Samsung introduces Wi-Fi-enabled camera, camcorder

ST80 adds to Samsung's wireless camera line.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Ridgefield Park, N.J., unveiled the ST80, a 14.2 mega-pixel Wi-Fi enabled point-and-shoot camera. With wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi and Samsung’s AllShare (DNLA) connectivity, the ST80 makes it easy to share images on the move and keep friends and family updated from anywhere at any time.

The ST80’s slim and rounded design houses a 3x optical zoom as well as a 3.0-inch wide touch screen on the back of the camera. The ST80 comes equipped with Samsung’s new ‘Smart Crop’ feature, an editing tool directly on the camera. With ‘Smart Crop,’ users can crop images taken at any angle or slant, such as banners or signs, and then

straighten them as if they were originally taken straight on. The ST80 also makes it easy to capture great images with Samsung’s Smart Auto (Still & Movie) scene recognition technology, which automatically recognizes the user’s current shooting environment and selects the appropriate settings to achieve the best results possible.

In addition to the 14.2 mega-pixel resolution for digital still images, the ST80 allows consumers to record 720p HD video utilizing the H.264 format, which provides up to three times more recording capacity than the MJPEG video format.

Samsung also introduced the HMX-E10 point-and-shoot camcorder, offering full-HD resolution and a 270-degree swiveling lens, which gives consumers the ability to step out from behind the camcorder and put themselves in the frame with their friends and family.

The new E10 offers USB connection without a cable

The HMX-E10 also offers a built-in USB port function, enabling users to connect the camcorder directly to any computer without added attachments like a USB cable. The USB connection can also be used to charge the battery.

An interactive and onscreen “upload” button on the HMX-E10 also makes uploading footage to the Web effortless. When connected to a computer with an internet connection, the one-touch “upload” button links directly to a specified content sharing Web site, such as YouTube, and reduces the number of steps needed to successfully upload and share video.

The HMX-E10 has a 1/3.2 inch CMOS sensor that captures 1920-by-1080 full HD resolution video (30p / H.264) as well as eight mega pixel digital still images. On the back of the camcorder is a 2.7-inch wide, touch screen LCD that is set vertically. When recording video, the HMX-E10’s LCD screen is divided into two sections; the top displays the live view showing what is currently in the frame and the bottom displays a series of touch-screen controls, including record, stop and play.