Samsung SC-MX20L hand-held camcorder

6.858 cm (2.7 ") LCD, 4.23mm CCD, 34x optical, 1200x digital, SD/SDHC, USB, Composite, 270g, blue

Manufacturer
Samsung
SKU
SC-MX20L
03-11-2010
Digital memory camcorder. Key features:

- the 8th generation DSP chip from SAMSUNG
- colour as vivid as your memories
- share your memories, share your life
- 3D noise reduction

The MX20 makes it easy to capture everything you want to remember and some you might want to forget. It features an optimised recording mode for YouTube, a Schneider lens with 34x optical zoom, image stabilisation and face detection. You can also record up to 30 hours using a 32GB memory card. The SAMSUNG SC-MX20 also features the longest battery life in its class, lasting up to three hours.

Experience the most naturally beautiful images with the 8th generation DSP chip from SAMSUNG. Advanced colour expression, Hyper Digital Image Stabilizer, Super LCD plus, and Face Detection Auto Focus combine to make your digital images dreams a reality. Longer battery life, extended recording time, and higher quality digital imaging are enabled by the MX20’s SAMSUNG chip. By designing and implementing a powerful single chip control system, power consumption is dramatically reduced, allowing you to capture more memories that can be treasured for the rest of your life.

Digital natural colour processing creates an expanded palette of colours that are closer to those seen in nature. By internally adjusting images beyond RGB into 4 colour CMYG spectral colour matching, the MX20 is able to accurately recreate colour that are close to those your eyes see, closer to your memories, and closer to reality.

Sharing your life with friends and family becomes easier with the SAMSUNG MX20. By selecting the web & mobile mode, you can shoot in and H.264 that supports MP3 players and YouTube. The video files recorded by the SAMSUNG MX20 can easily be used with a transfer program and played on an H.264-supported MP3 player. The YouTube up loader in the Mediashow software bundled enables direct YouTube upload which bypasses the YouTube homesite.

The MX20 transcend the boundaries of convention by introducing 3D noise reduction that dramatically eliminated noise while maintaining the original edge and pattern of the image. By analyzing motion between the frames, the frames are split into pattern / edge frames and differential frames and passed through separate filters which maintain the pattern and edge and remove noise. After filtering, the frames are combined once more to make a cleaner, clearer image.

Unlike conventional camcorders, the MX20’s advanced Face Detection AF technology targets the faces in the screen. With intelligent face detection auto-focus, faces are always focused-on, even if they are not in the centre of the screen. SAMSUNG’s Face Detection AF enables you to capture clearer higher quality video.

The MX20’s multi-positional swivel hand grip offers full flexibility and freedom of movement for the full range of shooting positions. The innovative swivel grip allows you to seamlessly move the camcorder between regular and low level positions, giving you completed control over how and what you shoot.

Storage

Flash memory
32000 MB
Camcorder tape type 
Flash memory

Video

Maximum video resolution 
720 x 480 pixels
Video formats supported 
H.264 BP

Technical details

Colour of product 
Blue
Built-in speaker(s) 
Y
Weight 
270g
Analog signal format system 
NTSC
Audio dubbing
N
Audio recording formats
AAC
Auto exposure
N
Camera shutter speed 
1/60 - 1/10000s
Compatible memory cards 
SD, SDHC
Compatible operating systems 
Windows XP SP2/Vista 32, 64
Display 
LCD
Optical sensor size 
1/0.236 mm (1/6")
Optical zoom 
34x
PictBridge 
N
Sensor type 
CCD
Total megapixels 
-

Ports & interfaces

HDMI 
N
Built-in microphone 
Y
Composite video out 
1

Power

Battery type 
IA-BP85ST
Power consumption (typical) 
2W
Battery life (max) 
3h

Performance

Auto focus 
Y
Manual focus
Y

Technical details

Display diagonal 
6.86 cm (2.7")

Audio

Audio formats supported 
AAC
Noise reduction
Y
Wind filter
Y

Image sensor

Effective megapixels (movie)
0.68 MP

Lens system

Digital zoom 
1200x
Image stabilizer 
Y

Flash

Built-in flash 
N

Battery

Video recording time
30h

Weight & dimensions

Filter size 
3 cm
Width 
6 cm
Depth 
12.5 cm
Height 
6.05 cm

Other features

USB 2.0 ports quantity 
1
HDMI ports quantity 
-
Lens system 
Schneider
Manual exposure
N
Night mode
N