Samsung SMX-F400, and SMX-F44 Offer Extended Battery Life and 65x Intelli-Zoom

Samsung Electronics Philippines, Co. (SEPCO), has extended its popular F-Series of compact digital camcorders with the addition of 2 new ultra-zoom, YouTube™ compatible models, the SMX-F400 and SMX-F44. The next-generation F-Series offers users additional features and functionality, including extended battery life and Samsung’s 65x Intelli Zoom. With the new Samsung SMX-F400, and SMX-F44, consumers will be able to go the distance and never miss a moment of the action.

“In designing the new models in the F-Series of camcorders, we started by taking everything that was great about their predecessors and making it even better,” said Ms Candy Quinto-Delos Santos, SEPCO, Digital Imaging Product Manager. “We then went on to add a host of new features and functionalities that make the camcorders even more intuitive and easy to use. The F-Series can truly be used by anyone, anywhere and at any time.”

Capture Every Moment of the Action
Preserving every special memory is easy, thanks to the extended battery life and built-in memory of SMX-F44. The camcorders provide users with over four hours and 10 minutes of battery life on a single charge. When combined with the use of H.264 compression, consumers can store up to six hours and 20 minutes of video per every 16GB of internal memory.

Impressive Video Quality
Showcasing further innovation, Samsung’s 2 new F-Series camcorders offer an incredible 65x Intelli-Zoom lens (52x optical zoom), which allows users to bring distant images into focus and zoom closer to the action from further away. Samsung’s Intelli-Zoom is significantly more reliable than a standard digital zoom, allowing users to go beyond the camcorder’s 52x optical zoom without sacrificing image quality. The F-Series camcorders also provide enhanced image quality, thanks to their high-performance 1/6” CCD sensors. These larger sensors set the SMX-F400, and SMX-F44 apart from other camcorders in their class, and is the main cause that allows users to enjoy high – quality video.

Smart Features for Shooting, Editing, and Sharing
The SMX-F400, and SMX-F44 come equipped with Samsung’s play-edit-sharing program called Intelli studio 2.0. The on-board Intelli-studio software provides unprecedented freedom and flexibility, allowing users to view, edit and upload content to the web from any PC anywhere in the world. Connecting to a computer via the supplied USB cable not only enables users to edit and play a video without having to install supporting software, but also automatically charges the camcorder as well. The built-in Intelli-studio software also helps simplify the way users upload and share their footage using today’s popular video sharing and social networking web sites.

Users can be confident that their videos won’t be washed out, too dark or out of focus with the help of the F-Series camcorders’ Smart Auto feature. Smart Auto analyzes key elements of a scene’s composition such as color, brightness, motion and subject and then automatically selects the appropriate scene mode which will produce the best results possible. The SMX-F400, and SMX-F44 offer eight different scene modes including night, white, indoor, macro, landscape, portrait, night portrait, and auto. Samsung’s three new F-Series camcorders also come equipped with face detection which automatically recognizes up to five faces and adjusts settings to ensure that each is properly within focus.

Samsung also enhances the video recording experience for end-users thanks to unique features such as time-lapse recording and animated thumbnails. Time-lapse recording allows users to program the camcorder to record at a pre-set interval of one image every one, three, five, 10, 15 or 30 seconds. Time-lapse recording is especially useful for condensing extremely long events, such as rolling clouds on a sunny day, into a short, easy to-view video.

Samsung’s animated thumbnail feature simplifies the way users search for video clips on the SMX-F400 and SMX-F44. Each video clip saved on the camcorder is represented by a small thumbnail on the LCD screen. When scrolling through one’s videos, each thumbnail will provide a short playback of the video file when highlighted by the user allowing them to quickly preview each clip without having to view the entire shot.

The SMX-F400 also features a dedicated Photo mode which allows consumers to use the camcorder as a digital camera, snapping 1.9 mega-pixel still images with 1600 x 1200 resolution.

Specifications

SMX-F400 SMX-F44
Image Sensor 1/6” 680K CCD 1/6” 680K CCD
Lens • Schneider Kreuznach
• 65x Intelli-Zoom / 52x optical zoom • Schneider Kreuznach
• 65x Intelli-Zoom / 52x optical zoom
Memory • SD/SDHC card • 16GB Built-in memory
• SD/SDHC card
Video Resolution • 720×480 (60i) • 720×480 (60i)
Other Features • H.264 compression
• Time-lapse recording
• Smart Auto (8 scene modes)
• Face detection (up to 5 faces)
• H.264 compression
• Time Lapse Recording
• Smart Auto (8 scene modes)
• Face detection (up to 5 faces)
Availability May 2010 May 2010
Price 14,990 19,990
* Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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