Johannesburg - Samsung Electronics has announced the launch of the SMX-F70, a new family camcorder that provides incredible quality video at an affordable price.
The SMX-F70 is the only SD camcorder on the market to offer a CMOS sensor with progressive (1280x720) recording, at 30 or 25 frames per second for NTSC or PAL systems respectively.
The SMX-F70 enables the effortless capture of vivid and clear video, without the drawbacks of high price, cumbersome body or short battery life. It is the only SD camcorder to include a CMOS sensor, at a market-leading 5 Megapixel resolution. This incorporates a RGB primary colour filter to reproduce rich, accurate and natural coloured images.
The CMOS sensor also provides protection from light smears that can appear on CCD sensors when filming bright targets such as lights or the sun.
To avoid the shaky footage that many associate with home video, the SMX-F70 employs the CMOS sensor to provide Hyper Digital Image Stabilisation, significantly reducing shaking and blurring while recording.
As the only SD camcorder to incorporate progressive recording, the SMX-F70 ensures every frame of your video is sharp and clear, for smooth and seamless footage without blurring at twice the quality of conventional interlaced recording - whether being played back on the camcorder or shared on a TV or computer with family and friends. The SMX-F70 also enables HD recording, allowing users to capture dynamic video in intense detail, retaining its incredible resolution when played back on HD PC monitors. It also features a powerful 65x intelli-zoom and 52x optical zoom Schneider Kreuznach lens so that every detail can be picked up, even when focusing on a distant background scene.
The SMX-F70 is built to fit into a busy family life, with a light and compact body that is easy to keep on hand for those spontaneous shots, whether they be a baby’s first steps or a special family celebration. When needed, the SMX-F70 can also be used to take 1.9 Megapixel quality still photographs.
Mark Geldenhuys, Business Leader for Digital Imaging at Samsung Electronics South Africa, says; “With the new SMX-F70, we are proud to bring to market the first SD camcorder that offers a CMOS sensor and progressive recording.
“The device has been designed to put incredible movies within the grasp of all the family with an easy-to-use and affordable camcorder. Important family moments such as graduations, birthdays and sports games deserve the best quality possible, so Samsung has incorporated these premium technologies to capture these occasions in seamless, dynamic quality to be shared time and time again. The new SMX-F70 means that a busy mom or dad can effortlessly create the kind of movie quality that they would normally expect to see on TV, at a price that won’t break the bank.”
The Samsung SMX-F70 will be available locally at most leading retailers at a recommended retail price of R2 149.00 from the end of October 2011.