Get ready, because photography will never be the same again. The Samsung Galaxy Camera gives you the magic of professional digital photography with the powerful intelligence of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. It’s the smartest camera ever, with stunning photographic output and a range of exceptionally rich professional shooting modes, editing features and various apps. Going pro has never been this easy or this fun.
Seamless Connectivity (3G & Wi-Fi)
Stay connected everywhere
Leave your laptop at home and save the luggage space. The Galaxy Camera is the only truly connected camera in the world. Straight from the camera, you can connect, upload, share, and even post to your favourite social media. So the next time you're out vacationing and want to instantly share all your memories with the folks back home, the Galaxy Camera is the only thing that you need.
Share Shot
Shoot and share in real time
Remember all those annoying group photos that take forever because everyone brought their own camera? Well, forget it because now you can share your photos at the same time you shoot them with Share Shot. It lets you share your pictures with up to 5 other Wi-Fi direct devices within range. It works like a charm.
Auto Upload
Back up your photos in the cloud automatically
Galaxy Camera’s convenient Auto Upload feature automatically saves your precious family photos into the cloud the instant you take them. Tell it where to aim and just take the shot. Galaxy Camera and the cloud will take it from there.
*This feature will be available at a later date.
Smart Mode
The easiest way to shoot like a pro
Stop being jealous of the pros with their big cameras, and start taking great shots. Like the perfect trails of light at night on a busy intersection full of red taillights. Or instantly capture a high-speed scene with Action Freeze. A quick tap of Smart Mode and you’re set with various special modes. Just choose the one you want and shoot perfection.
21x Super Long Zoom
Capture faraway moments in crisp reality
Save the digital zoom for editing afterwards. Galaxy Camera’s 21x Super Long Zoom is 100 percent optical, helping you get as close as possible to your subject and while maintaining the same crystal clear image sharpness you experience with subjects nearer to the camera.
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean™
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean™. Have more fun taking pictures.
Take better pictures and have more fun with the Galaxy Camera and the power of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean™, the latest version of the Android OS. Jellybean lets you do more than just take heart stopping photographs. Access the world of Android apps to truly enjoy and personalise your images, and get even more great apps from the Photo Category on S Suggest. You can also store your photos instantly online, share on your social media more easily, stay connected with friends and family, browse the internet, sync your devices….shall we go on?
Minimal Organic Design
Timeless, seamless, natural.
The design sets the tone, you take the pictures. The timeless beauty of the Galaxy Camera’s minimal organic design helps you take even better pictures because the stylish curves of the camera’s ergonomics place all the key controls right where they should be: at your fingertips. Inspired by nature, the design shares the same heritage of the globally acclaimed Samsung Galaxy Series.
Smart Content Manager
The smartest way to edit and organise your photos
Who doesn’t want to be free from the hassle of managing all that great content you created? Galaxy Camera's Smart Content Manager does it for you intelligently, creating folders, tagging faces, and more. You can even enjoy viewing your photos in a variety of ways, from a timeline to a unique magazine view. It also includes Photo Wizard, which packs an amazing set of powerful editing features on board that let you edit professionally with ease while on-the-go.
Paper Artist
Turn your photos in artful sketches
Running on the powerful Android 4.1 Jelly Bean™ operating system, the Galaxy Camera gives you full access to the world of premium Android apps, like Paper Artist, which comes pre-loaded. Express yourself freely with a variety of artistic effects to creatively recompose the beautiful images you’ve already taken into stunning sketches that appear to have been hand painted. Select from a range of filters to add texture and shading, decorate with assorted layers and frames, and compose handwritten notes directly onto the image.
Slow Motion Video
Sometimes slower is better
Instead of playing it back in slow motion, record it that way in the first place with Slow Motion Video. It captures your most precious memories at an amazing 120 frames per second and 768x512 resolution, and it plays them back slowly in magical, crystal clear video, making your memories truly timeless.
4.8" (121.2mm) HD Super Clear Touch Display
Enjoy your photos on a big screen right away
Now you don’t have to wait until you get back home to properly review and edit your photos. The Galaxy Camera’s 4.8" (121.2mm) HD Super Clear Touch Display is what a camera display was meant to be, with an ultra sharp 308 pixels per inch and the full spectrum of glorious colours. And with the new White Magic Technology, you can even double the brightness without worrying about battery consumption. And why not view your HD movies at a golden 16:9 ratio? Perfect.
Voice Control
Don’t be shy. Talk to your camera
The Galaxy Camera does more than take great pictures. It also listens very, very well. By tuning in closely to what you are saying, the Galaxy Camera is able to execute your command. So don’t be shy- tell it to zoom in or out, set the timer, and snap the photo when you’re ready. And when you’re in the gallery, tell it to rotate, delete, and even share your photos. Yes, it really is that smart.
Best face
Instantly rewind to the picture perfect moment
Missed it? With the Best Face feature that won’t happen again. Use it to travel back in time after you’ve taken a picture to replace faces with the perfect moment. Use it to open eyes, replace a smile, or find that perfect expression. With the combination lightning fast burst shots and facial recognition, you can simply tap a face that's looking the other way, and tap again to replace it with expressions taken moments before the actual shot. It really is magic.
In the box
The Samsung Galaxy Camera comes with a USB, charger, li-ion battery, and wrist strap.
Design and Feel
We were impressed with what Samsung brought to the table with the WB 150 F and the WB850 F. While neither camera sported sensors or lenses worth bragging about, their incredibly user-friendly physical and in-camera navigation easily won us over. Too often, quality point-and-shoots can alienate novice users, bullying them into unfamiliar systems with completely new and unfriendly menus. Samsung has gone to great lengths to break out of the mold entirely, and the Galaxy Cam is no exception – in fact we can say without much reserve that this device may feel more natural in more consumers’ hands than anything else most of us have ever picked up.
Of course, this is largely thanks to the smartphone market. It’s very nearly a ubiquitous device – there’s one in nearly all of our pockets. Samsung knows this, and more or less decided to take a Galaxy smartphone and strap a 21x optical zoom lens to the front of it. This is the Galaxy Camera.
There are only three physical functions on the Galaxy Camera’s body: The shutter, the zoom toggle, and the pop-up flash button. There is no chance for getting lost among unfamiliar functions here. As far as the body and build goes, it’s a slick device, with an edge-to-edge touchscreen and clean white chassis devoid of many fixtures. It is heavy, however, and the grip is rather subdued and doesn’t give you a great one-handed hold. Still, it’s a nice shape and size and point-and-shooters will feel comfortable handling it.
Camera features
The Samsung Galaxy Camera is feature rich, to say the least. Aside from being a smartphone hybrid and having the assortment of apps and capabilities available by its nature alone, the camera also sports a 21x optical zoom, a pop-up flash, in-camera editing, in-camera filters, 4.77-inch touch display, voice control, HD video capture, a 23mm equivalent wide angle lens, and a massive variety of photo-sharing capabilities.
First, let’s cover the camera’s … well, more “camera-like” features. The 21x optical zoom is impressive, and means you can easily use the camera for your landscape and travel needs. We’ve always found anywhere between a 12x and 24x optical zoom to be more than adequate for the average consumer, and that the feature is especially nice for travel.
The lens itself isn’t the sharpest we’ve ever seen, and it’s been a bit of a disappointment in recent Samsung point-and-shoots. It’s not that there’s a ton to complain about here, there just also isn’t much to talk about. Although it’s worth mentioning that this camera isn’t intended to compete with DSLR-like fixed lens or Micro Four Thirds models – it’s truly a point-and-shoot, in the truest sense … just a new breed of one, that comes with a price tag that will make your eyes roll back in your head.
The camera’s pop-up flash is a really nice touch, and something that any camera even near this price range really should sport these days. The edge-to-edge, 4.8-inch touchscreen is the feature that makes the Galaxy Camera almost more phone than camera, and while the screen is quite responsive and intuitive to use, it was also a bit difficult to view outdoors under harsh overcast light. You can toy with these settings, however. But there are so many different things you can do with this camera that you might get tired of the settings screens upon settings screens upon settings screens that you “get to” manipulate – but hey, more options is better than fewer options and the interface is intuitive.
Camera interface
Instead of the traditional camera menu, which is mainly full of a icons and numbers peppering the frame of the screen both horizontally and vertically, the Galaxy Cam instead launches you into the Android homescreen. We’ll dive deeper into the camera’s Android 4.1 (with TouchWiz UI) interface later, but for now let’s talk a little about the ease with which you can dig through the camera’s menus, homescreens, and Settings.
Upon booting up, you will see the camera and gallery icons lining the bottom of the page. The homescreen also has a weather and time widget as well as a Google Search bar and Google Now functionality. If you want to start shooting, all you have to do is select the camera icon or press the shutter button. From there, you have options to use preset modes, auto, or fuss with manual settings – and because the Galaxy Camera is entirely reliant on a responsive capacitive touchscreen (again, just like a smartphone), the amount of fussing is incredibly low.
Everything about navigating the camera’s interface is like using a smartphone and smartphone photography apps. In fact, some more complicated photography apps are more difficult to use than diving into the Galaxy Camera’s manual settings, which give you complete control over aperture, shutter speed, exposure, and ISO. Overall, Samsung has certainly raised expectations here. There are certainly a few quirks, for instance living within a virtual lens interface instead of feeling the physical click of the mode dials will be strange for camera buffs at first, but it’s a needed upgrade that you’ll quickly grow to love.
Android operating system
Of course, what truly separates the Galaxy Camera from every other point-and-shoot is that it is basically a full-fledged Galaxy phone. We keep saying this, but it’s worth repeating. On the inside, this is almost a Galaxy S3, minus calling functionality. It runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with Samsung’s TouchWiz UI layered on top, much like the Galaxy phones and tablets.
Unlike its Galaxy phones, Samsung has not included any haptic or physical navigation buttons with the Galaxy Cam, instead using onscreen navigation buttons for Android’s basic functions – Back, Home, and Menu. (Hold the Home button to access Recent Apps.) The onscreen navigation is consistent and easy to use. We had no trouble jumping in and out of the many apps installed, including the camera app.
Along with the ability to instantly upload your photos to the likes of Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Dropbox, Flickr, or email them, you are also have access to 700,000 other completely non-photography focused apps in Google Play, like Skype, Gmail, YouTube, etc. And yes, you can make calls with Skype, although be ready for a very weird experience: Because there’s no front-facing camera, you have to point the giant lens at yourself without the ability to see the person you’re trying to talk to is … well, it sort of misses the point, right? Still, the ability to use this function is leaps and bounds beyond what we know in the average point-and-shoot.
All photo-sharing apps worked seamlessly and were incredibly familiar. There’s no learning curve here, unless you’re making a jump from iPhone to Android, and even that isn’t too difficult.
Samsung has loaded the Galaxy Camera with its typical slate of apps, like AllShare Play, Group Cast, and ChatOn, which all enable you to communicate easily with other devices, assuming those devices happen to be made by Samsung (recently) and running Android. For fun, AT&T has added a few typical apps of its own, as well
Without a doubt, the Galaxy Camera’s Android OS is the feature that sets this device apart from any and all competition; really, it puts it in an entirely different bracket. Samsung has nailed the device in this respect. Point-and-shoots, DSLRs, and Micro Four Thirds cameras of the future will use the Galaxy Camera as the model for how to create a connected, touch-enabled camera.
Android specs and performance
By camera standards, the Galaxy Camera is lightning fast, but even compared to many top of the line phones and tablets, this is a speedy device. That’s because, inside Samsung has included a 1.4GHz quad-core Samsung Exynos 4412 processor, 8GB of internal storage (with a microSD slot), and 1GB of RAM. The screen is gorgeous at 4.8 inches and 1280 x 720 pixels. Though Samsung has been a strong proponent of AMOLED, this is a nice LCD screen, covered by Gorilla Glass 2.
Like a good camera, the battery is removable via a hatch on the bottom of the camera, which is also where the SIM card and microSD cards sit. To charge, you can attach any Micro USB cable. Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, Wi-Fi, and other standard smartphone features like an accelerometer, gyroscope, and digital compass are all present. If you want, you can probably play Grand Theft Auto III on this thing.
Camera performance
When you talk about the Galaxy Camera’s performance and use, you have to talk about this from a photography and from a smartphone perspective – so let’s start with the former.
It can’t be emphasized enough that this camera is nearly identical to the Samsung WB850 F, a camera that performed well but didn’t blow us out of the water.
The Galaxy Camera houses the same 21x optical zoom, 43mm equiv. lens as the WB850 F as well as the same 16 megapixel, 1 /2.33 inch sensor. And as you might imagine, since their interiors have so much in common, so do the image results. Colors are punchy and a bit oversaturated, and the lens (which isn’t particularly sharp) has the tendency to flare and make subjects a bit smudgy – although, noise is controlled well until around ISO 800. Thankfully, noise wasn’t much of an issue, and having a 21x optical zoom at your disposal makes the Galaxy Camera an incredibly versatile point-and-shoot.
It should be mentioned this isn’t a very fast camera. Power up to capture is a bit slower than we’re used to, and the recycle rate is fine – although compared to some traditional and less expensive point-and-shoots on the market, it will feel a little laggy. Switching over from using the Galaxy Camera as a phone to a camera also comes with a brief pause. Continuous shooting gets as good as 4fps, which again, is adequate but not outstanding.Really, this can be blamed on the processor, which isn’t quite what we’re used to in point-and-shoots of this vein and price.
We found ourselves relying almost entirely on the camera’s manual settings. The presets and auto mode were adequate, but as things go with point-and-shoots, results and capabilities are limited. The manual interface is very interesting: You exist entirely within the touchscreen’s virtual lens, flipping through to change your aperture, shutter speed, exposure, and ISO. The departure from physically manipulating your camera will make purists weep, but nostalgia isn’t necessarily a good reason to keep things the way they are; beginners will be far more comfortable diving into manual modes with this type of interface.
Device with no support for GSM voice communication.
| BODY | Dimensions | 128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm (5.07 x 2.79 x 0.75 in) |
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| Weight | 305 g (10.76 oz) |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super Clear LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
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| Size | 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density) |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 2 |
| | - TouchWiz UI
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| DATA | GPRS | No |
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| EDGE | No |
| Speed | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE (optional) |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v4.0 |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| CAMERA | Primary | 16 MP, autofocus, 21x optical zoom, pop-up Xenon flash, AF light |
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| Features | Wide-angle 23mm lens, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, optical image stabilization |
| Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720x480@120fps |
| Secondary | No |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
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| Chipset | Exynos 4412 Quad |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 |
| GPU | Mali-400MP |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, compass |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| Radio | No |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
| Colors | Black, White |
| | - SNS integration
- Dropbox (50 GB storage)
- HDMI port
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Organizer
- Image/video editor
- Document editor
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input (Swype) |
| BATTERY | | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1650 mAh |
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