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For action photography the camera offers 3.4fps or 10fps burst capture, with slow motion video at 250 or 440 fps further selectable.

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Then at the playback stage there is a Creative Movie Maker option, allowing stills and video to be combined in a slideshow. In a literal sense, in that 10 megapixel photos can be captured in the midst of a video recording. There is some melding of stills capture and video functionality here. Instead we get a mains plug with a USB input, so the standard USB cable (provided) can ingeniously be used for recharging as well as image uploading/downloading. As usual, photographers will have to pay extra for the necessary cable.Īnother accessory that is ‘missing’ is a separate mains adapter.

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The camera offers expanded connectivity options by providing HDMI output, thus allowing allow users to make the most of the video resolution hike by connecting the compact to a flat panel TV set. By contrast the ST96’s zoom action, whilst not completely silent, is impressively quiet.

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The full extent of the optical zoom can be used when videoing, unlike on many cheaper-end models which usually suffer from quite noisy zoom mechanisms. Filming is commenced or stopped with a press of a dedicated record button placed in the top right hand corner of the backplate, whereby the screen display narrows to present a widescreen vista. There’s a boost from 1280x720 pixels to a Full HD 1920x1080 pixels at 30fps, with the camera utilising H.264 compression. Video resolution is, spec-wise, marginally improved over the ST96.

Rather it’s navigated using the very familiar panel of physical controls ranged alongside it on the right-hand quarter of the camera back. The lens boasts a maximum aperture of f/3.3, so specification is again more or less exactly the same as the ST95, although the major difference is that, unlike the ST95, the 2.7-inch LCD screen at the rear isn’t touch sensitive. Once again Samsung has shoehorned in a 5x optical zoom with the ST96, here supported by optical and digital stabilization and starting out a usefully wide angle 26mm equivalent (in 35mm terms) and running up to 130mm at the telephoto end. Samsung claims the back illumination ensures that the ST96’s chip is twice as sensitive as regular CMOS sensors, therefore indicating the possibility of more detail in low light. It offers up 14.52 megapixels from a 14.6MP backside illuminated CMOS sensor (no sniggering at the, er, back), rather than 16.1 effective megapixels from a 16.4MP 1/2.3-inch CCD. Thankfully the camera doesn’t immediately feel like the budget offering it is, with a distinct lack of obvious plastic.Īs seems to be the trend of late, the resolution of the ST96 is in fact lower than that of its ST95 forebear, which remains in the line-up for now. The camera also comes with sofa-like feet on the base that are more pronounced towards the front so it stays solidly upright on a tabletop whilst at the same time maintaining its slight lean.

We had the black matt model in for review, which otherwise has a totally smooth brushed metal faceplate. It may seem like a bit of a gimmick, but it’s possible to shoot one-handed with this Samsung and not feel like it could slip from your grasp. This is supposed to make for a more comfortable hold in lieu of any proper surface grip. The first thing you notice when extracting the camera from its box and setting it down on a desk top is that, in common with Samsung pocket snapshots of the last couple of years, the ST96 has a subtly backwards-leaning design. In fact it’s almost too easy to forget it is there. No one will feel discomfort slipping this one into a trouser pocket. Sitting well in the palm then, this is a compact that truly is compact. Like the ST95, the newer model is shorter than the height of a business card, with official 90mmx55mmx18.7mm proportions meaning it’s very, very similar to its still current predecessor. No sooner had we published our September 2011 review of the Samsung ST95 than the ST96 joined the manufacturer’s ‘Small and Thin’ line up. Ease of Useĭigital cameras are like proverbial buses. The Samsung ST96 is available in black priced at £179.99 / $199.99.

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The ST96 also offers a 5x optical zoom lens with 26mm wide-angle setting and dual image stabilisation, 1080p HD video recording at 30 frames-per-second, creative movie maker, 2.7 inch LCD screen, 10fps burst shooting, a wide range of special effects, and the intelligent Smart Auto feature which automatically adjusts the camera's settings. The Samsung ST96 is a 14 megapixel compact camera featuring a Back Side Illuminated CMOS image sensor.

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