Samsung yesterday confirmed the launch of a new series of digital cameras with two LCD screens – an extra one at the front. This way, photographers can snap the perfect picture with themselves in it. The hidden 1.5-inch LCD in the front will also help photographers by displaying a countdown timer when the camera is in autotimer mode.
The marketing angle for this new series of dual-screen cameras is that, according to Samsung, more than half of the consumers they surveyed not only use social networking sites but also post photos of themselves to these websites.
The LCD at the back of the camera is touchscreen, and lets users trigger autofocus simply by touching the area of the screen that they’d like to focus on. The 12.2-MP camera includes a 4.6x optical zoom as well as a 27mm wide-angle Schneider KREUZNACH lens.
The camera also has decent HD video recording capabilities with 1280 x 720 resolution at 30 fps. The digital cameras will be marketed as model numbers ST550 and ST500 in the UK, while they’ll hit market shelves as the TL225 and TL220 respectively in US stores. The former model includes an HDMI socket, and comes in black, gold, orange, and purple. The latter model comes in silver, red, or blue.
Both models will be released later this month.
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Yeah having a dual screen is brilliant, not just for taking self portrait pictures but also having the image on the front that lets the subjects know when to smile.