By Sean Captain – Samsung introduced two radical new cameras today with nary a word about traditional specs, such as megapixels and zoom lenses. Instead, the story was about features that make it easier to take and share pictures.

“In the age of connected lifestyle, a company cannot get by with selling a box that simply takes pictures,” said the company’s U.S. co-president, Tim Baxter, before showing off the new models.

Self Portraits

First up was the Samsung TL225 “Dual View” camera, which sports a 1.5-inch LCD on the front so that you can frame self-portrait photos. (And the zoom lens that starts at a wide 27mm will allow you to get a few friends in the picture, too.) The screen also displays a “3-2-1″ countdown when you use the timer function, and it even shows animations to capture the attention or babies so they will look at the camera.

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Here’s yet another digital camera from Samsung – the CL65 that will come with a 12.2-megapixel image sensor alongside the added capability of 5x optical zoom. To make it function even better in a networked environment, the CL65 coms with DLNA compatibility, allowing you to make it play nice with a host of home entertainment devices. Bluetooth 2.0 support enables one to send images to other devices in a jiffy without having to worry about tripping over wires lying about, while the Wi-Fi connectivity lets one upload photos from the camera to social networking websites. Folks who travel a lot might also consider the Samsung CL65 since it comes with geotagging capability and an integrated GPS sensor. Expect Samsung to release the CL65 later this September for $400 a pop.

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Samsung’s latest DualView TL225 digital camera will come with the following functions to suit the entry level point-and-shoot market, including a 12.2-megapixel sensor, a touch-sensitive front display that could potentially turn the shutter button obsolete if it catches on, haptic feedback, a Schneider-Kreuznach lenses with 4.6x optical zoom, digital image stabilization and the ability to handle 720p video recording for posterity. Expect the TL225 and TL220 to retail for $350 and $300, respectively, when they are launched later this September.

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Both the SMX-K45 and SMX-K40 are standard definition (SD, 720×480) camcorders with a 52x optical zoom and optical image stabilization. Hopefully, the recording quality is decent and both devices could be good candidates for web videos, although recently, the YouTube quality has gone up quite a bit… Among the differences, the SMX-K40 can record on removable flash cards only, while the SMX-K45 has a 32GB SSD. We think that most folks would be content with a 16GB card, which is worth about $40 online. Price: $329 (smx-k40) and $499 (smx-k45).

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