09.30.06
Posted in Sony, Reviews at 9:54 am by Contact
Digital Photography Review
The Cyber-shot DSC-H1 was Sony’s first foray into the increasingly crowded compact, image stabilized ’super zoom’ market, and it was a very successful one too. The DSC-H5 (along with little brother the DSC-H2) arrived almost exactly a year later in February 2006. The H5 is notable as the first ‘big zoom’ compact camera to feature a 7 megapixel sensor (a new Sony 1/2.5″ CCD), and for its huge 3.0″ screen. Otherwise the specification is pretty much the same as the H2, itself a fairly subtle update to the original H1 - no bad thing given the very high standards set by that model.
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Posted in Sony, Reviews at 9:50 am by Contact
Imaging Resource
The newly-released DSC-H2 model updates the H1 with a larger CCD at 6.0-megapixels, and extends a few capabilities as well, with a wider ISO range and an optional function guide for onscreen help. Most of the H2’s functions will be familiar to users of other Sony digital cameras, and newcomers to the line will appreciate the camera’s simplicity. The Sony H2 features the same 12x optical zoom lens and Image Stabilization technology as the H1, and offers full manual to full auto exposure control, with a nice selection of creative tools at the user’s disposal.
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09.04.06
Posted in Sony, Reviews at 7:17 am by Contact
Digital Photography Review
In August 2003 Sony revealed the latest in a long line of split body swivel design prosumer digital cameras, the eight megapixel DSC-F828. Two long years have passed and it’s time for the new Sony prosumer digital camera; the unique and radical Cyber-shot DSC-R1. The R1 drops the split body design of its predecessors in favor of an SLR-like fixed body which is remarkably similar to that of the then ground-breaking and some consider legendary DSC-D700.However it’s not the body design which makes this camera unique (many have copied the DSC-D700), it is the camera’s sensor and lens. This is the first all-in-one digital camera to utilize a large (APS size) sensor, to be precise a 10.3 megapixel CMOS unit measuring 21.5 x 14.4 mm which is essentially a slightly smaller version of the sensor used in the Nikon D2X.
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Posted in Sony, Reviews at 5:57 am by Contact
Imaging Resource
The Sony DSC-P200 is the most recent in Sony’s highly popular line of subcompact “P-series” digital cameras, and is similar in many respects to the preceding P150 model. Offering a high-resolution 7.2 megapixel CCD, a 3x optical zoom lens, and an expanded range of nine preset Scene modes to choose from, the P200 is a capable, yet very compact, digital camera. New to the P200 is a larger, 2.0-inch LCD monitor, and a variety of other improvements, detailed below, all packed into a (very) slightly smaller body size. The Sony P200 is an excellent option for rank beginners and more experienced users alike, a nearly ideal “pocket” camera to pack along when there just isn’t room or time to accommodate a larger or more complex model.
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Posted in Sony, Reviews at 4:47 am by Contact
Digital Photography Review
Announced along with a 5MP twin (the W5), the DCS-W7 is part of the second generation of Sony’s ‘traditionally-styled’ compacts designed to appeal to the first-time user moving from a film camera to digital. Essentially the same as a Cyber-shot P200 in a larger more conventionally-styled body (and with a bigger 2.5-inch screen), the W7 builds on the success of the W1, which was something of a surprise hit last year. But does the W7 have what it takes to compete in the increasingly crowded 7 megapixel compact market?
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09.02.06
Posted in Sony, Reviews at 2:20 am by Contact
In a market where the trend is towards ever-smaller compact cameras Sony has, in the W series of cameras, provided an alternative for those who prefer something a little more substantial, and something a little more traditionally-styled. By doing so they are obviously intending to cover all the bases - the W7 is internally virtually identical to the ultra-compact P200, and shares that camera’s ease of use, speed of operation and ability to produce pleasing results in a wide variety of shooting situations. The 2.5-inch screen may not be very high resolution, but it’s bright and clear, and the extra size makes it a joy to use. read more…
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