Samsung ST ST6500

ST6500, 1/2.33'' CCD, 16.1MP, 5x, TTL, AE, 4608x3456, 1280x720/30fps, 3.0'' Touch TFT LCD, USB 2.0, HDMI, NTSC/PAL, 10MB, Micro-SD/Micro-SDHC, 4.2V DC, Li-Ion/740mAh, 126.5g, Black

Manufacturer
Samsung
SKU
EC-ST6500BPBE2
15-03-2011
Modern design meets Performance art
With innovations like the Slanted Shutter, designed to comfortably fit your finger, or the handsome over sized lens that lets you aim in style, the ST6500 is more than just a high-performance tool.

Iconic design. Innovative performance
The ST6500's design is a collection of amazingly useful yet stunningly stylish innovations that make it stand out from the crowd. With innovations like the Slanted Shutter, designed to comfortably fit your finger, or the handsome over sized lens that lets you aim in style, the ST6500 is more than just a high-performance tool. Its self-standing Posture 7° physique makes taking those tricky self-portraits a snap.

When it comes to brightness, it's brilliant
When you're looking at brilliant 230K high-resolution images through a 3.0" Wide Smart Touch 3.0, you know your photos are going to be something special. The display offers an expansive viewing angle, not to mention ultra-vivid colours - even when there's glare or less than ideal lighting conditions. Plus the larger and smarter touch screen reduces image blurring too. This way you can accurately visualise exactly what your picture will look like. And with its quick response time, you never have to wait for images to appear on the screen.

Get a whole new view
Get more from your lens, whether shooting a memorable landscape or the gang’sreunion around a restaurant table. By using the precision-cut ST6500’s 26mm wide-angle lens, with its 5x optical zoom, you instantly cover a whole-horizon field of view. Now, you can now capture full-scale memories of landmarks and landscapes, entire wedding parties and the tallest skyscrapers.

Edit your own special effects
The unique Magic Frame feature allows you to create sophisticated images and poster-quality visuals that express your mood and personality. Just select one of the built-in Magic Frame templates, including Wall Art, Retro Film, Ripple, Full Moon, Old Record, Magazine, Holiday, Classic TV and more. Point the camera at the subject you want, match it within the on-screen template and capture. That’s it. Your subject now is framed by a special mood and background – like magic.

HD Movie in the palm of your hand
Imagine having HD video recording capabilities in a camera that fits in the palm of your hand. You get 720p HD quality video at 30 frame per second and recording time 4x longer than MJPEG video with the H.264 format. Plus this camera lets you get creative with a number of cool features including Smart filter mode. (Movie Filter(Smart Filter) : Miniature, Vignetting, Half Tone Dot, Sketch, Fish Eye, Defog, Classic, Retro, Negative, (Custom RGB)) After you’ve created your work of art, hook it up to any HDTV or HD monitor with an HDMI connector and you’re ready to share all the HD action.

Shake, rattle or stroll
Even the tiniest shake can ruin your shot. Dual Image Stabilisation solves that. Samsung has combined the revolutionary technology of their ultimate Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) mechanism with the advanced algorithms of Digital Image Stabilisation (DIS). Giving you sharp images no matter the condition. Whether it's low light, zooming or just a case of plain old shaky hands, your photos come out sharp and clear. So let your Samsung camera shake things up. In a good way.

It knows you, and only gets your best side
The ST6500 isn't just smart in design. With its Smart Face Recognition technology, the ST6500 creates brilliance with every snap. And keeps it that way. By knowing up to 20 of your friends and family, it automatically focuses on them first, making sure the most important subjects are always in crystal clarity. And since the ST6500 never forgets a face, you can also browse more efficiently by the people you've registered.

Smart Filter 2.0
Samsung's Smart Filter, lens effect, delivers an artistic edge to your still shots and videos. The Miniature filter gives your subjects a miniaturised look, the Vignetting filter delivers a strikingly strong compositional contrast, and our Fish-eye filter gives your video that cool distorted feel. So get creative and get Samsung.

Smart Auto 2.0 (Still & Movie)
Whether it's a few friends from last night's party or the moon reflecting off the lake, Smart Auto 2.0 (Still & Movie) instantly analyses key elements of your composition then automatically adjusts to capture the perfect shot with multitude of different photo modes and movie modes.

Video

Video formats supported 
H.264, MP4
Motion JPEG frame rate
30 fps

Technical details

Interface 
USB, A/V-out
Colour of product 
Black
Minimum hard disk space 
250 MB
ISO sensitivity 
80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200, Auto
Weight 
126.5g
Minimum processor 
Intel Pentium IV 3.2GHz, AMD Athlon FX 2.6GHz
Aperture range (F-F) 
3.3 - 5.9
Focal length range (f-f) 
4.7 - 23.5 mm
Minimum system requirements
nVIDIA Geforce 7600GT+<br />Ati X1600+<br />DirectX 9.0c<br />VGA 1024x768<br />CD-ROM<br />USB
Analog signal format system 
NTSC, PAL
Auto focusing (AF) modes 
Centre weighted Auto Focus, Continuous Auto Focus, Face tracking, Multi Point Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus
Compatible memory cards 
microSDHC
Compatible operating systems 
Windows XP (SP2)<br />Windows Vista<br />Windows 7<br />Mac OS v10.4+
Contrast adjustment
Y
Display 
LCD
Flash modes 
Auto, Fill-in, Flash off, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
Focus
TTL
Internal memory 
10 MB
Megapixel 
16.1 MP
Light metering 
Centre-weighted, Spot
Optical zoom 
5x
PictBridge 
Y
Saturation adjustment
Y
Scene modes 
Backlight, Beach, Close-up (macro), Dawn, Documents, Fireworks, Landscape, Night, Night landscape, Night portrait, Portrait, Self-portrait, Snow, Sports, Sunset
Self-timer 
2, 10s
Sensor type 
CCD
Video capability 
Y
Minimum system requirements for Macintosh
Power Mac G3<br />256MB RAM<br />110MB HHD<br />CD-ROM<br />USB

Ports & interfaces

DC-in jack 
Y
Built-in microphone 
Y

Power

Power source type 
Battery
Battery type 
BP70A
Power requirements
4.2V

Display

Touch screen 
Y

Technical details

Display diagonal 
7.62 cm (3")

Audio

Voice recording
Y

Lens system

Combined zoom
25x
Focus adjustment
Auto
Digital zoom 
5x
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
26 - 130 mm
Image stabilizer 
Y

Camera

Camera type 
Compact camera
Photo effects 
Negative film, Vivid
Camera playback
Movie, Single image
Playback zoom (max)
1x
Custom colour
Y
Date imprinting
Y
Image editing
Trimming

Focusing

Auto Mode focusing range (tele)
1 - ∞
Auto Mode focusing range (wide)
0.05 - ∞
Macro focusing range (tele)
1.0 - 1.5m
Macro focusing range (wide)
0.05 - 0.8m
Normal focusing range
0.8 - ∞

Light exposure

Light exposure modes 
Auto

Flash

Built-in flash 
Y
Flash range (tele)
1 - 1.8m
Flash range (wide)
0.2 - 3m
Flash recharging time
4s

Shutter

Fastest camera shutter speed 
1/2000s
Slowest camera shutter speed 
8s

System requirements

Minimum RAM 
512 MB
Mac compatibility 
Y

Operational conditions

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

Battery

Battery capacity 
740 mAh

Packaging content

Battery technology 
Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)

Picture quality

Image sensor size
25.4/59.2 mm (1/2.33")
Maximum image resolution 
4608 x 3456 pixels
Still image resolution(s) 
1024 x 768, 1920 x 1080, 1984 x 1488, 2592 x 1944, 3648 x 2736, 4608 x 2592, 4608 x 3072

Weight & dimensions

Width 
10.23 cm
Depth 
1.93 cm
Height 
5.65 cm

Other features

USB 2.0 ports quantity 
1
HDMI ports quantity 
1
Digital SLR 
N
Frame
Y