Samsung's WiFi-enabled SH100 shoots in 14.2MP, uses your Android as a viewfinder

By Richard Lai posted Jan 4th 2011 11:15AM

WiFi cameras are hardly anything new, but there are a few features on this Samsung SH100 that caught our attention. For one, this 14.2 megapixel imager lets you use your Android smartphone -- Galaxy S is specifically mentioned here -- a "real time" remote viewfinder and trigger over WiFi! Additionally, users will also benefit from the camera's DLNA and wireless PC sync capabilities. While this sounds all awesome, we'll have to wait until March before our wallets take a $199.99 damage. Full spec sheet after the break.

Samsung's WiFi-enabled SH100 shoots in 14.2MP, uses your smartphone as a viewfinder

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Samsung's New SH100 Brings Your World Closer
New Wi-Fi-enabled camera delivers ultimate connectivity on the move

CES, Las Vegas – January 4, 2011 - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, announced today the launch of the new SH100, a compact Wi-Fi enabled camera that delivers great shots that you can share over the internet and social networks with your friends and family, from wherever you are in the world. The SH100 is set to be Samsung's leading fully connected camera in 2011, building on the success of the company's wirelessly connected cameras to date and allowing Samsung to take a dominant position within this growing market.

Samsung's pioneering steps within the connected camera market can be seen in the SH100's unique innovation, which allows you to connect wirelessly to your other devices with ease. You can use Wi-Fi to connect to your Android® powered Galaxy S™ smartphone, so you can view the shot you're about to take in real time on your phone. If you're not happy with it, you can zoom in and out to get the best picture, and then activate the shutter remotely when you're ready to pose. This innovation means that the days of running between your camera and your subject, trying to line up the perfect group shot, are over. Users now have total control of their camera in the palm of their hand, from wherever they are in the shot. Users can even use their phone's GPS to record exactly where they were when they captured their favorite memories.

The SH100's built in Wi-Fi can also automatically back up your shots to your PC by only pushing two buttons, or by using DLNA to wirelessly connect to your HDTV and see your photos and videos right away. Wi-Fi enables you to upload your pictures instantly to your social networking sites such as Facebook, Picasa or Photo Bucket, or email them to individual email addresses straight from the camera. The people you care about can now enjoy your experience from wherever they are. You can also record HD video and share your favorite moments over sites such as YouTube™. To make the upload process of large files easier and quicker, the SH100 includes an account with mobile hotspot provider Boingo™, giving you access to over 200,000 Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide.

The SH100 is the latest example of Samsung's user-focused innovation and design. The company has always carefully researched its target audience, and in 2011, Samsung is applying this research to create unique products for a younger, more digitally connected generation of camera users. The company is also leveraging its strength in other product areas, such as mobile phones, to make emerging camera technologies, such as Wi-Fi, accessible to all camera buyers, even those on smaller budgets.

"At Samsung, we are always striving to innovate and you can see this in every product we release," said Mr. Hyunho Chung, Executive Vice President and Head of the Digital Imaging Business, Samsung Electronics. "From our in-depth consumer research, we know that younger users have different needs from their digital camera. They don't want to wait until they get home to share their favorite moments with their friends, they want to be able to do this instantly from wherever they are. The SH100 gives young people the chance to bring their world closer, by drawing on Samsung's technological strength to deliver total connectivity in a compact camera, at an accessible price. Through the SH100, we hope to provide the best product for people looking for ultimate connectivity from their camera, and strengthen Samsung's leadership in the compact camera category."

Experience the Convenience
The SH100 uses built in Wi-Fi capability to deliver unique new experiences for all camera users. By selecting the PC Auto Back-up function, your camera will automatically find your PC and download the latest photos onto it, even if the PC is turned off. This feature is compatible with the Wake-on-LAN (WoL) system which many modern home PCs are already equipped with.

Innovation in Control Helps you Capture the Moment
The Wi-Fi capability on the SH100 also allows you to use your smartphone as a remote control and viewing device for your camera. If you're shooting over a crowd at a concert, you can enable the Remote Viewfinder function, meaning that you can hold your camera high over your head while you see a preview of the picture in real time on your phone screen. It's also ideal for taking self shots as you can zoom in and out using the 5x optical zoom, and access basic menu functions including parameters and shooting modes. When you're happy with the shot, you can operate the shutter remotely too, and the camera will record the GPS information for photo geo-tagging.

Seamlessly Simple
Samsung has also used its strength in the smartphone market to develop a new Smart Access user interface (UI) for all of its new compact cameras. The touch based UI works in the same quick, intuitive way as many smartphones. Advanced functions, such as sharing content wirelessly, can be done simply by a few touches of the buttons on the large, clear 3" LCD screen. The Smart Access UI enables users to drag, click and control 'app-style' icons, easily flip through photos, and control a range of the camera's features.

The Heart of your Digital Home
The SH100 features Samsung AllShare, which uses DLNA technology to allow you to connect to your HDTV and stream content wirelessly. For instance, when you get home from a concert, you can now watch the videos of your favorite songs instantly on your TV.

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SPSTV Samsung CES 2011: SH100 Digital Camera

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Wi-Fi Camera SH100 Nominated for the Best of CES Awards!

Samsung’s Wi-Fi camera SH100 has been nominated for the Best of CES awards presented by CNET. The category for Digital Imaging includes digital cameras and camcorders.

Since 2006 CNET has represented the Best of CES awards. The awards recognize the best products at the show, including a Best of Show award and a People’s Voice award, as voted by the CNET audience.

To see the CES awards’ categories and the nominated products, please click here.

The SH100 has built-in 802.11n wireless that can be used for connecting to your Wi-Fi network for automatic backups or viewing on DLNA-equipped devices; connect to other Samsung Wi-Fi cameras for sharing; connect to hot spots including those provided by Boingo; and connecting to an Android-powered Galaxy S smartphone.

Outside of the wireless features, the camera is an average touch-screen ultracompact. It’s using a 14-megapixel CCD, a 26mm-equivalent wide-angle lens with a 5x optical zoom, a 3-inch LCD, and shooting modes appear to be completely automatic.

The SH100 was also well received by other media. Click here to see the articles about the camera.

SAMSUNG ST1000(CL65) with built-in GPS and WIFI

Recently Samsung released a couple of cameras of new idea.

It is the self portrait camera ST500/ST550(TL225) with the very dual LCD appeared getting a lot of attention via a tap and take named teasing site (http://www.tapandtake.com)  overseas and the travel camera ST1000(C65) with onboard GPS, Wi-Fi and etc.

I had applied for the VLUU Grapher as a new camera experience group and I was luckily selected so I could see the ST1000(C65) first than anyone elst.

It is really compact and slim camera (It’s slimmer than my GRD2).

How surprising to see such a small body having GPS and even Wi-Fi!

The inner zoom lens will be convenient for traveling.

The lens is Schneider – Kreuznach Varioplan!

There is simply a large 3.5-inch screen on the back.

It is a trendy touch style of LCD but what makes it differentiate itself from other touch button cameras is the ‘Haptic’ technique.

You can sort of push photos to see a next photo with a finger. It also has a gravity sensor so that the mode can be changed to a tilting direction.

The Wi-Fi mark on the back means that the camera has a wireless LAN.

You can directly send photos or movies taken using this wireless LAN to Picasa, Facebook or YouTube.

I have a portable WiBro terminal, Egg, so I can upload a photo wherever and whenever.

There is no mark for Bluetooth but it has 2.0 Bluetooth so that it can connect with and send data to a cell phone or laptop computer having Bluetooth.

If you have Samsung Pavv PDP or LCD TV, you can show photos or movies on it wirelessly without cable connecting.

(I can’t test this because we don’t have a LCD TV)

Through HDMI at the bottom, it can also connect to AV or USB for charge or data transmitting.

It has weirdly a Micro SD card, which is usually for the cell phone.

I think it was to reduce the product size.

Thanks to this, you can upload photos in a cell phone.

The large screen is really worth it.

I can’t explain all the various features but if you set up the Smart Auto, the camera changes the SCENE depending on situations.

Ah, I almost forgot an important feature. It’s GPS.

You may say why a camera, not satellite navigation, needs GPS but you can include geographical information in photo information so called Geotag.

Such photos can be interfaced with the Google map so it tells you where such photo is taken.

I think that is why this camera is divided as a travel camera.

Anyway, this GPS function is quite interesting.

At outside, if you turn on the GPS mode and wait 1 or 2 minutes, you can see local information like ‘Mapogu’, ‘Seochogu’ on the screen.

Now I can’t lie that I have traveled overseas after taking a photo in Itaewon or someplace.

Ah, having this camera in my hands makes me want to travel without thinking of anything else.

I’ll put some photos taken by the ST1000(C65) next time.

If I am not going on a trip, I’ll just enjoy myself doing a day trip in Seoul city.

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