LAS VEGAS – Samsung is first out of the gate with at CES 2011 with a brand-new, easy-to-use camcorder. Folded down, the simple cylindrical shape of the HMX-Q10 looks a lot like a thermos flask or a flashlight. Open it up and you see just how much Samsung has packed in.
Almost everything is controlled from the 2.75mm touch-screen, which itself features an orientation-detecting design so the picture – and therefore the controls – is always the right way up, just like a modern smartphone. This also means that left-handers can flip it upside down and still have full control. Samsung calls this a "switch-grip".
As for pictures, you can shoot up to 1080i and 720p at 60fps, and capture 4.9 megapixel stills. These are all recorded onto an SDHC memory card, for as long as the battery lasts: anywhere between four and 34 hours depending on picture-quality settings.
The HMX-Q10 also comes with all the gimmicks you'd expect on a consumer-grade camera: face-detection, a scene-detection mode for exposure adjustments, and a low price. When the camera goes on sale in February 2011, it will cost just $300.
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