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Samsung HZ50W

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Samsung HZ50W is a 14.0MP Small Sensor Superzoom camera with a 1/2.3Read more
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Pros

  • street photography camera offers a good balance of picture quality plus portability

Cons

  • have built-in Wireless
  • Does the Samsung HZ50W have Touch Screen
  • Samsung HZ50W is not the highest resolution Small Sensor camera

Key specs

  • CCD
  • 6.08x4.56 mm
  • 14 Mpx
  • 4320, 3240 px
  • 5
  • Centre weighted Auto Focus, Multi Point Auto Focus
  • 3.0 in
  • no

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Samsung HZ50W - Pros & Cons

Samsung HZ50W

Pros

  • street photography camera offers a good balance of picture quality plus portability

Cons

  • have built-in Wireless
  • Does the Samsung HZ50W have Touch Screen
  • Samsung HZ50W is not the highest resolution Small Sensor camera
  • Does the Samsung HZ50W have Weather Sealing
  • doesn't have any connections for external microphones and headphones
  • the display screen is not a touch screen
  • it could be hooked up to an external screen
  • very slow and not very good in low light occasions
  • 720p is terrible by today's standards

Samsung HZ50W - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
3 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconISO maximum
3200
Best:
Pentax KP
ISO maximum: 819200
IconEffective pixels
14 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx
IconMax resolution
4320 x 3240 px
Best:
Leica M11
Max resolution: 9528 x 6328 px

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Samsung HZ50W - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCCD
Sensor size0.24 in
Sensor photo detectors15.0 Mpx
Effective pixels14.0 Mpx
Image ratio w:h
  • 4:3
  • 16:9
Max resolution4320 x 3240 px
Other resolutions
  • 3984x2656
  • 3968x2232
  • 3264x2448
  • 2592x1944
  • 2048x1536
  • 1024x768
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom26.0 x
Digital zoom5.0 x
Minimum aperture2.8
Maximum aperture5
Focal length equiv26 - 676
Focus adjustmentAuto
Contrast adjustmentyes
Saturation adjustmentyes
Autofocus
  • Centre weighted Auto Focus
  • Multi Point Auto Focus
Manual focusyes
Normal focus range31.5 in
Macro focus range3.94 in
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Photography features
Minimum shutter speed16.0 s
Maximum shutter speed1.0 s
Shutter priorityyes
Aperture priorityyes
Manual exposure modeyes
Exposure compensation plus2
Exposure compensation minus-2
Expousure compensation steps1/3
Subject / scene modesyes
Built-in flashyes
Flash range5.6
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Redeye Reduction
  • Slow Sync
External flashno
Scene modes
  • Beach
  • Children
  • Close-up
  • Documents
  • Fireworks
  • Portrait
  • Sunset
  • Landscape
Self-timeryes
Metering modes
  • Multi
  • Center-weighted
  • Spot
Self-timer options
  • 2
  • 10
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Audio features
Built-in microphoneyes
Microphone typeStereo
Voice recordingyes
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Dimensions
Weight14.04 oz
Width3.26 in
Height3.59 in
Depth4.57 in
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Power
Battery technology
Lithium-Ion
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Other features
GPSno
Orientation sensoryes
Album organizationyes
Frameyes
Image editing modes
  • Resizing
  • Rotating
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Image
ISO
  • 80
  • 100
  • 200
  • 400
  • 800
  • Auto
ISO Autoyes
ISO minimum64
ISO maximum3200
Boosted ISO maximum6400
Maximum image resolution4288 x 3216 px
White balance presets5
White balance modes
  • Auto
  • Cloudy
  • Daylight
  • Fluorescent
  • Incandescent
  • Manual
Custom white balanceno
Photo effects
  • Negative film
  • Vivid
Image stabilizeryes
Image stabilization typeOptical
Uncompressed formatRAW
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size3.0 in
Articulated LCDno
Screen technologyLCD
Screen dots230000
Touch screenno
Live viewyes
ViewfinderElectronic
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Videography features
Maximum resolution1280 x 720 px
Video recordingyes
HD typeHD
Supported video file formatsH.264
Camera playback
  • Single image
  • Slide show
Motion JPEG frame rate30.0 fps
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Design
Body typeCompact
Colour of productBlack
Environmentally sealedno
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Storage
Internal storage8.0 mB
Compatible memory cards
  • SD
  • SDHC
Storage types
  • SD
  • SDHC
  • Internal
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Connectivity
D-typeyes
USB version2.0
DC-in jackyes
PictBridgeyes

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