Samsung i8

The i8 is equipped with a 2.7” touch screen LCD and PMP (Personal Multimedia Player) with integrated MP3 player. An in-built 'World Tour Guide' function provides instant access to travel information covering 2,600 regions in 30 countries, so you'll always know where the action is. Further information can be downloaded directly from the internet, and with 195 MB of internal memory you won't need to worry about space for favourite travel tips.

Perfect Image

High picture quality is obtained by employing an 8.1 mega pixel 1/2.5” high resolution CCD sensor. Clear picture quality can be achieved even for images larger than A2. A robust mounted image processor allows for rich gradation, fast and high quality picture processing.

Photo Style Selector

A total of 7 special effects are supported so that even novice users can shoot an image with selected sensibility. Unlike the typical effects, professional images can be created by adjusting hue, curve and contrast. 7 types of photo style effects (Soft, Vivid, Forest, Retro, Cool, Calm, Classic) Various adjustments of hue, curve, contrast and sharpness Preview of the selected effect before actual shooting

Inner Zoom Lens

3x optical inner zoom lens (38-114 mm at 35 mm) supports impressive picture expression. The mounted inner zoom lens allows for a slim design and efficient operation. This results in enhanced usability and portability. Outstanding picture quality is achieved by the multi-coating on both sides of all lenses that effectively prevents chromatic aberration and distortion.

Self Portrait

Using the face detection function, a beeping sound notifies users when a face is located in a specific area. This function helps convenient and accurate self portraits. Easier self portrait shooting Recognition of up to 3 faces for shots with friends Beeping sound to deliver clearer information by the camera, moves out of the frame.

PMP (Portable Multimedia Player)

Playback of video files such as movies and music videos are supported (* Samsung Convert Software required). PMP video playback functions include play previous file, continuous play, high speed play, pause and mute are fully supported.When the Samsung Convert Software is used, 700 MB size video file can be compressed to 200-250 MB. Stereo sound is supported during earphone usage.

Photo Help Guide and Function Description

If a problem is encountered during shooting, troubleshooting instructions are provided so that image correction can be easily performed by anybody. Step-by-step instructions on use of the camera are provided through the LCD for user's convenience. When each camera function is set up, instructions for the corresponding function is provided so that the camera can be operated even by a beginner. Instructions regarding the entire camera functions such as shutter and aperture as well as shooting are available.

MP3 play function

SRS surround sound mode and 7 sound effects allow for rich and realistic playback experience. Multi-tasking capability enables you to take photographs, play pictures, and run a slideshow as well as listen to music all at the same time.

5-level of Sharpness, Contrast and Saturation Adjustments

Based on shooting environments, the clarity, contrast and saturation of pictures can be adjusted at 5 levels. The brightness, contrast and saturation of pictures can be adjusted at the time of playback.

• -Sharpness: The basic clarity of pictures can be specified (adjustment of image pixels).
• -Contrast: The difference between brightness and darkness can be adjusted (adjustment of a tone)
• -Saturation: The intensity and faintness of colours can be adjusted (adjustment of colour distinction).

Text Viewer

Internet novels and various ebook documents can be stored as text files in the camera and then read through the LCD screen.Multi-tasking capability enables you to listen to music from MP3 files stored in a memory card as well as read text files at the same time.

AEB or Exposure Correction function

When the measured exposure data is not accurate, pictures are taken automatically based on the exposure range specified by the user. - The function controls the shooting exposure based on the exposure measured by the camera according to user's selection.

• * AEB(Auto Exposure Bracketing): It automatically shoots darker or brighter pictures, according to the exposure standard measured by automatic exposure stage shooting.
• * Exposure correction: Enables darkness and brightness to be controlled in relation to the exposure measured, by using +/- buttons

World Tour Guide Information

The World Tour Guide function provides useful information of 30 or 50 countries for the new concept of combining travel and picture taking. World Tour Guide consists of image and detailed text information No more need for think and heavy tour guide books. Internet download of the information from a specific country. Supports 6 languages (Korea / English / Chinese / German / French / Russian) Easy search using the touch screen.

ACB (Auto Contrast Balance) function

ACB will adjust when the objects is dark, and background is bright. The contrast of the object area will be automatically modified info proper brightness. More natural portraits under the backlight. Natural correction when there is large brightness difference within the frame.

DIS (Digital Image Stabilization)

The image is continuously pictured twice so that colour information is extracted from one and shape information is extracted from the other one to present the clear image of natural colour and minimized hand tremble. Hand tremble that can occur in outdoor or indoor shooting is minimized to present the natural colour and clear image (Relatively better quality image in high sensitivity). The moving object is automatically detected to enable shooting of fast moving objects. Low power consumption compared to the mechanical method.

Auto Macro capability (for up to 1 cm proximity)

The camera incorporates an auto macro and micro modifying function which avoids the need to switch to micro-shooting when in macro mode. Auto Macro supports a 5 cm to infinity range in wide mode, and a 40 cm to infinity range in tele mode. The camera can express images of small subjects including flowers and insects by super macro 1 cm shooting.

• Normal : 80cm ~ infinity
• Macro : 5cm ~ 80cm(W), 40cm ~ 80cm(T) [Super Macro : 1cm ~ 5cm(W)]
• Auto Macro : 5cm ~ infinity(W), 40cm ~ infinity(T)

Face Detection function

The face detection function is the latest technology of automatically detecting the face in the frame. When the function is activated, the focus and brightness are automatically set by the face detection function, so that the user does not have to manually focus. Up to 9 faces detected. Simple shooting of people as the camera automatically detect the face. Flexible composition. Automatically exposure correction even in backlight.

White Balance Selection

During shooting, actual colour expressions of an image may vary depending on the colour temperature of light sources such as sunlight, fluorescent and tungsten. Based on a light source such as sunlight, fluorescent and tungsten , a predetermined colour temperature is selected for natural expression of images. Natural expression of colours through Auto White Balance (AWB) for automatic adjustment of colour temperature and user-defined WB settings.

Intelligent 230K pixel 2.7” LCD

A 230K 2.7” large LCD provides superb picture quality for various applications such as photographing and movie-watching. Brightness is automatically adjusted and corrected to prevent reduced luminosity of the LCD that can occur as a result of strong sunlight. Brightness is automatically adjusted to prevent unnecessary battery consumption when pictures are taken in low light conditions and the LCD is clearly visible. Intelligent LCD is a function that adjusts brightness of the LCD automatically based on the surrounding light.

Color Effect function

Images can be expressed in various colours through editing of shooting and playback settings. 7 colour effects (Normal, BW, Sepia, Blue, Red, Green, Negative and Custom): shooting and playback settings. Image colour editing for playback (Colour Filter, Shaded, Elegant, Add Noise)

ISO 3200 Support

The camera can effectively reduce possible noises in super speed sensitivity mode for clear images. ISO 3200 super speed sensitivity enables clear quality pictures to be taken even in low light conditions. (ISO supported: Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200 (up to 3M)) Super speed sensitivity enables sharply-focused, momentary stop pictures to be taken of moving subjects such as children or people engaged in sports

14 Scene Modes supported

Based on situations, shooting data such as exposure, colour and contrast can be easily set up by anybody for professional shots. 14 modes supported: Portrait, Children, Night scene, Backlight, Landscape, Sunset, Dawn, Firework, Snow, Close up, Self, Café, Food and Text.

Advanced Movie Mode

Ultra high quality video recording is enabled by supporting 3x optical zoom, SVGA resolution at 800 X 592, and 30/20/15 fps. Utilizing the efficient codec MPEG-4, continuous video for up to 2 hour 30 minutes can be stored when a 1GB memory card is used. Video editing capabilities (shake correction, shot continuity, video extraction, and image capture) enable expression of various images.

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Image Sensor	Type	1/2.5” CCD
	Effective Pixel	Approx. 8.2 Mega-pixel
	Total Pixel	Approx. 8.3 Mega-pixel
Lens	Focal Length	Samsung Lens f =6.3 ~ 18.9mm (35mm film equivalent: 38~114mm)
	F No.	F3.5 (Wide) ~ F4.5 (Tele)
	Digital Zoom	Still Image mode : 1.0X ~ 5.0X  Play mode : 1.0X ~ 10.2X (depends on image size)
LCD Monitor		2.7" color TFT LCD (230,000 pixel)
Focusing	Type	TTL auto focus (Multi AF, Center AF, Face Detection AF)
	Range	Normal : 80cm ~ infinity Macro : 5cm~80cm (Wide), 40cm ~ 80cm (Tele) Super Macro : 1cm~5cm(Wide) Auto Macro : 5cm~Infinity (Wide),  40cm ~ infinity (Tele)
Shutter	Speed	Normal : 1~1/2000 sec (Night : 16 ~ 1/2,000 sec.)
Exposure	Control	Program AE Metering : Multi, Spot, Center Weighted, Face Detection
	Compensation	±2EV (1/3EV steps)
	ISO	Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200(3M)
Flash	Modes	Auto, Auto & Red-eye reduction, Fill-in flash, Slow sync, Flash off, Red eye fix
	Range	Wide : 0.3 ~ 3.3m,  Tele : 0.5m ~ 2.4m (ISO Auto)
	Recharging Time	Approx. under 4 sec.
Sharpness		Soft+, Soft, Normal, Vivid, Vivid+
Special "E" Button	Effect	- Photo Style Selector : Normal, Vivid, Soft, Natural, Warm, Cool, Calm, Classic - Color Effect: Normal, B&W, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, Custom Color - Special Color: Color Mask - Image Adjust: Saturation, Contrast - FUN: Cartoon, Photo Frame, High Light, Composite
	Edit	- Image Edit: Resize, Rotate - Color Effect: Normal, B&W, Sepia, Red, Blue, Green, Negative, Custom Color - Special Color: Color Filter, Color Mask - Image Adjust: Red Eye Fix, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Add Noise - Fun: Cartoon, , High Light, Composite, Photo Frame, Sticker
White Balance		Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent_H, Fluorescent_L, Tungsten, Custom
Voice Recording		Voice Recording (Depend on memory) Voice Memo in Still Image (Max. 10 sec.)
Date Imprinting		Date&Time, Date, Off (user selectable) Date & Time Frame
Shooting	Still Image	- Modes: Auto, Program, Scene, DIS, Fun , Photo Help Guide ,Movie Mode, Scene Multimedia (MP3,PMP,TextViewer) *Scene: Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, Café, Food, Self shot - Continuous: Single, Continuous, AEB(0.3 step unto 3cut), Motion Capture - Self-timer : 10 sec., 2 sec., Double, Motion timer
	Movie Mode	- With audio or without Audio (user selectable, recording time : memory capacity dependent, max 2hours) - Size: 800x592(20 fps), 640x480, 320x240(30fps,15fps) - Optical Zoom with sound recording - Frame rate : 30 fps, 20fps, 15 fps - Color Effect & WB selectable - Movie Editing (Embedded) : Pause during recording, Still Image Capture, Time Trimming
Storage	Media	- Internal memory : 256MB (User Memory : 190MB) - External Memory (Optional)    MMC Plus (Up to 2GB, guaranteed)    SD/SDHC Card (up to 4GB guaranteed) * Internal memory capacity is subject to change     without prior notice.
	File Format	- Still Image : JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.2, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0 - Movie Clip : AVI (MPEG-4) - Audio : WAV
	Image Size	8M : 3264x2448 pixels      7MP: 3264x2176 pixels,  6MW: 3264x1836 pixels     5M : 2592x1944 pixels  3M : 2048x1536 pixels      1M : 1024x768 pixels
	Capacity(256MB)	- Normal Shooting Mode   8M : Super Fine  49    Fine 94     Normal 135   5M : Super Fine  86    Fine 161   Normal 220   3M : Super Fine  128   Fine  226  Normal 306   1M : Super Fine  372   Fine  520  Normal 600 - Wide Shooting Mode   6MW : Super Fine 71     Fine 133   Normal 202 - Print Shooting Mode   7MP : Super Fine 58     Fine 107   Normal 171 * These figures are measured under Samsung’s standard conditions and may vary depending on shooting conditions and camera settings.
Image Play		Single image, Thumbnails, Slide show * Slide show : Slide show with Effect & Music
Multi Function		MP3, PMP, World Tour Guide, Text Viewer, Storage Driver, Voice Recorder * MP3 : Support Netsync DRM (Korea Only)
Interface		- Digital output connector : USB 2.0 High speed - Audio: Mono - Video out : PAL & NTSC (user selectable, only Playback) - DC power input connector : 4.2V
Power Source		- Rechargeable battery : SLB 0937 (900mAh) - Charger : SAC-47, SUC-C3 (DC 4.2V, 2A)
Dimensions (WxHxD)		- 90.7x58x19.9 (mm)
Weight		- 116g (without battery and card)
Software	Camera Driver	Storage Driver (98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista, Mac OS 10.1 ~ 10.4)
	Application	Samsung Master, Samsung Converter
Operating Temperature		- 0 ~ 40 °C
Operating Humidity		- 5 ~ 85%
MP3 Specification
Audio	Frequency	20Hz~20KHz
	Earphone Port	20 Pin Port (Stereo Type)
	Output	Maximum Volume Left 40mW + Right 40mW (16Ω)
	Noise Ratio	88 dB with 20 KHz LPF
File	File Format	MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3),
	Bit Rate	48 ~ 320kbps (Including VBR)
Sound Effect		Normal, Classic, Dance, Jazz, Live, Rock, SEC Special Sond Effect
Play Mode		- All, Repeat One, Repeat All, Random, Random Repeat - Skipping in Play, Auto Skipping - Slide Show On/Off (User Selectable), - MP3&Capturing (Capturing Mode is Auto Default, 3M) - Remember last played file - Background skin of MP3 playback using user images
PMP Specification
PMP Decoder	Movie	Xvid MPEG4 (Other video fi les have to use Samsung Converter S/W)
	Audio	MPEG Layer 2 (Using Samsung Convert S/W)
Play Mode		- Seeking in Play (Max 32X), Skipping in Play, - Auto skipping after one file played - Remember last played frame - Support Full Screen in Converting S/W
Subtitle		Support SMI file (Using Samsung Converter S/W)
World Tour Guide
Contents Capacity		190MB (internal memory)
Countries coverage		Canada, Mexico, USA, Austria, Swiss, Czech, Germany, Spain, France, U.K, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Australia
Language		Korean, Chinese, French, Germany, English
Function		Book Mark, World Time Set Up1, Language Set Up Sound Set Up
Text Specification
File		- Text File (TXT extension name, up to 99999 pages)
File Format	Window	ANSI (Windows 98 or later), Unicode / Unicode (Big-Endian) / UTF-8 (Windows 2000/XP)
	Mac	ANSI, Unicode(UTF-16)
Function		- Auto Scroll (0.8 sec ~ 2.3 sec) - Skipping by 1 page / 10 pages - Auto reload function (Remember last page) - Support MP3 BGM during displaying text fi le
Language		- English, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Dansk, Swedish, Finnish, Bahasa, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Turkish * Supportable language is subject to change without prior notice.
For Windows		- PC with processor better than Pentium II 450MHz (Pentium 800MHz recommended) - Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP/Vista - 200MB of available hard-disk space - Minimum 128MB RAM (Over 512MB recommended) - USB port - CD-ROM drive - 1024×768 pixels, 16-bit color display compatible monitor (24-bit color display recommended) - Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or later  *Samsung Converter PC with processor better than Pentium Ⅲ500MHz (Pentium Ⅳ recommended) Windows 2000 or later recommended
For Macintosh		- Power Mac G3 or later - Mac OS 10.1 ~ 10.4 - Minimum 256MB RAM (Over 256MB recommended) - 110MB of available hard-disk space - USB port - CD-ROM drive - MPlayer(For movie clip)

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