The Samsung GALAXY Tab Review, Powers Up Mobile Communication

Samsung Electronics announced on Sept 2, the launch of the Samsung GALAXY Tab (Model No - GT-P1000).

The GALAXY Tab is the first tablet devices from Samsung, and could provide an alternative to Apple's popular iPad. It is powered by Android Operating System 2.2.

The Samsung GALAXY Tab is jammed pack with lots of innovations that help users to work and play while on the move. With 7 inch display, customers will have good time watching video, listening to music, checking their emails and communicate with their love ones with ease.

It weigh only 380g, just perfect to bring it anywhere with ease. Plus, it is design for users to grip and use easily.

The Galaxy Tab, supports latest Adobe Flash Player 10.1 and also supports swift, that enhance the viewing of every single page of the web.

By using the ‘Readers Hub,’ Samsung’s e-reading application, you could access to a vast digital library. For movie lovers, you could use Samsung's ‘Media Hub,’ to access types of films and videos. Finally for music fans, access to your favorite music by using Samsung ‘Music Hub’ application.

The Samsung GALAXY Tab is an amazing communication device that help users communicate, work and play from anywhere they want.

The Galaxy Tab powers up mobile communication with high tech 3G HSPA connectivity, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 3.0. You could make video conference and send email with ease and also the large 7 inch display makes it much more convenient.

To make phone calls, you can use it as a speakerphone on the desk or as a handphone on the go with the help of Bluetooth headset. For high performance on the move, the Galaxy Tab uses a Cortex A8 1.0GHz application processor.

The Galaxy Tab supports DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 and other types multimedia formats.

With two cameras, the front camera is for video conference whereas the rear facing is used to take pictures and video that you can upload and share with you friends and family.

Samsung will launch the Galaxy Tab in Europe in middle of Sept 2010 and for other regions including South Korea, US and Asia soon afterward.

The Samsumg Galaxy is the perfect solution for everyone's lifestyle on the move.

Samsung GALAXY Tab Photos

The Samsung GALAXY Tab - Hand Held

The Samsung GALAXY Tab - Product Image 1

The Samsung GALAXY Tab - Mobile Lifestyle

The Samsung GALAXY Tab - Product Image 2

The Samsung GALAXY Tab - Side View

Nikon COOLPIX S5100, New Digital Compact Camera

Based on Nikon customer surveys, the main complaints about compact digital cameras are as follows:

1. The inability to capture sharp, sharp images under dim lighting
2. Problem shooting at night
3. Unnatural outcomes when the flash is used.

Therefore, Nikon has come up with new COOLPIX S8000 (10× optical zoom lens) and COOLPIX S6000 (7× optical zoom lens), both released in the spring of 2010, with 4 new characteristics to resolve the problems.

1. Lower noise at high sensitivities
2. Motion detection function
3. Lens-shift vibration reduction function
4. New flash control system which develops awesome night time shots with less blur and noise.

In addition, the camera is equipped with a new function that enables the camera to automatically differentiate between hand-held shooting and shooting with the camera mounted on a tripod and allow the optimum response to shooting conditions irrespective of lighting levels.

Furthermore, the COOLPIX S5100 offers new characteristics that captures once-in-a-lifetime moments in beautiful pics. Among these characteristics are the high-definition movie recording function, the high speed power-up and response that Nikon is recognized for, and the smart portrait function.

S5100 Primary Features

Five functions that enable capture of beautiful night time shots in dimly lit or dark surroundings

1. Low noise at high sensitivities
2. Motion detection.
3. Lens-shift vibration reduction (VR) function.
4. Flash control - High-sensitivity sync: produces bright, natural looking images with less blur.
5. Flash control - Wide-area back lighting recognition algorithm: Reduces the number of unsatisfactory shots taken in backlight situations for more awesome images.
6. Hand-held/tripod night landscape detection function. When shooting night landscapes and other night time shots, the camera automatically differentiates between hand held shooting and shooting using a tripod, then sets ISO sensitivity and shutter speed accordingly to develop nice photos

The COOLPIX S5100 has excellant high-speed response that consistently captures the moment. It's power-up time is about 0.75 s, an autofocusing time is about 0.22 s and a shooting time lag is about 0.3 s. This enables the camera to reacts right away to sudden photo opportunities and moving subjects.

The COOLPIX S5100 is fitted with a high-definition movie recording function for keeping exciting and memorable experiences in full (1280 × 720, 30 fps). Plus, it has effective pixel count of 12.2 million pixels and a wide-angle 5× optical zoom NIKKOR lens.

It comes in 5 colours, blue, pink, red, purple and black. The design is slim, agile and emphasises rounded form with more curving around the edges.

With the following shooting functions the COOLPIX S5100 can capture of beautiful pics easily.

1. The Best Shot Selector function, the camera automatically captures a series of 10 sequential frames and saves the 1 with the sharpest focus.
2. Smart portrait .
3. The subject tracking function, the camera tracks the subject automatically. It detects with face-priority AF
4. Scene auto selector, the camera recognizes the type of subject and automatically select the best settings

The COOLPIX S5100 is a amazing camera at a very reasonable price.

COOLPIX S5100 Specs

1. Effective pixels: - 12.2 million
2. Image sensor: - 1/2.3-in. type CCD; approx. 12.39 million total pixels
3. Lens: - 5X optical zoom, NIKKOR lens; 5.0-25.0mm ; f/2.7-6.6; Digital zoom: Up to 2X
4. Focus range (from lens): - [W]: Approx. 45 cm to ? , [T]: Approx. 70 cm to ? , Macro mode: Approx. 2 cm to ? (wide-angle position)
5. Monitor: - 6.7 cm , approx. 230k-dot, TFT LCD with anti-reflection coating and 5-level brightness adjustment .
6. Storage media : - Internal memory (approx. 32 MB), SD/SDHC memory card ; Not compatible with Multi Media Cards (MMC).
7. ISO sensitivity: - ISO 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 ; Auto (auto gain from ISO 100 to 1600) ; Fixed range auto (ISO 100 to 400, 100 to 800)
8. Interface: - Hi-Speed USB
9. Power sources: - One Rechargeable Li-ion Battery EN-EL10 (supplied), AC Adapter EH-62D (available separately)
10. Dimensions (WxHxD): - Approx. 97.1 X 56.9 X 21.6 mm (excluding projections)
11. Weight: - Approx. 132 g (plus battery and SD memory card)

Specs and equipment are subject to change without any prior notice.

COOLPIX S5100 - Black

COOLPIX S5100 - Red

COOLPIX S5100 - Purple

COOLPIX S5100 - Pink

COOLPIX S5100 - Blue

The New Samsung's ST50, Ultra-Slim Digital Camera

The Samsung ST50, is a thin 12.2 mega-pixel digital camera. Just 16.6mm thick (not including the lens), the ST50 is a nice pocket sized digital camera. 

The Samsung ST50 was honored as the "Ultra-Slim Digital Camera" at the 2009 CES Innovation Award. It has a large 2.7 inch LCD screen for framing shots and seeing photos and videos. It also comes with high quality lens up to 3x optical zoom. 

With the  new Smart Auto feature, the ST50 is really user friendly . In Smart Auto mode, the ST50 will auto choose one of ST50's 11 scene modes which best fits the surroundings the user may be shooting in. 

The ST50 also uses Samsung’s proprietary Smart Album software, that lets users to find photos  easily. Users could lookup based on date, file type, photo, video or voice memo and also the overall colour tone.

Additional Features.

• Face Detection - could knows up to nine faces in a frame and adjusts camera settings to improve  picture quality
• Smile Shot - takes a pic when the ST50 recognizes a smile. 
• If Blink Detection is engaged, the ST50 will automatically capture 2 consecutive shots when the shutter button is fully pressed down, and a 3 shot will be taken if the camera finds that a subject’s eyes are closed. 
• The Beauty Shot mode is a unique option that automatically touches up imperfectnesses like blemishes and dark spots on a subject’s face to better skin tones. Lensmen can control the level of touching up to any photo. 

The new ST50 also has MPEG-4 video recording capability, users could take video at a max resolution of 800x592 (SVGA) at 20fps and use 3x optical zoom for added versatility. 

The retail price of the Samsung ST50 in Malaysia is about  RM1,099 *. 

ST50 - Specifications

• Mega-Pixels - 12.2 mega-pixels
• Optical Zoom - 3x optical zoom
• LCD Size - 2.7” TFT-LCD (230k pixels)
• ISO - Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,600, 3,200 (At 3M Size)
• Movie Mode - MPEG4 / SVGA (800x592 @ 20fps)
• Size - 94.2mm W x 55.7mm H x 16.6mm D (excluding the lens)

Special Features

• Smart Auto
• Smart Album
• Digital Image Stabilization
• Face Detection
• Smile Shot
• Blink Detection 
• MPEG4 Video at SVGA resolution

* Specs & Price are subject to change without notice. 

Samsung's ST50 Digital Camera

The New Samsung's ST50

The New Samsung's ST50

The New Samsung's ST50 - Large LCD

The New Samsung's ST50 - Top View

Tilt-shift photography photos

Tilt-shift photography is a creative and unique technique of manipulating the camera to create miniature scene from real live photos. You could also use photoshop to create the same type of effect.

By manipulating the camera or by using Photoshop, photographers could easily create awesome miniature like photos. Normally to create this kind of photos, the photos are taken from high angle or aerial photos.

There is a website calledhttp://tiltshiftmaker.com, where you could create this type photos online for free.

To know better about Tilt-shift photography technique, you could join the following groups in Flickr for further details.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/tilt-shift-fakes/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/tiltshiftmaker/

Enjoy the photos below.

Tilt shift grid.

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Tilt shift effect produced by tiltshiftmaker.com. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9057490@N08/3236731667/

Sauchiehall street tilt shift

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lupinehorror/3314247087/

Experimenting with tilt-shift effect

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldstein/2642408435/

Felixstowe sea front miniature

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevoarnold/2630521111/

Miniature railway

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/bennecontentos/485984114/

Toy Boats

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/moonstar909/3144367584/

Manhattan fake-miniature tilt shift SIMCITY!

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaws/3750624765/

London

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/oseillo/2113201710/

Tiny World

Photo Credit : http://www.flickr.com/photos/kallu/98254531/