Samsung HMX-U10

A pocket camcorder for YouTube and filming in Full HD

With a 10 megapixel sensor for high definition filming, HMX-U10 is ideal for intensive mobile use.

The Samsung HMX-U10 is a small handheld digital camcorder that you can carry everywhere. In appearance, very classic, it has good features, like a 10 megapixel sensor for taking photos. Finally, it can send his achievements directly on YouTube.

We regret not having the HMX-U10 in his bags for 2009 summer vacation. But this camcorder digital wallet will is sold from September 2009. Samsung joins the coup manufacturers Creative and Kodak, which offer similar products (respectively Vado HDThe Zi6 and more recently Zi8). The small size (10,4 x5, 6×1, 5 cm) from Samsung does not pay mine, but it is elegant and says filming in high definition.

The camcorder is equipped with a sensor of 10 million pixels, the sequences recorded in 1920×1080 pixels should be good. As the grip of the device is vertical, the control buttons are located on the front. Trigger recording, take a picture (3648×2736 pixels maximum resolution,) access the menu, enter playback mode, zoom … all functions are accessible with the thumb. The HMX-U10 is devoid of optical zoom, and it is hoped that the 4x digital zoom does not kill too many images.

This small HMX-U10 records video in H.264 format (with AAC compression for audio). With no internal memory, the device requires a SDHC card. According to Samsung, it would be possible to save up to 12 hours and 40 minutes, maximum quality, memory card SDHC 32GB To further extend the recording time, it is possible to pass a resolution lower (1280×720 pixels).

It is also about the Internet, the hxm-U10 is optimized for YouTube. In this mode, the camera shoots in H.264 in a resolution of 640×480 pixels. Needless to reprocess the videos before sending them on the site, unless you want to add effects. Basic, HMX-U10 would have only four digital effects (unknown if special effects or transition). A next test will tell us more …

Priced at 179 euros, the Samsung HMX-U10 could be a great gift for geeks adults and teens addicted to YouTube, Facebook, etc.. We doesn’t know which is the battery life!