Samsung ST5500: Samsungs Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS enabled camera?

Samsung ST500 wifi logoThe Samsung ST5500 which will be available in the first quarter of 2010 comes with impressive features.

It have a massive 14.2 megapixel resolution, 3.5 inch touch screen LCD and a huge 7x optical zoom. It also have a built in 100MB of memory and includes a memory slot that supports microSD cards up to 8GB. The ST5500 can record 720p HD videos at 30 frames per second, supports ISO from 80 to 3200 and its fast shutter speeds up to 1/2000 is fast enough for a compact camera. Unlike the ST500 and ST550 this thing doesn’t have a front LCD but it offers something better.

Aside from the usual, the ST5500 includes wi-fi and bluetooth module. The Wi-Fi functions include, sending photos via email, Viewing photos on a DLNA TV or other devices, Sending and recieving photos to and from another camera, and lastly uploading photos and videos to youtube and othersimilar sites. Pretty cool eh? And oh did I say it also have bluetooth so you can send photos to other bluetooth enabled device such as laptaps and mobile phones?

ST5500 GPSBut Samsung did not stopped there, the ST550 seems to have a GPS (global positioning system) module built-in (now you can throw that pesky Eye-Fi Geo card away). I had a chance to look at its complete specs posted on the manual and the list doesn’t include GPS but if you high light the blank row below the DNLA row copy it and paste it somewhere you’ll paste the GPS information. And when you search through the entire PDF it’ll show instructions on using the GPS module. Checkout the screenshots below:

SAmsung ST5500 GPSSAmsung ST5500 GPS 2SAmsung ST5500 GPS 3

However PDF manual have been removed from FCC website. :-(

Samsung ST5500 Full Specification

Image Sensor

  • Type: 1/2.33″ (Approx. 7.79 mm) CCD
  • Effective pixels: Approx. 12.2 mega-pixels
  • Total pixels: Approx. 12.4 mega-pixels

Lens Information

  • Focal length: Schneider-KREUZNACH lens, f = 6.3 – 31.5 mm, (35 mm film equivalent: 35 – 175 mm)
  • F-stop range: F3.6 (W) – F4.8 (T)
  • Digital zoom: Still image mode: 1.0X – 5.0X, Play mode: 1.0X – 12.5X (depending on image size)

Shutter speed

  • Auto: 1/8 – 1/2,000 sec.
  • Program: 1 – 1/2,000 sec.
  • Night: 8 – 1/2,000 sec.
  • Fireworks: 2 sec.

Display

  • Type: TFT LCD
  • Feature: 3.5″ (8.9 cm) Wide w/Full Touch Screen Panel

Exposure

  • Contro:l Program AE
  • Metering: Multi, Spot, Center-weighted
  • Compensation: ±2EV (1/3EV steps)
  • ISO equivalent: Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

Focusing

  • Type: TTL auto focus (Multi AF, Center AF, Face Recognition AF, Face Detection AF, Smart Touch AF, One Touch Shooting)
  • Range:  Normal 80 cm – infinity, Macro 5 cm – 80 cm (W) 50 cm – 80 cm(T), Auto Macro 5 cm – infinity (W) 50 cm – infinity(T)

Flash

  • Modes:  Off, Auto, Red-eye, Fill in, Slow Sync, Red-eye Fix
  • Range: Wide: 0.2 m – 3.3 m (ISO Auto), Tele: 0.5 m – 2.4 m (ISO Auto)
  • Recharging time Approx. 4 sec.

Shake reduction

  • DUAL IS [Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) +
  • Digital Image Stabilisation (DIS)]

Effects

  • Shooting mode: Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB
  • Image Adjust: Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation

Image/Video Playback

  • Playback Type: Single image, Thumbnails, Multi slide show with music and effects, Movie clip, Smart Album
  • Smart Album category: Type, Date, Color, Week, Face, Location, Favorite
  • Edit Functions: Resize, Rotate, Photo Style Selector , Image Adjust, Special Effect, Face Effect
  • Playback Effect: Photo Style Selector : Normal, Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic, Negative, Custom RGB
  • Image Adjust: ACB, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation
  • Special Effect: Colour Filter, Elegant, Add Noise
  • Face Effect: Face Retouch, Red-eye Fix, Snow,
    Mosaic, Highlight

Storage

  • Internal memory: Approx. 100 MB
  • External memory (Optional): microSDTM card (up to 4 GB guaranteed)
  • File format Photo: JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.21, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0
  • Video: H.264, (MPEG-4.AVC)
  • Audio: AAC

Voice recording

  • Voice Recording (Max. 10 hours )
  • Voice Memo in a photo (Max. 10 sec.)

Wireless network

  • Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
  • DLNA Version: 1.5
  • GPS: Internal GPS module, WGS
  • Bluetooth Version: 2.0

Interface

  • Digital output connector: USB 2.0
  • Audio output: Mono (Internal speaker), Mono (Microphone)
  • Video output:  AV: NTSC, PAL (selectable), HDMI 1.2: NTSC, PAL (selectable)
  • DC power input connector 34 pin, 4.4V

Size

  • Dimensions (W x H x D): 99.8 x 60.8 x 18.9 mm
  • Weight:156 g (without battery and memory card)

Power source

  • Rechargeable battery: Lithium-ion battery (SLB-11A, 1130 mAh)
  • Cell capacity: 1130 mAh, Voltage 3.8 V
  • Charging time: (when the camera is switched off) Approx. 190 min.

Package Content and Accessories

Samsung ST5500 package content accessories

The box includes the ST5500 Camera, AC adapter/USB Cable, Rechargeable Battery, Camera Strap, User Manual CD-ROM, and Quick Start Guide. Optional Accessories which you can purchase on samsung.com includes, camera case, Memory Card, AV Cable, HDMI cable or adapter, and remote control

Camera Layout

Camera LayoutCameraLayout back

Photos of the ST5500

ST5500 photo samsung frontSamsung ST5500 topST5500 back samsung photo

Im not sure if Samsung officially announced the ST5500 but it sounds like a good camera, the addition of GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi will make it a trend setter in the digital photography market.

Via Engadget via WirelessGoodness

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3 Responses so far.

  1. nitin says:
    November 28, 2011 at 5:20 pm

    it doesnt have inbuilt GPS.. samsung site says no GPS

  2. Jumal says:
    December 16, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    thanks Simon for pointing that out, Em hoping all digital camera will have built-in GPS soon.

  3. simon says:
    December 15, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    samsung already have a camera with theese things st1000

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