Samsung EX1 (known as Samsung TL500 in US) is an enthusiast digital

compact camera A point-and-shoot camera, also known as a compact camera and sometimes abbreviated to P&S, is a still camera designed primarily for simple operation. Most use focus free lenses or autofocus for focusing, automatic systems for setting the exposu ...

with a 1.8–2.4 wide angle 3× (5.2–15.6 mm, resp. 24–72 mm of

35 mm equivalent focal length In photography, the 35 mm equivalent focal length is a measure that indicates the angle of view of a particular combination of a camera lens and film or sensor size. The term is popular because in the early years of digital photography, m ...

), image stabilized

zoom lens A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of lens elements for which the focal length (and thus angle of view) can be varied, as opposed to a fixed-focal-length (FFL) lens (see prime lens). A true zoom lens, also called a parfocal lens, is one ...

. It comes with a 1/1.7" 10 CCD sensor (same as is used in some Sony, Nikon, and Canon cameras), and a 3.0" multi-angle

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display. It also has

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capture, and

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video recording in H.264 format. Samsung EX1-VE was introduced after 1.5 years. It was announced on February 20, 2010.

Add-ons

* Optical viewfinder – EA-OVF1 * Wide conversion lens – Teleside converter 0,75× (18 mm) resp.

Telecompressor A telecompressor or focal reducer is an optical element used to reduce focal length, increase lens speed, and in some instances improve optical transfer function (OTF) performance. It is also widely known under the name “Speed Booster”, which is ...

– EA-LWCEX01

References

EX1 Live-preview digital cameras Cameras introduced in 2010 {{camera-stub