SAMSUNG Digimax L55W Digital cameras

SAMSUNG Digimax L55W - Product Details Samsung Camera widens its range even further with the Digimax L55W, a 5-megapixel, 4.8x optical zoom digital camera with wide angle capabilities (...) See more See less

. Many compact digital cameras have a 3x optical zoom; however, the Digimax L55W features a 4.8x optical zoom offering a focusing range of 28mm to 135mm (35mm equivalent). The 28mm wide-angle lens provides a far wider field of vision, allowing the shooter to capture sweeping landscapes or to fit a group of subjects into just one frame. Supporting both 28mm wide-angle and 4.8x telephoto zoom the L55W's powerful optics extend the range of options available to the photographer. 2.8-inch wide LCD. The Digimax L55W is also the world's first digital camera to feature a 2.8-inch LCD. The 2.8-inch LCD allows the shooter view in 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios. Colors are also represented better by the LCD's ability to reproduce 16.7-million true colors. The 2.8-inch LCD display of the Digimax L55W uses TMR (Transmissive with Micro Reflective) technology to maintain balanced light, even in bright outdoor environments. With a wide viewing angle of 160 degrees, the L55W provides improved image-viewing and sharing. MPEG-4 movie recording The Digimax L55W also features a faster response time, giving the shooter the ability catch even the most spontaneous moments. The camera's booting and shot-to-shot time are each just one second and the camera also offers continuous shooting at 2.5 frames per second. The powerful video capability of the Digimax L55W offers the user a "camcorder-like" experience. For more enhanced movie shooting, the L55W uses MPEG-4, the high-compression, high-quality video format, which can record for up to three to four times longer than the traditional video formats used in many other digital cameras. The Digimax L55W can even record more than one hour of high quality, VGA (640 x 480) video at 30 frames per second when using a 256 MB memory card. With VGA, the Digimax L55W provides a larger screen view and clearer video quality when played on an LCD or (Description excerpted from: Lhdigital.)