CES 2007: Just in case you felt the range of cameras announced by Samsung today didn't offer you enough choice here's the L700, another 7MP, 3x zoom model with MPEG-4 movies, ISO 1600 and that 'no moving parts' ASR 'stabilization' system (aka high ISO mode).

Press Release:

Samsung Launches L700 Full-Featured, Stylish Point & Shoot

8 January 2007 – Samsung Cameras today announced the launch of the L700. An ideal digital camera for shooters in search of a compact, stylish, metal body. The L700 offers 7 mega-pixel image resolution, a 3x optical zoom, a bright 2.5” LCD display and a suite of advanced video and editing features.

The Samsung L700 can record MPEG-4 video in VGA (640x480) at 30fps, for smoother video and a bigger view of the movie on LCD and TV screens. Users can also take advantage of the camera’s unique movie shooting functions, including a movie stabiliser, continuous video recording, improved in-camera video editing and the ability to use the 3x optical zoom while recording.

As with all Samsung digital still cameras, the L700 features a built-in image editing function allowing users to edit a variety of images without the use of a PC. The Trimming function can be used to cut an undesired part of an image and save only the required part.

Other features include:

• 11 scene modes including Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Sunset, Backlight, Fireworks and Beach & Snow
• Shutter speeds of up to 1/2000 sec
• An ISO equivalent of 1600
• 20 megabytes of internal memory, and can accept Secure Digital (SD) flash memory cards up to 4 gigabytes
• Continuous Shooting mode and Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB), enabling the shooting of a series of images with varying exposures
• Colour effects include B/W, sepia, blue, green and red
• An Auto Macro function that automatically adjusts shooting distance and focus
• Voice recording for up to one-hour, voice memo and “One-touch Playback” for instant playback of an image, even when the power is off.

Samsung L700 specifications

• Sensor	• 1/2.5 " Type CCD • 7.4 million pixels total • 7.2 million effective pixels
  Image sizes	• 3072 x 2304 • 2592 x 1944 • 2048 x 1536 • 1024 x 768
  Movie clips	• with WAV audio • 640 x 480 @ 15 / 30fps • 320 x 240 @ 15 / 30fps
  File formats	• JPEG DCF • Exif 2.2 • DPOF 1.1 • AVI (MPEG-4)
  Lens	• 35 - 105mm (35mm equiv • F2.8 - 4.9 • 3x optical zoom
  Image stabilization	No
  Conversion lenses	No
  Digital zoom	up to 5x
  Focus	TTL contrast auto focus
  AF assist lamp	n/a
  Focus distance	• Normal: 80cm - infinity • Macro: 5 - 80cm (wide) 40 - 80cm (tele) • Auto Macro: 5cm - infinity (wide) 40cm - infinity (tele)
  Metering	• Multi • Spot
  ISO sensitivity	• Auto • ISO 50 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 • ISO 1600
  Exposure compensation	+/- 2EV in 0.5EV steps
  Shuttter speed	1 - 1/2000 sec
  Aperture	F2.8 - 4.9
  Modes	• Auto • Program • Scene • Voice Recording
  Scene modes	• Night • Portrait • Children • Landscape • Close-up • SUnset • Dawn • Backlight • Fireworks • Beach & Snow • Text
  White balance	• Auto • Cloudy • Daylight • Fluorescent H • Fluorescent L • Tungsten • Custom
  Self timer	2 or 10 sec, Double (10 & 2)
  Continuous shooting	n/a
  Image parameters	• Sharpness: Soft, Normal, Vivid • Effect: Color, B&W, Sepia, Negative, Red, Green, Blue, Negative, RGB, Highlight
  Flash	• Auto • Auto & Red-eye Reduction • Fill-in Flash • Slow Sync • Flash Off • Range: 0.2 - 3.0m (wide) 0.4 - 2.0m (tele)
  Viewfinder	No
  LCD monitor	• 2.5-inch Color TFT • 230,000 pixels
  Connectivity	• USB 2.0 (Mass Storage Class) • Video Out: NTSC / PAL selectable
  Print compliance	PictBridge (Full option)
  Storage	• approx 20MB Internal memory • SD / MMC / SDHC card compatible
  Power	RechargeableLi-ion battery SLB-0837
  Weight (no batt)	130 g
  Dimensions	96.9 x 56.8 x 20.5 mm