New: Samsung Galaxy Camera

Samsung
Galaxy Camera Official

Android powered 16MP Point and Shoot

Samsung
has revealed its Galaxy Camera, an Android 4.1 powered 3G/4G toting camera with
onboard editing, social sharing and a huge 21x optical zoom. Revealed at IFA
2012, the Samsung Galaxy Camera brings a 16-megapixel backside-illuminated CMOS
paired with a 23mm wide-angle lens and a Smart Pro system that helps
entry-level users get the sort of photos usually reserved for those with years
of experience and DSLRs. Then, they can be edited and uploaded to social
networking sites like Facebook and Google+, all from the camera itself.

Control is via a 4.8-inch 1280 x 720
touchscreen running at 308ppi, along with the voice control that’s part
of Android. There’s also the same sort of in-device intelligence that
we’ve seen on the Galaxy S III – in fact it runs on a 1.4GHz quadcore
processor too – with the Galaxy Camera able to create folders
automatically, identify faces, and tag with location. It will also sift
through your shots and make suggestions as to which might not be up to
scratch and which you might want to delete.

Reviewing photos can be done in the usual Android gallery manner, but
there’s also support for multi-tag searches, allowing users to pull out
images from a certain holiday featuring a certain individual. 35 photo
editing options are available, including brightness, contrast and
filters, though if you have a third-party camera app, like Instagram,
you can use that instead. Finally, all of Android’s usual sharing
options are on offer, so it’s possible to fire off photos and videos to
Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or other social networks, along with WiFi
Direct for device-to-device sharing. Images are automatically backed up
to cloud storage for safe-keeping.

While
Samsung is among the smartphone manufacturers pushing the envelope with
phone-cameras, the Galaxy Camera is definitely a camera first. There’s an
Expert mode with support for manually adjusting aperture, shutter speed, ISO
and other settings, and of course the dimensions are more akin to a
point-and-shoot camera than they are a phone. You also get a pop-up Xenon
flash.

Samsung
is in talks with carriers regarding potential subsidies, and isn’t talking
about specific pricing as yet. Still, it says we should expect the Galaxy
Camera to be priced akin to a premium model, so we’re guessing in the region of
$500+. It will go on sale in Q4 2012.

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