Samsung i80 8.1MP Digital Camera Offering PMP Capabilities [Retro Styled Highly Versatile Multimedia i80 Camera with SRS]

Samsung have just made their new, somewhat retro styled i80 8.1 megapixel digital camera available which not only serves as a regular point and shoot camera, complete with unique slide open style design and intelligent widescreen LCD display, but also offers PMP functionality allowing you to watch videos (as well as capture them), listen to MP3s, record digital voice memos and even read text files.

Offering 14 different scene modes to ensure that the i80 can be quickly configured according to a host of shooting conditions, Samsung’s new ultra compact digital camera sports a 3x optical zoom to help you hone in on mid-range subjects with auto focus, auto exposure and face recognition technology conspiring to help you capture imagery with confidence and with the minimum of fuss and or tinkering with settings. The i80’s digital image stabilisation will also come to the assistance should camera shake be detected with the highest ISO 3200 (high sensitivity) setting also helping to ensure that, even when shooting fast moving objects, or engaging in a little sports photography, the images are remain crisp.

Add to the above the i80’s intelligent 3” LCD screen, which will automatically adjusts its brightness according to lighting conditions so as to conserve battery life, and the fact that the i80 can also capture SVGA (800 X 592 ) resolution video at 20fps in MPEG-4 format at lengths of up to two hours, the aforementioned PMP/MP3 capabilities complete with SRS sound processing and (yes, another and) that the i80 measures in at a mere, intensely pocket/handbag friendly 90 x 62 x 21.6mm and there’s little doubt that Samsung’s i80 is an extremely capable device that is ideal for those looking for a versatile, compact point and shoot device.

Samsung i80 8.1MP Digital Camera Key Features:

• 8.1 Megapixels
• 3 x Optical Zoom
• 40MB Internal Memory
• 3.0 Intelligent LCD Screen
• Face Detection
• 14 Scene Modes
• Function Description
• Photo Help Guide
• Self Portrait
• Digital Image Stabilisation (DIS)
• Personal Multimedia Player with MP3
• High Sensitivity ISO 3200 (up to 3M)
• Red Eye Fix
• Photo Style Selector
• MPEG-4 Movie Recording
• Movie Editing/ Zoom during movie
• Multi Slide Show

The Samsung i80, which is avaliable in silver, black and a gloriously retro inspired gold, will set you back around £132 in the UK though, at the time of writing, we are unable to ascertain availability elsewhere.

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