SAMSUNG DUALVIEW TL225 DIGITAL CAMERA

By M.S.Welles

The price is a bit steep at $350 but the concept is new and innovative. You've probably had some instance when you needed to take a picture of yourself so you held your digital camera facing you and clicked the button to snap a photo.

The thing about this method is when you look at the photo it generally isn't exactly what you want and you wind up retaking the photo several time.

Samsung's DualView TL225 takes the effort and the mistakes out of taking your picture. A sleek black body with a hint of one of four colors around its edge, the camera is a 12.4 megapixel camera.

The distinctive feature is that this camera has two viewfinders. The main LCD screen on the back is 3.5 inches and is a touchscreen as well.

It has a digital zoom of 5x and an optical zoom of 4.6x. The second screen, in the front, is 1.5 inches and has a lower resolution than the other screen. However, the screen is more than enough for a self portrait and can be turned off by tapping it.

The 1.5 inch screen turns on automatically when the camera is in one of three modes: self Portrai, Self Timer or Children. When the camera is in Children mode the screen displays an animated clown designed to make children smile.

The camera has fantastic resolution quality, with a very usable display regardless of lighting. On drawback is that the camera writes to microSDHC cards and users cannot use older SD or SDHC cards.