting. Photo size, self timer, and flash can only be set in Smart Auto mode.
Macro Text White
Macro Landscape
Backlight Portrait
Scene Recognition (Landscape, Natural Green, and Blue sky)
Movies of natural greens
Smart Auto can be applied to movie recording. When recording a movie, scene recognitions mostly recognizes landscape mode the most. Smart Auto expresses brightness and color differently, but the difference is not that strong.
Face Recognition setting exposure and focus on the face
The ST600 provides smile shot and blink detection used in the Face Recognition function. Face Recognition helps users set the focus and exposure on faces under any circumstances. This is so effective when taking portrait shots in a backlight condition, and in half shutter, it allows users faster shooting, because it’s available for take shots without changing the composition.
Center AF, Metering (Center-weighted) Face Detection
Face Detection
Blink Detection Re-shooting
Blink Detection is a function to take one more shot when the camera detects a blink. Smile Shot is a function to automatically take a shot when the camera detects a smile.
Beauty Shot
Beauty Shot is a compensation function of skin and brightness. The intensity of the compensation is 3 levels. In play mode you can also retouch portraits. This is a good function for those who have difficulty using photo editing software.
Normal Tone+1 Retouch+1
Tone+2 Retouch+2 Tone+3 Retouch+3
Natural compensation of dark area, ACB
The ACB is a function to smoothly compensate a picture having a big difference between the dark and bright area. When applied, the dark area is compensated brightly. At this time, it increases noise a little in the dark area. The ACB can be set before or after shooting in play mode.
Before applying the ACB After applying the ACB
Before applying the ACB After applying the ACB
1280×720 pixels 30fps HD movie recording
The ST600 supports 1280x720p 30fps HD movie recording function. While recording, users can pause the recording by pushing the OK button and start it again by pushing it again, and Smart Auto can also be set. When recording, the focus is fixed. The maximum recording time is 20 minutes and the zooming sound of the lens is also recorded in the movie. Users can select the option to turns off the sound recording while zooming.
Successive recording after pausing by using the OK button
My Star prioritizing registered faces
My Star is a function to prioritize registered faces. The recognized information is stored after taking various shots of faces from different angles. After registering a face, Face Recognition is prioritized to the registered face.
Registering faces in My Star
04_Quality & Colors
1/2.3” 14.2M pixels CCD
The ST600 has a 1/2.33” 14.4M pixels CCD. It has 14.2M effective pixels and the details of all angles are very good. Especially, the quality in the maximum wide angle. Not only the center quality, but also the corner quality is quite good. As a small camera, the quality is quite good. Of course, due to the distortion on the corners, there was some quality degradation, but not that big to bother users. In up to middle zoom area, it keeps the certain quality, but when getting closer and closer to the telephoto angle, the quality got lower.
Maximum wide angle
Approx. 2.3x zoom
Maximum telephoto angle
The difference of quality becomes real when really shooting. In maximum wide angle, pictures were sharp, but in maximum telephoto angle, pictures looked worse.
Maximum wide angle
Approx. 2.3x zoom
Maximum telephoto angle
ISO80 to 3200
It supports ISO 80 to 3200. The noise is not that big up to ISO 400. Instead, the details were marred a little. This was caused by the processing noise. From ISO 800, there was vignette effect happening and noise pixels started to be bigger. Up to ISO 1600 is usable, but ISO 3200 can be used only for web sites after resized, because of dramatic noise increase.
Custom White Balance
It supports 7 white balance modes such as normal, daylight, cloudy, fluorescent H, fluorescent L, tungsten, and custom. The custom mode is remarkable. The custom mode is not a determined mode, but an adjustable mode by the source of light. That’s why it can express the accurate white under any circumstances.
Smart Lens effect for unique result
Smart Lens effect makes pictures unique by applying effects to normal pictures. It consists of miniature, vignetting, fish eye 1-2 filters, Sketch, and Defog. Everything is fun to use.
Miniature Fish-eye
Sketch Vignetting
Vignetting
Miniature filter is more effective when taking the picture from the upper side to the lower side, because it sees the world as if looking at a toy world. Vignetting filter is like a lomo camera effect, and defog makes pictures more vivid by increasing the contrast. Sketch mode takes a picture in 5M pixels, while others take 14M pixels.
Normal Defog
Fish-eye_1 Fish-eye_2
Smart Lens effect can be applied to not only pictures, but also movies, and different from image shooting, Fish eye 2 is not supported. The maximum size is 640 and maximum frame is 15 fps.
Video – Miniature
Video – Sketch
Photo Style for more creative photo shooting
Photo Style changes pictures by using various compensation tools. 8 compensation tools are provided and by using custom menus, users can adjust the RGB values.
Image compensation is to adjust saturation, sharpness, and contrast in 5 levels. Photo Style and image compensation can be applied before and after shooting in play menu. In the background screen, users can directly check the image after applying the settings.
Image Compensation setting
A camera having both powerful basic
and various additional functions
The ST600 has a powerful basic performance. Like you saw earlier, it has a great quality in wide angle as a compact camera. The front LCD is very useful for those who take a lot of self shots. Especially, the innovative bottom design of the camera introduced a new way of self shots and on the ground, it could take a picture with a proper composition, so there was no problem to take landscape without a tripod. Besides, the 27mm wide angle makes it even better. It also supports various color settings such as Smart Lens filter and Photo Style, so you don’t need to retouch the photos with using a computer. In addition, it has so many functions to help with shooting HD movies like Smart Auto 2.0, Smart UI, and Dual IS.
As a weakness, I’d like to mention the quality in maximum telephoto angle. Of course, considering the best strength of the ST600 is the front LCD, it’s not going to be a big problem, because the telephoto angle is not actually used for self shots. However, it can be a weakness for those who want to have good quality in all areas. In addition, short battery life and a weak body to fingerprints were weakness I noticed.
ST600 for those who love themselves
If you take self shots with a mobile phone, please take higher quality and more vivid self shots for your blog. You will be 100x more beautiful with the ST600 than with mobile phone. Tap and shoot. You will find your new you.
THE GIZMO: Funny how we think about giving gizmos seasonally - in February for lovers, in June for dads and grads. Lots of companies pitch products with just such a hook. But the truth is, a smart gadget is always welcome. Herewith, some options that are good for everyone.
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