Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Firmware upgrade for Samsung Camera

Unlike my HS25EXR finepix camera which allows firmware upgrade by copying the latest upgrade firmware to an sd card, the Samsung requires a Windows OS computer and the Intelli-Studio software. We are a Linux user and for those wishing to upgrade should head to this link: Samsung support, firmware upgrade.

Burst mode shooting and other settings in the WB150F camera

I thought the WB150F has no burst shooting modes, but it has! It is available when the MODE dial is at Program or ASM(Aperture, Shutter, Manual) shooting modes. Press on the MENU button at the back to access various settings.
  • EV controlled in 1/3 steps from -2 to 2.
  • White Balance [AWB, Daylight, Cloudy, Flurescent_LTungsten, Color Temp]
  • ISO [Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800,1600, 3200]
  • Flash [Off, fill in, Slow Sync]
  • Focus [Normal AF, Manual Focus, Macro]
  • Focus Area [Center AF, MLti AF,Selection AF,..., Tracking AF]
  • Face Detection [Off, Normal , Self-Portrait, Smile Shot, Blink Detection, Smart Face Recognition]
  • Smart FR Edt [My Star]
  • Photo size , nine available sizes!
  • Quality [ Supe Fine, Fine, Normal ]
  • ACB [Off, On]
  • Metering [Multi, Spot, Center-weighted]
  • Timer [Off, 10 Sec, 2 Sec, Double]
  • Drive[Single, Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB]
  • Image Adjust [Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation]
  • OIS [OFF, ON]
  • Intelli Zoom[Off, On]
  • Movie Size [HD, VGA, OVGA, 320 Web Sharing]
  • Sound [Sound Alive On, Sound Alive Off]
The burst modes is available in the Drive setting.
  1. Single - One photo each time you press the shutter.
  2. Continuous - continuously take photos as long as the shutter button is depressed, limited by the card memory.
  3. Motion Capture- Continuously take photos at 5 or more photos per second (photo size will be fixed.)
  4. AEB - Continuously shoot 3 photos with different exposure values.