Samsung ST1000 Compact Ultra Thin Digital Camera
January 5, 2010 | Digital Camera, Samsung | Comments OffAnyone who is shopping for a new mobile phone recently, has not failed to notice they are not only more mobile. The most recent devices have more computing power and storage capacity of data that most personal computers was five years ago, and includes advanced features such as mobile Internet and e-mail commands to the Touchscreen, GPS satellite navigation, WiFi, Bluetooth, and of course always more powerful digital cameras.
It is not too surprising that this same technology is finding its way into the market for digital cameras too, especially when a leading camera is also a leading manufacturer of mobile phones. ST1000 new Samsung like no other camera compact ultra thin and has a photographic specification which, while undeniably good, is not about to get pulses racing. It features a 12.2-megapixel sensor and a CCD mounted corner 5x zoom (equivalent to 35-175mm) with double optical stabilization and digital image, characteristics which are matched by a dozen competing models . It has a nice slim, measuring just 18.9 mm thick, with a beautiful and well finished plastic body that is comfortable to hold and available in a range of combinations of two tone colors. So far, so ordinary.
However, there are additional features of the ST1000 that it aside, because it combines a series of high-tech gadgets that are more commonly used in advanced mobile phones. The most obvious is the large 230K 3.5-inch touch-screen monitor that occupies almost the entire back of the camera, but it also includes an integrated GPS receiver for automatic location tagging, Internet high-speed wireless and Bluetooth connectivity and DLNA Home Network compatibility, used for viewing photos on TVs and other devices that support this standard. Of course, all the technology that pushes the price up, the ST1000 is currently selling for around £ 270 which puts the top of the price range for compact cameras, alongside models like the Canon IXUS 990IS or the Sony DSC-T900. That’sa lot of money for what is essentially a fairly basic point-and-shoot compact. [via trustedreviews]
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