Samsung Digimax L60, L85 cams feature HDMI

Looking to apply HDCP to your personal photos? Samsung says not a problem by intro'ing two digital shooters with HDMI interfaces. The L60 is a 6-megapixel cam, while the upscale L85 is good for 8-MPs; just perfect for viewing photos on a QuadHDTV in their native res.

Normally we wouldn't cover digital cameras, but we wanted to emphasize these for the HDMI connectivity to illustrate how this interface is clearly key in the digital video space. Oh and we were just joshin' ya on the HDCP aspect; there's no mention of HDCP by Samsung. (Hmm....but is it lurking there in the interface anyway?)

At this point, do you see HDMI on a camera to be overkill or could you find uses to tie your camera to a high-def DVR or TV?

[via Engadget]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2006 11:06AM]

I'd love to see this on DSLR cameras. I show off my photos to my family a number of times but the little 2" screen doesn't do much and the composite video cable still only looks a little better.

HDMI to a 1080p set would be great.

[davezatz Posted Feb 24th 2006 11:20AM]

I don't know that I'd use an HDMI camera/tv interface, but I don't have a problem with it as long as it's not responsible for jacking up the price of a camera. My photos are generally pretty bad anyway... perhaps the typical RCA cable/resolution and grainy/fuzzy appearance is useful in masking my poor photography skills.