Samsung announcement on July 7th

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2009

Post updated

I got some more info on the Samsung announcement - the new compact camera will be HZ30W:

  • Design like HZ series
  • 1/1.8" CMOS sensor instead of a CCD 1/2.33" (10mx?)
  • ISO 100-3200
  • Video Full HD
  • 5X optical zoom (24-120mm) with ring zoom
  • 3" AMOLED
  • RAW files
  • It will call WB700 in Europe

The GX30 will be like K7, but with the GX20 design.

Continuation on the Samsung GX30 thread: In South Korea the official presentation will be the July 7th and will have 3 cameras:

  • GX30 (DSLR)
  • NX3 (Hybrid camera)
  • HZ30W / WB700 (compact camera)

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  3. New products and rumors from Samsung
  4. Samsung 85mm f/1.4 ED SSA lens caught in the wild, to be released in July/August
  5. Samsung NX3 specs

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7 Comments

  1. Xian
    Posted June 12, 2009 at 3:37 pm | Permalink

    The only information until now is about the compact camera. It will have a CMOS 1/1.8″ sensor instead a CCD 1/2.33″ and probably RAW format.

  2. Dan
    Posted June 12, 2009 at 4:46 pm | Permalink

    I have been able to confirm some rumors…

    Yes, will have a new compact HZ camera, it will be HZ30W:
    -Design like HZ serie
    -1/1.8″ CMOS sensor (10mx?)
    -ISO 100-3200
    -Video FullHD
    -5X optical zoom (24-120mm) with ring zoom
    -3″ AMOLED
    - RAW files
    It will call WB700 in Europe

    The GX30 will be like K7, but the GX20 design.

    The NX camera, nothig for now… : (

  3. Mark
    Posted June 14, 2009 at 7:14 am | Permalink

    1/1.8″ is considered big now? It’s still not going to give you short DOF at normal distances. It used to be a standard compact sensor size a few years ago. Now that everyone is saving this size for the more exclusive models, it’s suddenly big? How sad things have turned out. Micro FT to the rescue.

  4. Dan
    Posted June 14, 2009 at 7:10 pm | Permalink

    Mark, the HZ serie are compact camera like Panasonic LX-3, Canon G10, etc, a CMOS 1/1.8″ in compact camera serie is a big sensor, the Canon, Nikon, etc… use 1/2.33″ smaller than 1/1.8″. The LX-3 use a 1/1.6″ sensor.
    This model is not the NX camera it will have a APS-C sensor bigger than M4/3 sensor.

  5. T-3
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 6:25 pm | Permalink

    True or false??

    This is a OLED technology forum…

    • PR admin
      Posted June 19, 2009 at 7:09 pm | Permalink

      this is interesting – thanks for the link

  6. Dan
    Posted June 19, 2009 at 6:35 pm | Permalink

    Good information T-3, thank…

    Mark, here is a sensor size comparation…

    http://a.img-dpreview.com/reviews/sigmadp1/images/sensorsizes.gif