Samsung L74 Wide

The Samsung L74 Wide provides an expressive and dynamic Graphical Users Interface.With the icons that appear on the LCD by selecting the buttons, the user can enjoy understanding the camera’s operating functions more easily.

World Tour Guide function
By adding the World Tour Guide function to a digital camera for the first time, the Samsung L74 Wide provides more convenient and diverse usability while travelling. With the World Tour Guide function for images and explanations of famous tourist sites, you can check global tour information easily and conveniently.

Easier operation of the camera through the
Touch Screen and Flash Animation GUI (Graphical User Interface) With the Touch Screen and Flash Animation GUI recently added to the Samsung L74 Wide, you can easily use the World Tour Guide.

450 MB internal high-capacity memory is provided for you to store various World Tour Guides. With the 450 MB internal memory, you can save various information on it, or use it as a memory for pictures taken. You can freely download World Tour Guide about 30 countries from Samsung Camera’s website.

Face Recognition AF & AE
With the Face Recognition AF & AE function, the Samsung L74 Wide enables the user to take better portrait pictures more easily. The function detects faces and automatically focuses on them; the brightness of the face is adjusted optimally for beautiful portrait pictures.

Advanced Shake Reduction (ASR)
The ASR technology prevents the degradation of image clarity and colour which is sometimes found in flash photography. With ASR the effects of camera shake are reduced in lower light conditions. You can even take well exposed, sharper pictures in low light without using a flash at all, resulting in more natural-looking pictures. You can take clearer pictures even in dim light ISO 1600 high-sensitivity support The Samsung L74 Wide produces vivid pictures even in low light. The camera has an auto sensitivity feature that automatically adjusts sensitivity up to ISO 1600 depending on the ambient exposure conditions. The high-sensitivity setting of ISO 1600 enables you to take clear indoor pictures, even in poor light without camera shake or image blur.

Red-eye Fix function
The Red-eye Fix algorithm programmed into the camera automatically eliminates red eye in shoot and play modes, allowing you take a natural portrait photo.

Wise Shot This feature takes a shot using both ASR and Flash simultaneously. It then compares the results and gives you the better picture of the two.

14 Scene modes
The 14 Scene modes enable anyone to take the best pictures with ease, in different shooting environments - for example Portrait, Children, Cafe, Landscape, etc. Samsung L74 Wide provides 14 Scene modes: Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Macro, Text, Dawn, Sunset, Backlight, Firework, Beach and Snow, Self Shot, Food, and Cafe.

Powerful iMovie Clip function
The Samsung L74 Wide supports a powerful moving movie recording capability comparable to a general dedicated camcorder. The Samsung L74 Wide also supports the still image creation function that saves a frame of a moving picture clip as a still picture and edits the image on camera.

3.6x optical zoom during movie recording
With 3.6x optical zoom, the Samsung L74 Wide allows you to enjoy shooting movies more than ever. For more distant subjects you can zoom in to bring them closer instead of having to move towards them.

Wider, dynamic SVGA quality(800×592) movie recording
With the application of a new technology, it is possible to take moving picture images in the SVGA format which provides wider images than theVGA format. As a result you can enjoy bigger moving picture images on a PC as well as on TV. Dynamic moving picture images played on a wide screen will double your pleasure.

On-camera movie editing
The Samsung L74 Wide allows you to select a specific part of a movie file during play back and save it as a separate file. You can also capture and save a still image from your movie.

>> PRESS RELEASE

January 30, 2007 – Samsung today announced the launch of the compact 7 mega pixel L74 Wide digital camera, equipped with a 3.6x optical zoom and 28mm wide-angle lens support for wider images, its ideal for tech savvy consumers looking for a high quality easy to use camera to take with them on their travels. The L74 Wide is equipped with a convenient Tour Guide function which provides travel information covering 4,500 regions in 30 countries– helping users to plan trips and find their way while on the road. Equipped with 450 MB of internal memory, the L74 Wide can store all the information travelers need to get them where they’re going safely and on time.

The L74 Wide, with a 3.0” Touch Screen LCD, includes Samsung’s Face Recognition AF & AE, which detects the subject’s face, automatically adjusts auto focus and auto exposure to ensure better composition and image quality in portraits and other shots featuring people. The AF function instantaneously recognises the faces of subjects and accurately focuses on them. The AE function then takes over, setting the appropriate exposure to ensure the highest image quality. Also the touch screen LCD perfected with Samsung’s original Flash GUI (Graphic User Interface) enables the user to access the diverse function intuitively and easily.

The L74 Wide also features Samsung’s proprietary ASR image stabilisation system which helps to capture the best possible images even in dimly lit conditions. Combined with the ability to capture in MPEG-4 SVGA quality the L74 Wide can take compelling moving pictures and once taken the camera allows for pictures to be edited rather than the user having to wait until they sat at their computer.

The stylish Samsung L74 Wide is the ideal travel companion – providing everything travelers need to capture and share crystal clear images with both ease and style. The L74 Wide will have and MSRP of $349.99 and will be available in North America in Spring 2007.

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