Record Features
Play, Print, and Edit Features
Battery Information
Supplied Software

Record Features

LCD Monitor: The Samsung SL30 digital camera features a 2.5" color TFT LCD monitor with 230,000 pixels. The LCD monitor's brightness can be adjusted to Normal, Bright, Dark, or Auto. The LCD monitor can be set to automatically turn off it the camera is not operated for approximately 30 seconds.

Note: This digital camera does not include a separate viewfinder.

Dual Media: The Samsung SL30 digital camera can record still images and video onto its built-in 11MB flash memory or using the following external media (sold separately): MMC card (up to 1GB), SD card (up to 2GB), and SDHC card (up to 8GB)

Image Recording Format: The digital camera records still images in JPEG format. Moving images with audio (monaural) are recorded in Motion JPEG.

Image Sensor: The Samsung SL30 digital camera is equipped with a 1/2.33" CCD image sensor with a total pixel count of approximately 10.3 mega-pixels and an effect pixel count of approximately 10.2 mega-pixels for high-quality still images and video.

Image Size: The Samsung digital camera offers the following still image sizes and movie clip sizes. The camera can record still images in a 3:2, 4:3, or 16:9 aspect ratio with three compression ratio settings (Super Fine, Fine, and Normal). All moving recordings are done in 4:3 and can be recorded at 30fps or 15fps (frame per second).

Note: You can videos of up to 4GB or 2 hours each.

Samsung Lens: The SL30 digital camera features a 3x optical zoom Samsung Lens with a 35mm focal length of 35 to 105mm.

Digital Zoom: The Samsung digital camera provides a 3x digital zoom for a total zoom of 9x for still picture shooting. The digital zoom is not available for movie clip recording.

Auto Focus: The Samsung SL30 offers three auto focus modes - Normal (31.5" to infinity), Macro (3.9" to 31.5"), and Auto Macro (3.9" to Infinity). You can also select your preferred auto focus area - Center AF (the rectangular area in the center of the LCD monitor will be focused) or Multi AF (camera select all of the available 9 AF points.

Focus Lock: Use the camera's focus lock function to focus on a subject not positioned in the center of the picture.

2 Stage Shutter-Button: Pressing the shutter-button down half-way confirms focus and flash battery charge; pressing the shutter button all the way down will snap the picture.

Drive Modes: The camera offers 4 drive mode to suit your shooting needs.

• Single: Takes on picture only.
• Continuous: Images will be taken continuously until the shutter button is released.
• Motion Capture: This takes 5 shots per second, when the shutter button is head down. A maximum number of 30 shots can be taken and the image sized is fixed to VGA.
• AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing): Takes threes pictures in a series in different exposures - standard exposure (0.0EV), short exposure (-1/2EV), and over exposures (+1/2EV).

Self-Timer: The Samsung SL30 offers four self-timer functions.

• 10Sec Self-Timer: Pressing the shutter button will allows an interval of 10 seconds before the image is taken.
• 1Sec Self-Timer: Pressing the shutter button will allows an interval of 2 seconds before the image is taken.
• Double Self-Timer: A picture will be taken after about 10 seconds and 2 seconds later a second picture will be taken.
• Motion Timer: The camera detects the subject's movement 6 seconds after pressing the shutter button, and the picture is taken when the movement is stopped.

Face Detection: With the Face Detection feature, the camera detects faces in a scene and then automatically focuses and optimizes the brightness of the face for beautiful portrait pictures. The Face Detection feature detects up to 10 different faces, automatically adjusts focus and brightness, and also senses and removes red-eye. The camera offers 3 Face Detection modes.

• Normal: This mode detects the face position of the subject automatically and the sets the focus and exposure.
• Self-Portrait: When taking pictures of yourself, the area of your face is automatically detected so that you can take self-portraits more easily and quickly.
• Off: Face detection is not active.

Recording Mode: The Samsung SL30 digital camera offers various recording modes to choose from to match your shooting preference.

• Auto Mode: Select this mode for quick and easy picture taking with minimal user interaction.
• Program Mode: Select this mode to manual configure all functions of the camera, except the aperture value and shutter speed.
• DIS (Digital Image Stabilization) Mode: This mode will reduce the effect of camera shake and help you get a well-exposed image in dim conditions.
• Photo Help Guide Mode: Helps you learn the correct picture taking methods and includes solutions for potential problems that may occur. This also enables you to practice the best way to take your pictures.
• Scene Modes: The SL30's various scenes modes automatically configures the camera's optimal settings for a variety of shooting situations.
  • Beauty Shot: take a photo of a person with options to hid facial imperfections
    • Face Tone: This function allows you to control the skin tone in images that will be taken with beauty shot mode. The higher the level you select, the brighter the skin tone.
    • Face Retouch: This feature allow you to make skin appear clear and beautiful before recording in beauty shot mode. The higher the level select, the more effective the control.
  • Night: use this for shooting still images at night or in other dark conditions
  • Portrait: to take a picture of a person
  • Children: to take a picture of fast moving objects
  • Landscape: to take pictures of distant scenery
  • Close Up: close-up shooting for small objects such as plants and insects
  • Text: use this mode to shoot a document
  • Sunset: for taking pictures of sunsets
  • Dawn: daybreak scenes
  • Backlight: portrait without shadows caused by backlight
  • Fireworks: firework scenes
  • Beach&Snow: for ocean, lake, beach, and snow-scape scenes
• Movie Clip Mode: A movie clip can be recorded (with or without sound) for as long as the available recording time of the memory capacity allows or up 2 hours/4GB.
  • Successive Movie Recording: This camera allows you to temporarily stop (pause) during unwanted scenes, while recording a movie clip. Using this function, you can record your favorite scenes into a movie clip without having to create multiple movie clips.

Exposure Compensation: This camera automatically adjusts the exposure according the ambient light conditions. You can also select the exposure value from +2.0EV to -2.0EV in steps of 1/3EV.

Metering Mode: If you cannot obtain suitable exposure conditions, you can change the camera's metering method to take brighter pictures. You can choose from 3 modes.

• Multi: Exposure will be calculated based on an average of the available light in the image area. This is suitable for general use.
• Spot: Only the rectangular area in the center of the LCD monitor will be metered for light. This is suitable when the subject in the center is exposed correctly, regardless of the back lighting.
• Center Weighted: Exposure will be calculated based on an average of the available light in the image area. However, the calculation will be biased towards the center of the image area. This is suitable for taking a picture of small objects like a flower or insects.

Built-In Flash: The Samsung digital camera features a built-in flash with a variable range based on the auto focus mode. The flash has a range of 31.5" to 12.4' (Normal), 15.7" to 31.5" (Macro), or 15.7" to 12.4' (Auto Macro). You can choose from the following flash modes.

• Auto Flash: If the subject or background is dark, the camera flash will operate automatically.
• Auto & Red-Eye Reduction: If a subject or background is dark, the camera flash will work automatically and will reduce the red-eye effect by using the red-eye reduction function.
• Fill In Flash: The flash fires regardless of the available light. The intensity of the flash will be automatically controlled to suit the prevailing condition.
• Slow Synchro: The flash operates with a slow shutter speed to obtain a balanced correct exposure.
• Red-Eye Reduction: When a shot with "red-eye" is detected, this mode will reduce the red-eyed effect automatically.
• Flash Off: The flash does not fire.

White Balance: The white balance control allows you to adjust the colors to appear more natural. The camera has seven white balance modes.

• Auto WB: The camera automatically selects the appropriate white balance settings, depending on the prevailing lighting conditions.
• Daylight: For taking images outside.
• Cloudy: For taking images under a cloudy and overcast sky.
• Fluorescent H: For shooting under daylight fluorescent type of three-way fluorescent lighting.
• Fluorescent L: Shooting under white fluorescent lighting.
• Tungsten: For shooting under tungsten (standard light bulb) lighting.
• Custom Set: Allows you to set the white balance according to the shooting condition.

ISO Sensitivity: You can select the ISO sensitivity when taking pictures. The speed or specific light-sensitivity of a camera is rated by ISO numbers. A higher ISO setting allows for faster shutter speed, so you can take photos indoors or in low light without the need for a flash. The camera features the following ISO settings - Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1600.

Photo Style Selector: You can add various effects to an image you are about to record without using image editing software. You can choose from Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Clam, Classic, Negative, or Custom RGB.

Image Adjust: You can adjust the Contrast, Sharpness, and Saturation of a recorded image.

Note: You cannot check the Image Adjustment effect on the camera's LCD monitor before you take a picture, because this function is applied only when the capture image is stored on the memory.

Voice Recording: A voice recording can be recorded for as long as the available recording or up to 10 hours.

Play, Print, and Edit Features

Quick View: If you enable the Quick View function before capturing an image, you can view the image you just captured on the camera's LCD monitor for the set duration of 0.5, 1, or 3 seconds.

Thumbnail Playback: You can view multiple pictures (up to 9) on the LCD monitor at once.

Slide Show: Images can be displayed continuously at pre-set intervals on the camera's LCD monitor. The camera offer pre-recorded background music to play along with your still image slide show.

Image Zoom: A single image can be zoomed in up to 11.4x (based on image size) for a closer look. Once the image is zoomed in, you can pan through different areas of the image.

Image Rotation: You can rotate and image 360-degrees in 90-degree increments.

Movie Playback: You can playback a movie clip on the camera's LCD monitor. The camera offers basic playback functions such as Play, Pause, Rewind, and Fast Forward.

Copy To Card: This feature enables you to copy image files, movie clips, and voice recording files from the camera's internal memory to an inserted memory card.

Movie Clip Capture: You can capture still images from a recorded movie clip. The captured movie clip file will be saved as the same size as the original movie clip (640x480 or 320x240).

Voice Memo: You can add your voice-over (up to 10 seconds) to a stored still image. You can playback the voice memo using the camera's built-in monaural speaker.

Edit: The Samsung SL30 digital camera offers various editing features so you can manipulate your pictures right from the camera once they have been recorded.

• Trimming: You can extract part of a recorded image that you want and save it as a separate file.
• Resizing: You can change the resolution (image size) of a recorded picture to a smaller size.
• Photo Style Selector: You can add various effects to a recorded without using image editing software. You can choose from Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Clam, Classic, Negative, or Custom RGB.
• Image Adjust: You can adjust the Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation of a recorded image.
• Red-Eye Removal: The red-eye effect can be removed from a captured image.
• Face Retouch: You can make the skin in a recorded image appear more clear and beautiful.

Deleting Images: Images can be deleted one at a time, in a pre-selected group, or all at once.

Protecting Images: This is used to protect specific shots from being accidentally erased.

Exif Print (Exif 2.21): The SL30 conforms to "Exif Print," a worldwide standard. Vital camera settings (such as: exposure mode, white balance, exposure time) and scene data are recorded to the image file when it is captured. Printers compatible with "Exif Print" are able to use this information to produce high quality photographs, exactly the way they were intended at the time of capture. This intelligent communication process also allows the printer to correct for poor lighting or mistakes, resulting in photos that can be even better than the originals.

DPOF (1.1) Transfer Order: You can use the camera to specify settings for images that you wish to download to a computer. The settings used on the camera comply with the Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) standards.

PictBridge (1.0) Printing Capability: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer. PictBridge is a new standard that allows you to connect a PictBridge compliant camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer and make prints, regardless of brand.

Battery Information

"AA" Batteries: The Samsung SL30 digital camera operates off of two "AA" batteries. The digital camera comes supplied with two alkaline "AA" batteries, but can also be operated with two rechargeable Ni-MH (2500mAh) "AA" batteries.

Auto Power Off: This function switches the camera off after a set amount of time (of no operation) in order to prevent unnecessary battery drainage. The camera can be set to turn off after 1, 3, 5, or 10 minutes of no operation.

Supplied Software

Samsung Master: This all-in-one multi-media software solution allows you to download, view, edit, and save your digital images and movie clips.

System Requirements: The Samsung Master software is only compatible with Windows. Your computer will need to meet the following system requirements to use the supplied software.

• PC with processor better than Pentium III 500MHz (Pentium III 800MHz recommended)
• Windows 2000 / XP / Vista
• Minimum 256MB RAM (over 512MB recommended)
• 250MB of available hard disk space (Over 1GB recommend)
• 1024x768 pixels, 16bit color display compatible monitor (24bit color display recommended)
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0C or later

Note: It is not compatible with Windows XP and Vista 64-bit Editions