Samsung GX20

GX20, 14.6 Megapixels, 6.858 cm (2.7 ") LCD, Digital SLR

Manufacturer
Samsung
SKU
ER-GX20ZBBA/GB
16-05-2008
With the Samsung GX-20 Digital SLR, you can cherish all the special moments in your life. Your preciously happy today will be your beautiful tomorrow. The GX-20 presents even more functions to preserve your beautiful memories clearly and gorgeously. Advanced digital SLR camera with 14.6 megapixel CMOS sensor, Optical image stabilisation, water and dust resistance, Live View and one-touch RAW button.

There are moments you want to remember. There are places you want to cherish. There are things you want to make last. It’s the beautiful things in the world that brighten your day. With Samsung’s GX-20, you can cherish all the special moments in your life.

With the GX-20, experience a more beautiful world.
The world is brighter and more vivid that you can see, and it’s more bountiful than you can feel. With a 14.6 Megapixel APS-C size CMOS image sensor, you’ll see an entirely new world. Excellent out-focusing allows you to capture an amazingly vivid image, and superior definition means you’ll always get the ultimate brightness.

Treasure your best memory with GX-20’s diverse functions
Your preciously happy today will be your beautiful tomorrow. GX-20 is now presenting more diverse functions to preserve your beautiful memories clearly and gorgeously.

Crystal clear view from the pentaprism viewfinder
In SLR digital camera, images that go through the lens are reflected to the viewfinder. The vividness and visibility ratio of what you see are determined by how to use the reflective device. In conjunction with the Glass Pentaprism which is conventionally applied to advanced DSLR cameras, the GX-20’s broad and clear view offers a remarkable 95% of filed of view with 0.95X magnification ensuring a bright and clear view.

More vivid resolution, more exquisite details
With 14.6 Megapixels in an APS-C size (23.4x15.5mm), the GX-20 offers the greatest resolution in its class. Further, the smallest pixels in their class ensure the most vibrant image around.

Fast imaging process,excellent color representation
GX-20 utilizes a cutting-edge semiconductor processor and Samsung high-speed DDR2 memory to realize fast, high-quality imaging. The DSP enables more natural definition, a wide range of gradation, continuous shooting, and a prompt response to dynamic subjects.

OIS Image Sensor for Perfect Stabilisation - Built in Optical Anti-Shake Function
Even when you shake, the GX-20 doesn’t. You can’t turn back time to capture a moment that’s passed, and time doesn’t wait for you, but
GX-20 takes beautiful pictures at every moment.

Precise white-balance adjustment enables more natural expression
While most existing white-balancing functions use only standard values according to the situation, the GX-20 provides delicate, 100K step colour temperature adjustments which give a more accurate white-balance control.

Specially built to prevent the intrusion of water or dust
Including the shutter button and dial, the GX-20 features 72 locations that are perfectly sealed with silicone to shield the camera’s insides from water, dust, sand, and other potentially harmful intruders. Regardless of weather or environment, the GX-20 is designed to always enable a free and vibrant shooting experience.

Memory

Maximum memory card size 
8 GB

Video

Video formats supported 
MPEG-4
Motion JPEG frame rate
3 fps

Technical details

Interface 
USB
Colour of product 
Black
ISO sensitivity 
100/200/400/800/1600/3200
Weight 
727g
Flash guide number 
16m
Auto focusing (AF) modes 
centre weighted auto focus, flexible spot auto focus, multi point auto focus
Camera shutter speed 
1 - 1/4000s
Camera shutter type 
electronic, mechanical
Compatible memory cards 
mmc, sd
Contrast adjustment
Y
Display 
LCD
Flash exposure lock
Y
Flash modes 
auto, fill-in, manual, Red-eye reduction, second curtain synchro, Slow synchronization
Focus
TTL
Internal memory 
512 MB
Light metering 
Centre-weighted, Spot
Megapixel 
14.6 MP
Optical zoom 
0 x
PictBridge 
Y
Scene modes 
Documents, Landscape, Portrait, Sunset
Self-timer 
2 - 12 s
Sensor type 
CMOS
Storage relative humidity (H-H)
5 - 85%
Video capability 
Y
Viewfinder type 
optical
White balance 
auto, Cloudy, custom modes, daylight, flash, Fluorescent, Shade, Tungsten

Ports & interfaces

Built-in microphone 
Y

Power

Battery type 
SLB-1674

Technical details

Display diagonal 
6.86 cm (2.7")

Audio

Voice recording
Y

Lens system

Focus adjustment
Manual
Digital zoom 
0 x
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
34 - 102 mm

Camera

Photo effects 
black&white, Sepia, Vivid
Camera playback
movie, single image, slide show, thumbnails
Custom colour
Y
Image editing
rotating
Live view
Y

Light exposure

Light exposure modes 
aperture priority AE, auto, manual, shutter priority AE

Flash

Built-in flash 
Y
Flash range (wide)
28 - ∞

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T) 
0 - 40 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
5 ~ 85 %

Packaging content

Battery technology 
Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)

Picture quality

Maximum image resolution 
4672 x 3104 pixels
Image formats supported 
JPEG/EXIF/MJPEG/EXIF/DPOF/AVI
Still image resolution(s) 
4672 x 3104<br />3872 x 2592<br />3008 x 2000<br />1824 x 1216<br />4672 x 3104

Weight & dimensions

Width 
14.2 cm
Depth 
7.15 cm
Height 
10.1 cm
Dimensions (WxDxH) 
142 x 101 x 71.5 mm

Other features

USB 2.0 ports quantity 
1
Magnification 
0.95x
Digital SLR 
Y