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Samsung Digimax L85

Guide price: £269.99

Unusually styled, chunky, but quite compact 8 megapixel digital camera. The Samsung Digimax L85 provides you with an amazing photo experience. Equipped with an 8.1 megapixel high-resolution 1/1.8" CCD, the Digimax L85 enables the expression of luxurious and natural colour tones, producing a superior quality image.

In addition, the Digimax L85 features a Schneider 5X optical zoom and an 8X digital zoom lens that is highly valued by photographers around the world, providing up to 40X zoom capability. With all these features, the Digimax L85 lets you capture a subject at any distance with exceptional colour reproduction. Large 2.5" LCD ScreenWith the large 2.5"LCD, you can capture a bright and clear image of a subject and enjoy the pleasure of shooting and viewing at the same time. With the wide-view LCD, you can view an image with others up to 180° horizontally and vertically.

Since the Digimax L85 enables expression of high contrast (1:400) colour tones, you can enjoy your valuable moments in richer colour tones. HDMI TechnologyBy adapting HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) to a digital camera for the first time in the world, the Digimax L85 helps you to share your valuable memories with other family members through pictures. High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) function lets you view an image on a large HDTV (High Definition Television) screen without compromising its resolution and delivers a vivid impression of your past memories. Furthermore, with its remote control, you can view images on an HDTV more easily and simply. Manual ModeWith its manual shooting capability, you can shoot in various modes under any circumstances. Adjust the exposure and aperture as desired to obtain professional results. Wide ModeThe Digimax L85 provides full manual capabilities and supports wide mode during shooting, you can view on a 16:9 wide screen beyond the conventional picture size of 4:3.

Motion Capture ModeThe high-speed continuous shooting function makes it possible to see 30 extremely high-resolution pictures from one shooting. Analyse your golf swing, photograph a race car passing by, or study other sequences of motion. Advanced movie functionThe powerful video capability of the Digimax L85 delivers a “camcorder like” experience. For a more enhanced movie shooting experience, the Digimax L85 uses MPEG-4, the high-compression high-quality video format, which can record for up to 3-4 times longer than the traditional video formats used in many other digital cameras. With powerful video recording in VGA (640X480) at 30fps, it provides a wider screen view and clearer video quality. These movies can even be viewed on an HDTV (High Definition Television). Furthermore, through the video capabilities featured in the Digimax L85, including image stabilisation, continuous shooting and creating/self-editing of a video still image ((JPEG), any moment can be reproduced as a movie scene. **Optical zoom available during video recording.

When set to Auto mode, the Digimax L85 automatically adjusts the shooting distance and focus from between 10cm and infinity, helping you to get great pictures more easily. You don’t even need to activate the macro function for shots as close as 10cm.

Use the Effect button to access various photo effects directly. The Digimax L85 has some innovative special effect functions - including Highlight, Photo Frame, and Composite Shot - that give you unique, and sometimes amusing, shooting experiences beyond conventional picture-taking. You can access each of these special effects with just one touch of the "E" button. Easy direct printing. The Digimax L85 print button makes direct printing easier than ever. Simply connect the Digimax L85 to any PictBridge compatible photo printer, press the illuminated print button and print! Also use the button to transfer images directly to a computer.

Memory Type: SD

Battery Type: Li-Ion