Samsung HMX-E10 1080P Pocket Camcorder with 270-Degree Swivel Lens (Black)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 4.3 x 2.3 inches ; 8.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003XT5JWO
• Item model number: HMX-E10BN
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,885 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 29, 2010

Product Description

Color: Black

From the Manufacturer

An adjustable angle for every moment Samsung introduces a revolutionary new way to capture memories—the E10 camcorder. It features a 270° Swivel Lens built into the top of the camera that rotates 270° so you can enjoy more flexibility and achieve the perfect angle for everything you shoot. Whether it’s an up-close shot on a sharp angle or filming yourself in the action, the swivel lens’ ability to rotate—normal, low, and high—gives you a creative edge.
A touchscreen that adjusts to you Now you never have to take your eyes off your subject when you’re adjusting settings or searching for features. The Samsung E10 camcorder lets you keep an eye on what you’re shooting with its bright and clear LCD touch screen. Ready to make your memories even more memorable? An intuitive user interface makes finding features effortless. And the LCD screen’s wide view offers a great picture while you’re using those features.
Make movies in Full HD Make movies in Full HD Experience the same sharp picture and rich colors you see in high definition movies, in videos made with your Samsung E10 camcorder. With high definition home videos, you’ll enjoy ultra- realistic scenes with more details. And you’ll see images that are twice as clear as standard 1280 x 720 recordings. Relive all your memories in high definition with the Samsung E10.
Cable-free mobility Tired of too many wires weighing you down? The Samsung E10 camcorder lets you connect anywhere without the inconvenience of having to carry extra cables. It features a handy USB arm built into the bottom of the camcorder so you can easily transfer videos to your notebook and share them with friends and family.
Plug & Play Portability To give you the freedom to live a more mobile life, the Samsung E10 comes with its PC software built-in. When it is connected to built in USB, intelli-studio 2.0 automatically runs, so you can view, edit, manage, and upload from anywhere.
Capture every moment with precise clarity With E10, you can see your world in the highest detail and without blur. E10 auto- tracks, and focuses what you see in the frame, guaranteeing your memories unmatched clarity and quality.
High-quality, picture- perfect memories High-quality, picture- perfect memories Can’t decide between video or still shots? The Samsung E10 camcorder lets you shoot both—in high definition and with 8 megapixels. You’ll not only enjoy making movies, you’ll also be able to snap and share photos with friends and family.
Smart Filter Smart Filter Get creative with your Samsung E10 camcorder’s Smart Filter. Its Miniature feature shrinks your subjects and Vignetting fades the edges. Defog autocorrects haze, improving clarity, while Sketch transforms your photo into a hand-drawn work of art.
Bright Lens F2.2 Bright Lens F2.2 Shooting videos in a restaurant or at an indoor party? Low light conditions are never a problem. Thanks to the Samsung E10’s Bright Lens F2.2, images are sharp and crystal clear.
Panorama Shot Get a wider angle with every shot you take. Panorama Shot lets you shoot up to a 180° angle horizontally. Take multiple shots of scenes and stitch them together to make one super, panoramic image.
HDMI Just one HDMI cable is all it takes to connect your E10 directly into your TV, computer or DVD player. With the E10, making professional quality videos is just as easy as sharing them.

Product Description

Offering full-HD resolution, the Samsung HMX-E10 is highlighted by a versatile, 270-degree swiveling lens that enhances consumers’ creativity and allows them to add their own unique views to their video by being able to record from just about any angle. The HMX-E10’s swiveling lens also brings a new sense of fun to recording video, and gives consumers the ability to step out from behind the camcorder and put themselves in the frame with their friends and family.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Happy that I upgraded from Flip to this for 1080p video, image stabilizer and mini-HDMI output, October 26, 2010

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kaffeinekratos (FL, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung HMX-E10 1080P Pocket Camcorder with 270-Degree Swivel Lens (Ivory) (Electronics)

I was contemplating between HD camcorders, iPod Touch 4th Gen, Digital Cameras with video recording and this and am happy I chose the Samsung HMX-E10 to complement my Canon Digital Rebel XTi and SX210 digital cameras for great 1080p image stabilized video with easy to use UI and good design on the USB and mini-HDMI-ports.

Video quality is great but not flawless as there's a tiny lag on videos with fast full frame movement but it's not as bad as with the Flip cams. The touch screen is great but isn't sensitive enough for my quick button presses - this is really evident on using the start/stop button for the video which require around 800ms button press.

The screen doesn't seem to scratch easy - I've had it in my pocket with keys and coins for days now and can't see a single scratch. The swivel lens is a good idea but doesn't get used that often - probably ideal for blogging type videos.

Overall - very happy with the results. Have been using this to capture every move of our baby and share the videos via Picasaweb to grandparents overseas. The included intelli-studio sync software doesn't support Picasa out of the box but can be customized and has support for Flickr, facebook and Youtube uploads.

Very happy with the product - hopefully Samsung will refine the touch screen software for faster response. Very competitive and aggressively priced pocket camcorder.

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Cool Camera, December 1, 2010

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D.J. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung HMX-E10 1080P Pocket Camcorder with 270-Degree Swivel Lens (Black) (Electronics)

I've tried several pocket HD camcorders over the past year or so: Creative Vado (3rd Gen), Kodak Zi8 and the Panasonic TA-1. I recently got my hands on the Samsung HMX E-10, however, and I think I've found a keeper. I'll just get right to the point and break down what I think about it:


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The Good:

** Solid low-light performance: I'm no video expert, so I can't give you a bunch of jargon. All I can say is that, with my other pocket cameras, I could barely make out some of the stuff that I recorded at night. With this one, however, everything's pretty clear. Ironically, the TA-1 has an actual light on it, but in my opinion, the E-10 blew it out of the water in a side-by-side test I did. That said, don't sleep on this little guy.

** It's gorgeous: I typically don't care much about looks, but this camera is pretty sexy (even better in person). It looks more like the latest smartphone than a video camera. I think kids especially will love the design of this camera.

** Fairly noise-free audio: Not an audio expert either when it comes to these things, but I haven't heard anything funky yet (unlike my Vado). Indoors, it sounds good. Outdoors, it picked up quite a bit of wind noise during my test; but it was a pretty windy day, so I won't be too harsh.

** Good image stabilization: This was huge for me. My Zi8 makes me look like I have a nervous condition. The E-10 is pretty stable though. It's not perfect, but this is a camera that I'd feel fairly confident shooting with while I'm walking.

** Swivel lens: This really won me over. I was "meh" about it when I purchased the camera, but you can do some pretty neat stuff with it. More than anything, I like that I can swivel it around and shoot video of myself while still looking at the screen.

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The Bad:

** Awful Zoom: The zoom feature on this camera is nothing short of pathetic, by any standard. It's only 1x, and to make matters worse, it's slow and jumpy. This definitely isn't the camera you'd want to zoom on-the-fly with (not that you'd be able to see much extra anyway, given the crappy 1x capability).


** No Mic Jack: This is the feature I miss most from my Zi8. Obviously, it wasn't a deal-breaker, but flexibility is always nice

** No port for an AC adapter: I wish I could plug the camera into the wall while I'm recording on a tripod, but no luck w/ this camera. Also, if you want to charge your battery, be prepared to have your camera dangling from the side of your PC. If you're like me, you might want to invest in a female-to-male USB cable and a USB wall adapter.

** Touch Screen: Call me old-fashioned, but I like buttons. I realize that this is probably an attractive feature to a lot of people, though. That said, you'll be happy to know that it works pretty well. It's not as responsive as, say, an iPhone, but it'll definitely get the job done. Also, since there are no buttons, you can play back your videos and pictures on the nice big screen, so I guess that's a plus.

** Uses MicroSD cards: I just don't like em. Also, Amazon is suggesting full-sized SD cards to go with this camera as I write this. Don't buy one!!

** Doesn't come with an HDMI cable: If you wanna hook your camera up directly to the TV, get ready to spend more money.

** No Webcam feature: Unless I'm missing something, forget about using this camera with Skype and whatnot.


(Most of this stuff, I'd consider minor drawbacks though)
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Extras that I don't really care about, but don't mind having:


** Stills: Take up to 8MP photos. It won't exactly outwork my digital camera, but I'll definitely get some use out of it. You can also snap pics in the middle of a video.

** Panorama mode: This feature is awesome. Just hold down the shutter, turn your body and you can get some beautiful wide stills.



Overall: a pretty solid device. I'd recommend it. This is easily my new favorite pocket camera.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really nice camera - we love it!, January 7, 2011

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Bob Z - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samsung HMX-E10 1080P Pocket Camcorder with 270-Degree Swivel Lens (Black) (Electronics)

This little video cam is great. Best thing about it - IT WORKS GREAT ON OUR MAC! We don't quite understand some of the negative reviews out there - can't imagine what some people expect?? The advertising and features seem to skip over MAC compatible, but it works just fine on MAC. Now you don't get the "PC" software features, but don't need them. We use an iMac G5 with 1.8 Ghz PowerPC running Leopard 10.5.8 . The E10 Camcorder plugs right into a USB on back of our Mac. Turn the camcorder power on. A desktop icon (Folder) appears with a user manual to easily download, and folders containing your videos and snapshots also appear. The Mac automatically pulls up iPhoto and importing snapshots is simple. You can close iPhoto if you're only working with videos.
You can select a video and it opens Quicktime to play it - but the quality isn't perfect. HOWEVER, you can open iMovie and import the videos, it does take about 4 to 5 minutes for each minute of video to import into iMovie, but that's not a big deal because when you view your videos on iMovie they are PERFECT! IMovie can splice, edit, cut, your videos, etc. Also, once on iMovie you can email a video. Additionally, there's no problem uploading a video to YouTube, either directly from the CamCorder folder, or you can copy videos from the Camcorder folder to your desktop. (We created a new folder to copy videos into) - then upload them to YouTube, or import to iMovie.

The quality of videos and snapshots are nice. We have no problem taking good videos and snapshots in moderately low light either. This is a VERY SIMPLE camcorder to operate! We almost bought the "FLIP" because my sister's works great and is Mac compatible - but she has concerns about easily damaging the lens which is unprotected - and we read several FLIP reviews where people accidentally broke and/or scratched the lens (which is not a replacable item). The Samsung's rotating lens also works to protect the lens by rotating to the up position then you can carry the camera in your pocket full of keys, coins or whatever, and not worry about scratching the lens. We definately would recommend this camcorder to our friends.

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