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

Record Features

2.5" LCD Monitor: The Samsung SL50 digital camera features a 2.5" color TFT LCD monitor with 230,000 pixels. The monitor's brightness can be set to Normal, Dark, Bright, or Auto.

Dual Media: The Samsung SL50 digital camera can record still images and video onto its built-in 7.5 MB flash memory or on SD cards (up to 4 GB) or SDHC cards (up to 8 GB). Larger card sizes are not guaranteed by Samsung.

Image Recording Format: The digital camera records still images in JPEG format. Standard-definition movie clips (up to 2 hours) are recorded in AVI (Motion JPEG) format with WAV audio.

Image Sensor: The Samsung SL50 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 effective 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 JPEG still images in a 3:2, 4:3, or 16:9 aspect ratio with three compression ratio settings (Super Fine, Fine, and Normal). Movie clips can be recorded in standard-definition at 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 (30 or 15 fps) with a 4:3 aspect ratio.

Lens: The SL50 digital camera features a 5x optical zoom lens with a focal length of 4.9 to 24.5 mm (35mm equivalent is 27-135mm). The f-stop range is f/3.5 (W) - 5.9 (T).

Digital Zoom: In addition to the 5x optical zoom, the camera provides a 3x digital zoom for a total zoom of 15x for still picture shooting.

Digital Image Stabilization (DIS): Digital image stabilization reduces the effect of camera shake and help you get a well-exposed image in dim conditions.

Focus Modes: The Samsung SL50 offers the following auto focus modes:

• Normal: 31.5" to infinity (W), 39.4" to infinity (T)
• Macro: 2" to 31.5" (W), 39.4" to 59.1" (T)
• Auto Macro: 2" to infinity (W), 39.4" to infinity (T)

Focusing Area: You can select your preferred auto focus area:

• Center AF: the rectangular area in the center of the LCD monitor will be focused
• Multi AF: camera selects one or more of the 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.

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 held down. A maximum number of 30 shots can be taken and the image sized is fixed to VGA (640 x 480).
• AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing): Takes three pictures in a series in different exposures - standard exposure, under exposure, and over exposure.

Self-Timer: The Samsung SL50 offers four self-timer functions:

• 10 Sec Self-Timer: Pressing the shutter button will allows an interval of 10 seconds before the image is taken.
• 2 Sec 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: Detects your movement and takes a photo 6 seconds later.

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 the following Face Detection modes:

• Normal: This mode detects the face position of the subject automatically and the sets the focus and exposure.
• Smile Shot: The camera automatically takes a picture by detecting the face of the subject although you do not press the shutter button. If you press the Shutter button, the picture is taken in the normal way. When taking a picture with smile shot, showing teeth or keeping the smiley face of your subject helps detecting the smile face of the subject.
• Blink Detection: If the eyes of the subject are closed when the shutter button is pressed, the camera takes 2 continuous shots and then the images are saved. The camera takes only one picture if the eyes of the subject are open when the Shutter button is pressed.

Recording Mode: The SL50 offers various recording modes to choose from to match your shooting preference, using the menu guide:

• Smart Auto: The camera automatically chooses the appropriate camera settings based on a detected type of scene. It will automatically select one of the 16 scene modes which best suits the environment you are shooting in.
• Program: Select this mode to manual configure all functions of the camera, except the aperture value and shutter speed.
• Photo Help Guide: This mode helps you learn the correct picture taking method and includes solutions for potential problems that may occur.
• Scene Modes: The SL50's various scenes modes automatically configures the camera's optimal settings for a variety of shooting situations.
  • 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, such as children
  • Landscape: to take pictures of distant scenery
  • Text: use this mode to shoot a document
  • Close Up: close-up shooting for small objects such as plants and insects
  • 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 snowscape scenes
  • Frame Guide: use this mode when you want someone else to take a picture for you from the angle you choose
  • Beauty Shot: Takes a photo of a person with options to hide facial imperfections. Two available options:
    • 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
• DIS: Take a photo with options suitable for reducing camera shake.
• Movie Mode: A movie clip can be recorded (with or without sound) for as long as the available recording time of the memory capacity allows (up to 2 hours).

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 7.87" to 8.79' (W) and 19.69" to 5.22' (T). You can choose from the following flash modes:

• Auto Flash: If the subject or background is dark, the camera flash will operate automatically.
• 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 Sync: 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.
• Auto + Red-Eye Reduction: The flash fires when the subject or background is dark. 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, Calm, 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: You can make a monaural voice recording for as long as the available memory (up to 10 hours). A voice memo of up to 10 seconds can be recorded in a photo.

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.

Smart Album: Recorded content can be categorized by file type (picture, video, or voice), date, color, or week; allowing you to easily retrieve them on the camera when you want to view particular pictures.

Thumbnail Playback: You can view multiple pictures (3, 9 or 20) on the LCD monitor at once.

Slide Show: Images can be displayed continuously, at intervals of 1, 3, 5, or 10 seconds, with various slide-show effects 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 around to different areas of the image.

Movie Playback: You can playback a movie clip on the camera's LCD monitor. The camera offers basic playback functions such as Play, Pause, Scan backward, and Scan Forward. You can also adjust the volume level of the playback audio.

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 (640 x 480 or 320 x 240).

Edit: The Samsung SL50 digital camera offers various editing features so you can manipulate your pictures right from the camera once they have been recorded.

• Resize: You can change the resolution (size) of a pictures taken to a smaller size.
• Image Rotation: You can rotate and image 360-degrees in 90-degree increments.
• Photo Style Selector: It is possible to add various effects to your recorded images, such as Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, and Custom RGB.
• Image Adjust: You can adjust the following elements of a recorded image:
  • ACB (Auto Contrast Balance): You can automatically adjust the brightness of the dark area of a recorded image, caused by under exposure to the light source.
  • Red-Eye Fix: 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.
  • Brightness
  • Contrast
  • Saturation
  • Add Noise Effect: You can add noise to a recorded image to add an more classic feel to your photo.

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

Exif Print (Exif 2.21): The SL50 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.

Connections

AV/USB Proprietary Output: The Samsung SL50 features a single proprietary port which allows you to connect the camera to your computer via the included USB type-A cable. To connect the camera to a TV, you'll need the optional A/V cable (AD39-00146A). The video output can be set to NTSC or PAL. This proprietary output along with the supplied USB cable can be used to recharge the battery (in the camera) using the supplied AC adapter.

Battery Information

Rechargeable Li-ion Battery: The Samsung SL50 comes supplied with a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery (BP-70A) which provides up to 210 still image shots or 105 minutes of movie recording. The supplied AC adapter and USB cable charges the Lithium-Ion battery in approximately 150 minutes.

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

Supplied Software: The Samsung SL50 comes supplied with a CD-ROM which contains Intelli-Studio software, as well as the full User Manual. Intelli-Studio is compatible only with Windows operating systems. It does not work with Macintosh computers. The minimum requirements for loading Intelli-Studio are:

• CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or higher or AMD Athlon FX 2.2 GHz or higher
• RAM: Minimum 512 MB (1 GB and above recommended)
• Operating System: Windows XP SP2, Vista, 7
• Hard Disc Drive: 250 MB or more (1 GB or more recommended)
• Others:
  • CD-ROM drive
  • nVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or higher/ATI X1600 series or higher
  • 1024 x 768 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor (1280 x 1024 pixels, 32-bit display recommended)
  • USB port, Microsoft DirectX 9.0c or later

Mass Storage Device: You can use the camera as a Mass Storage Device and download images to your computer if the computer is using one of the following operating systems:

• Windows XP
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7
• Mac OS 10.3 or later