The folks over in Korea sure are lucky, as the Samsung HMX-S16 camcorder has begun to ship over there today. In case you’re wondering, this camcorder packs a solid state storage option, video streaming over Wi-Fi, HD video recording, 15x optical zoom, 3.5-inch LCD display, and 64GB storage capacity. Since we’re not living in South Korea, we’ll have to wait until May 28th for Amazon to ship it, and it’ll set you back $1,199. If you’re on a tight budget, there is a slightly cheaper model, the HMX-S15 which is going for $999 on June 4th.
With its 3X zoom lens, Samsung’s HMX-U20 is the first candy-bar-style mini camcorder to offer optical zoom. But it’s pretty expensive compared with the field.
Samsung’s taking its sleek smartphone stylings and applying them to its debut entry into minicamcorder territory. Looking a bit like the Memoir, but with the lens section angled slightly upward for (presumably) more comfortable operation, the HMX-U10 combines an eye-catching design with some–but not all–of the features necessary to …
Pocket camcorders are all the rage and the best way to blow away the market leader, Flip, is by introducing a 1080p version of what they do so well. The Samsung HMX-U10 is a Full HD shooting, 10-megapixel stills capturing, 2-inch LCD sporting chunk of loveliness. It measures a very comparable 56mm x 103mm x 15.5mm and weighs in at the all important sub-100g category – 95g to be exact. There’s no mention of a zoom, so, presumably, you’re getting a tiny bit of the digital variety at best but at least they’ve stuck in a decent 1/2.3 inch CMOS image sensor. It appears to have a much more adult design than the competition but no sign of the nice, neat flip out USB-type feature and I’ve a feeling you’ll have to stick with cables on this one. It’s out from September and will doubtless go down a storm. Better pictures and prices when Samsung pull themselves together SamsungFlip Mino HD review:
