Stuff Geeks Want

It’s been part of a number of cell phones for years…a front-facing LCD display. Now, Samsung has added it to its TL225 point-and-shoot camera, so self-portraits are a snap. You’ve got a 3.5-inch display on the back and a 1.5-inch screen on the front with a 12.2 megapixel image sensor in its guts.

Its lens has actual focal lengths of 4.9 to 22.5mm, and 35mm-equivalent focal lengths of 27mm to 124mm and includes optical image stabilization for when you’re taking that shot of you and your girlfriend in a drunken stooper.

It’s got face detection capability and records standard or high definition movies with sound at 30 frames per second in H.264 format, with a maximum resolution of 720p. It stores images on a MicroSD/MicroSDHC card format, or in 55MB of built-in memory.

It hasn’t got an optical viewfinder, but it almost negates having one with its “Smart Gesture” feature. Want to delete a pic? Trace an X on the 3.5-inch display. Rotate it? Draw a circle. You’ll start seeing features like this in other cameras soon.

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