Stylish ST50

Digital camera market now becomes a diversity market allowing users to select their own style. In the past, there were so many products only for pixels not for size, but now it s changed, so size, style, and functions are the points. When it comes to the ST50 from Samsung Digital imaging, it focuses on these things. With ultra slim body, stylish, and functions, it can be used any time and anywhere.

The ST50 comes with 4 colors.

For your information, my product is silver, and it s for test not for sale, so there can be difference. I only got the package for test, so the composition/box will be different from real product, so please see this for reference.

At the front side, using ultra slim stainless material, it gives high grade feelings of metal. Overall body is made of high glossy material, but only the front comes with stainless material and looks coated. As ultra slim and light weight, it doesn t affect the weight, and it s well finished, so you don t have to worry about a crack. With this feature of the material, the ST50 is strong to scratch.

Looking at the whole body, you can see the location of AF and flash fits well. On the top, the smart buttons is located, and next to it, power button, shutter/zoom dial, and speaker are located. When the smart button and power button are working, blue LED is on and gives information for users, and the light can be easily recognized even at noon. When it comes to the zoom dial, it s used not only for zoom in/out, but also volume control when watching video clips.

Protruding lens ST50

Even though the ST50 is a ultra slim type, it adopts a protruding type lens. Compared to inner zoom lens, it has some strong and weak points, when it comes to speed, the protruding type is better.

At the back, 2.7 inch LCD is almost all, and on the right side, control/setting buttons are located. For the LCD, wide angle is applied, so it provides vivid screen from any angle without color reversion.

Except picture and video selection lever, at the right side, all things are button type, and there s no wheel type mode dial. This design can be made, because there s no mode dial, and as an alternative, there s a smart button. I m going to tell you this part again with pictures.

On the bottom, there s space for battery and memory. The battery is 3.7V 720mAh and supposed to store 200 pictures, but I think it s better to have one more spare battery for convenience. I think the battery capacity could be bigger, but for the body design, it s the best idea. SD card type memory is supported up to 8GB.

20 Pin for charge and output

For Samsung product, the 20 pin can be used for AC adaptor charge and USB charge. It has higher compatibility as a USB type, and it can be charged with cigar jack in the car, so you can charge it anywhere. Except charge, using the 20 port pin, AV cable connection is possible, and can be connected to a TV. Considering there were a lot of ports, it becomes very simple.

I took pictures of the ST50 for size comparison. It s a little bigger than a credit card as a rectangular type. In thickness, it s about a half of a normal cigarette case.

The greatest thing of the ST50 is that fast shot is possible. Compared to DSLR, it can t be comparable, but simplicity and the portability are the great thing of the ST50, I think.