images and perform charging by simply mounting the camera in the connected cradle. The Digimax U-CA 5 employs the same 24-pin charging system as cellular phones and can use the cellular phone charger for charging.

The Digimax U-CA 5 has also employed a USB charge feature for the first time in a digital camera. This means the user can do both charging and data transfer to a PC at the same time, with just a single USB cable.

The quick mode switch button - M
The Digimax U-CA 5 has an M button for faster mode switching. The user can operate the M button to switch between Auto, Manual, and Scene modes more easily and quickly, without entering the menu. The M button also allows Scene mode selection for even quicker mode switching.

The Auto Macro function
With its Auto Macro function, the Digimax U-CA 5 automatically adjusts shooting distance and focus between 5 centimeters and infinity. You don't need to press the macro button in Auto mode to set the camera to adjust distance and focus. Auto Macro can give crystal clear images regardless of the shooting range.

Special Effects (Highlight, Composite, Photo Frame)
The Digimax U-CA 5 has special functions that give you a unique shooting experience beyond conventional picture taking. The special effects of the Digimax U-CA 5 are Highlight, Composite, and Photo Frames. Highlight enables you to emphasize a subject by putting its surroundings into soft focus. This is achieved using digital processing within the camera.

With Composite, you can divide a shooting scene into two to four segments and save it into a single file. Photo Frame lets you add a photo frame from three different choices to a picture you have taken.

11 different preset scene modes to get better pictures more easily
The Digimax U-CA 5 has 11 preset scene modes to obtain the best picture results in various situations. The scene modes are Night, Portrait, Children, Landscape, Close-up, Text, Sunset, Dawn, Backlight, Fireworks, and Beach and Snow. Text mode is a feature for setting the Digimax U-CA 5 to shoot documents such as books, papers, and magazines. The user can extract text from images taken in Text mode using the Digimax Reader text recognition software that is bundled with the camera.

High-quality video recording using MPEG-4
For enhanced movie-shooting, the Digimax U-CA 5 supports MPEG-4 format, the high-compression high-quality movie clip format. It provides a recording time three to four times longer than conventional digital cameras, which is about 2 hours 10 minutes when you are using 256 MB memory, making it a perfect substitute for a camcorder .You can use the Digimax U-CA 5 to shoot a movie clip in VGA (640 x 480) at 30 frames per second and play it on your TV at the same high quality it was taken, or enjoy it in your PC.

Movie Stabilizer for video recording
The Digimax U-CA 5 has a movie stabilizer for movie-shooting. Through automatic detection and correction of lateral and vertical camera movement caused by the operator's hand shaking, the recording of the subject itself is kept steady.

Successive recording function
With continuous video recording, you can pause and resume video recording any time you want and merge multiple video files into a single file. You just press the Pause button to pause and press it again to resume recording. This extra video capability in the Digimax U-CA 5 has been enabled based on unique Samsung technology.

In-camera movie clip editing function
The Digimax U-CA 5 provides a built-in movie clip editing function that was previously only possible with use of a PC. This helps the user make better videos by allowing the selection of a part of a movie clip for saving during playback. It also allows you to capture a selected part of a movie clip as a still image during playback.

PictBridge and USB 2.0
The Digimax U-CA 5 provides a PictBridge feature that allows you to print 5-megapixel photos directly from the camera to a compatible printer, without the need for a PC. In addition, it supports USB 2.0 that can be used to provide various useful functions at a much faster speed than USB 1.1.

Additional features provided
On top of all this, the Digimax U-CA 5 is equipped with an SHD lens to deliver clearer, sharper images. It additionally provides various useful functions such as My Set Shot mode for snapshots, voice recording of up to one hour, voice memo to record short voice messages onto pictures, and one-touch playback even when the power is off. It also has an improved Graphic User Interface (GUI) with true-color menu windows and menu settings that can be completed using the Move and Set feature.

This gives the user faster and easier menu navigation. All menu items are displayed in English for better accessibility.