Samsung HZ15W aka WB550 Review
I recently bought this awesome camera, Samsung HZ15W for its 10x optical zoom, 720p high definition video capability, and dual image stabilizer.
I wanted a camera with a good zoom better than then conventional point and shoot’s 3x optical zoom. The reason is to get decent background blur effect when zoomed in from a distance to take a picture.
My previous camera tends to blur a lot during low light without flash since I don’t have stable hands. The HZ15W not only has optical image stabilizer technology,but on top of that it has Dual IS. It’s two times the power of regular optical image stabilizer making photos less lightly to blur. Don’t get me wrong because even with all these stabilizer technology pictures still can blur, but the chances are dramatically lowered.
Beauty Mode
This is an awesome feature of the camera, it actually makes a person look a lot younger and more attractive. It makes your skin very smooth.
Its hard to talk about everything about this camera so I’m just going to let you watch the YouTube video’s I found for this camera. Only in the US that the camera model is HZ15W, while in other countries its known as WB550
Its in Korean, but has English subtitles
General Specifications:
- 12.2 MegaPixel
- 10x Optical Zoom Lens
- Zoom in to far away objects and retain the quality of the object
- 24mm UltraWide Angle
- Lets you take pictures of more area without standing too far away
- Schneider lens
- 3.0″ LCD Screen
- Dual Image Stabilization
- Perfect for quick captures
- Full Manual Control
- Manually focus on objects
- Set the ISO from 80-3200
- Set exposure time from 1/5000 to 16 seconds
- HD Movie Recording (MP4 Format)
- Records in 720p at 30 frames per second
- HDMI Output
- Hook it up to your HDTV to watch your photos and video in High Def
- Lithium Ion Rechargeable Battery
Sample Images (for higher resolution images click on the Flickr link when you visit the pictures)
Sample HD Videos (Click on the HD button to see it in HD)