Samsung announces wide-angle PL70 compact camera

With 5x optical zoom

14 July 2009 10:49 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Samsung has announced the release of the 12-megapixel PL70, a compact digital camera, offering 5x optical zoom and a 28mm wide angle lens, good for group shots and landscapes.

The compact offers 720p HD movie capture and HDMI connectivity for big screen viewing via an optional cradle, alternatively there's 3-inch LCD screen for playback.

Features include "Smart Auto" scene recognition with 11 settings, "Smart Album" to help find content, face, smile and blink detection and self portrait options as well as "Beauty Shot" mode that retouches facial skin.

Measuring 95.8 x 59.5 x 23.9mm, the PL70 comes offering dual image stabilisation there's ISO up to ISO 3200.

The PL70 will be available in red, pink and silver for £199 from August 2009.

Full tags
Cameras, Compact cameras, Samsung, Digital cameras, 12 megapixels
UK Shopping
Jessops.com, Amazon.co.uk, ebay.co.uk
US Shopping
BHphoto.com, Amazon.com, ebay.com

share Subscribe to RSS feeds email story save story print story pdf

Comments

(Will not be published)

  (Next time sign in to bypass captcha)

Latest in Cameras

Latest on Pocket-lint.com

About Pocket-lint

Pocket-lint is your one stop shop for gadgets, technology and consumer electronics, bringing you the low-down on the latest televisions, cameras, phones, GPS and much more. Whether it's learning about what's hot in the world of Apple, finding out about the latest home cinema kit from Samsung and Sony or merely seeing what not to buy, we have you covered. So check out our reviews, news, comment, hands-on photo galleries and videos. Enjoy.

Pocket-lint.com poll

Q. Do you want the Droid by Motorola?

Vote YES Vote NO

» LAST TIME
When asked Can iPhone games rival the PSP and DS? 52% said yes and 48% said no

Top 10 Broadband

Compare 50+
broadband packages

Home Broadband »

Top products

tip us on news

Rss feed

Follow us on Twitter