The Samsung L74 is the latest wide angle compact in the block, a 3.6x optical zoom and 28mm wide-angle compact with 7-megapixels.

The Samsung L74 is the latest wide angle compact in the block, a 3.6x optical zoom and 28mm wide-angle compact with 7-megapixels. Designed for frequent travelers, the L74 is equipped with a Tour Guide function which provides travel information covering 2,600 regions in 30 countries.

The L74 Wide will retail at £229.99 and be available from mid-March 2007. Want to find out more? Call 0800 122 637 27 or visit www.samsungcamera.co.uk for full details.

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Samsung Cameras unveils the L74 Wide – the perfect travel companion

Tuesday 30th January ? Samsung today announced the launch of the compact 7 mega pixel L74 Wide digital camera, equipped with a 3.6x optical zoom and 28mm wide-angle lens support for wider picture images, its ideal for price conscience consumers looking for a high quality easy to use camera to take with them on their travels. The L74 Wide is equipped with a convenient Tour Guide function which provides travel information covering 2,600 regions in 30 countries? helping users to plan trips and find their way whilst away. Equipped with 450 MB of internal memory, the L74 Wide can easily handle large amounts of travel information at any given time.

The L74 Wide, with a 3.0? Touch Screen LCD, includes Samsung?s Face Recognition AF & AE, which detects the subject?s face, automatically adjusts auto focus and auto exposure to ensure better composition and image quality in portraits, and other shots featuring people. The AF function instantaneously recognises the faces of subjects and accurately focuses on them. The AE function then takes over, setting the appropriate exposure to ensure the highest image quality. Also the touch screen LCD perfected with Samsung?s original Flash GUI (Graphic User Interface) enables the user to access the diverse function intuitively and easily.

The L74 Wide also features Samsung?s proprietary ASR image stabilisation system which helps to capture the best possible images even in dimly lit conditions. Combined with the ability to capture in MPEG-4 SVGA quality the L74 Wide can take compelling moving pictures and once taken the camera allows for pictures to be edited rather than the user having to wait until they sat at their computer.

The stylish Samsung L74 Wide is the ideal travel companion ? providing the camera quality necessary to make sure memories can be crisply captured. The L74 Wide will retail at £229.99 and will be available from leading high street and online retailers from mid-March 2007. Customers requiring further information should call 00 800 122 637 27 or visit www.samsungcamera.co.uk