Samsung PL170 DualView Digital Camera overview

Samsung‘s PL170 DualView Digital Camera (Black) lets you get in on the fun: the PL170 features a 1.5″ LCD screen on the front of the camera, so if you’re in a photo, you (and everyone else in the picture) can see how it looks before it’s taken. Then, turn the camera around to review the picture on the brilliant 3″ LCD screen on the back. The PL170 even has a Children mode with built-in and downloadable animation options for the front screen, to keep the kids’ attention, and a visual countdown for the self-timer so everyone in a group will smile at the same time.

With 16MP of resolution, a 5x wide-angle 26-130mm optical zoom lens, and dual image stabilization, the results will be stunning. Shooting high definition (HD) 1280 x 720p video is simple and easy, and the quality is dazzling. Smart Filters offer lots of creative options like Tilt & Shift Lens effect for a miniaturized look, Soft Focus for softer colors and a dreamy feeling, and Half-Tone Dot for a comic book look. The Magic Frame feature gives you a choice of frames that bring a different feeling to your photos. Smart Face Recognition technology and the Perfect Portrait System make all of your photos of people sparkle. And Smart Auto 2.0 lets you just push the shutter button and know that you’ll get optimal settings without a worry.

Dual LCDs With 1.5″ Front LCD

Generous dual-view displays of large 1.5″ front and wide 3.0″ back let you choreograph flawless self-portraits, previewed with ease on a larger screen. Convenient top button offers instant on/off power control for the front LCD screen and quick flips from still to movie or among shooting modes. Several Smart Settings make for easy-does-it perfect images. Children Mode has built-in and downloadable animation options to keep kids’ attention. Jump Shot offers cues before taking two continuous shot. Self-Timer is a visual countdown to coordinate group shots so everyone smiles at the results. Quickly pressing the top display on/off button efficiently manages power.

5x Wide-Angle 26-130mm Optical Zoom

Get more from your lens, whether shooting a memorable landscape or the gang’s reunion around a restaurant table. By using the precision-cut PL170 26mm wide-angle lens, with its 5x optical zoom, you instantly cover a whole-horizon field of view. Now, you can now capture full-scale memories of landmarks and landscapes, entire wedding parties and the tallest skyscrapers.

Smart Filter for Creative Special Effects

Samsung’s Smart Filter lens and color options make special moods easy for still shots and videos. Tilt & Shift Lens Effect adds a miniaturized look and the Vignetting Effect makes striking compositional contrasts. New special effects include Soft Focus to soften colors and add an emotional feel as well as Half-Tone Dot to enhance images with a comic-book look. Palette Effect adds an ultra-vivid vibe and a variety of color options for your images. It’s now a snap to get creative.

Edit Your Own Special Effects

The unique Magic Frame feature allows you to create sophisticated images and poster-quality visuals that express your mood and personality. Just select one of the built-in Magic Frame templates, including Wall Art, Old Film, Ripple, Full Moon, Old Record, Magazine, Holiday, Classic TV and more. Point the camera at the subject you want, match it within the on-screen template and capture. That’s it. Your subject now is framed by a special mood and background – like magic.

HD Quality Video

The PL170 artfully combines a professional-grade still camera with a compact HD video camera. You get 720p HD quality video at 30 frames per second and recording time 4x longer than MJPEG video with the H.264 format. use the 5x zoom to get up close and vividly personal.

The Simple Way to Go Pro

Turn any moment into a perfect memory. And a professional-looking photo. Whether it’s a few friends from last night’s party or the moon reflecting off the lake, Smart Auto 2.0 (Still & Movie) instantly analyses key elements of your composition then automatically adjusts to capture the perfect shot with multitude of different photo modes and movie modes. And since life isn’t a still life, the camera’s object tracking feature captures those subjects that just don’t, or won’t, stand still.

It Knows You and Only Gets Your Best Side

The PL170 isn’t just smart in design. With its Smart Face Recognition technology, the PL170 creates brilliance with every snap. And keeps it that way. By knowing up to 20 of your friends and family, it automatically focuses on them first, making sure the most important subjects are always crystal clear. And since the PL170 never forgets a face, you can also browse more efficiently by the people you’ve registered.

Perfect Portrait System

With the unique Perfect Portrait System, you can get beautiful portrait shots in every condition and moment.

Object Highlight

The PL170’s new Object Highlight feature manages and adjusts image backgrounds so every face appears crisply front and center. It works just like a digital single lens reflex camera to put the emphasis on the portrait.

Dual Image Stabilization

Even the thinnest shake can ruin your shot. With the PL170 Dual Image Stabilization you Get the sharpest images in low light, using a close zoom or even with shaky hands.

HDMI

Just one HDMI code is all it takes to connect your PL170 directly into your TV, computer or DVD player. With the PL170, making professional quality videos is just easy as sharing them.

Other Special Features

Front Display Screen: Self Shot (Still&Movie), Children mode (Still&Movie), Jump shot, Easy Self Shot (Still), Portrait Highlight (Still) (User can change the flash file of children mode by downloading new file from Samsung Website or making with Intelli Studio) • Self Timer(Front LCD On: 2 sec., 10 sec., Double (10 sec., 2 sec.) • Smart Face Recognition (Register 8 people manually and 20 people automatically/My Star: 8 people who are registered manually ) – Face recognition AF, Face List, My Star (Register manually),Smart Album (Face) • Smart Auto , Smart Movie • Smart Album (Smart Album Category: Type, Date, Color, Week, Face) • Perfect Portrait System (Face Detection, Smile shot, Blink Detection, Smart Face Recognition, Beauty shot, Self Portrait- Front LCD) • Beauty Shot (1,2,3 Steps) • Object Tracking AF • High Definition Movie Recording: – 720p Resolution @30fps/H.264 Movie File • HDMI CEC • Multi Slide Show

System Requirement in General

For Windows–Intel Pentium 4, 3.2GHz or later / AMD Athelon 64FX, 2.6GHz or later Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB) Windows XP / VISTA / 7 250 MB (Over 1GB recommanded) CD-ROM Drive USB 2.0 Microsoft 9.0c or later Over 1024 x 768 pixels, 16 bit colour monitor or later (1280 x 1024 pixels, 32 bit colour recommanded) Over 64MB video card (nVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or later / ATI x1600 series or later)
For Macintosh–Power Mac G3 or later Mac OS 10.4 or higher Minimum 256MB RAM 110MB of available hard-disk space USB port CD-ROM drive

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