Samsung released the Digimax S500, a 5 megapixel digital camera with 3x optical zoom and a spacious 2.4 inch LCD monitor. As with all recent Samsung digital cameras, the S500 features Auto Macro, to take close-up pictures automatically even if close-up mode is not set and high-speed USB 2.0 transfer rate to computers and printers at 480 Mbps. Movie clips can be recorded at 30 frames per second and 640 X 480 VGA resolution with sound.