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Sony DSC-W50
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Review
of the Sony DSC-W50 Cyber-shot
The Sony DSC-W50 Cyber-shot is a slim digital camera (22.9mm in depth) with an all-metal aluminium body. It has 6 megapixels which is relatively high and 3x optical zoom which is average for this type of camera. The digital zoom is 6x which, again, is fairly typical. The optical zoom lens is a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens and is operated by a push button mechanism. The TFT LCD monitor, viewable in sunlight, is 2.5" in size and has 100% field of view.
The camera has an optical viewfinder for use in tricky lighting conditions if the LCD screen is difficult to see. Also, using the optical viewfinder instead of the LCD screen will reduce the power consumption and help extend the camera's battery life.
The camera has "Anti-blur" ISO sensitivity settings up to ISO1000. There is a Hand Shake Alert feature to help prevent camera shake and an NR Slow Shutter feature which reduces noise when taking pictures with a very slow shutter speed, for example 10 seconds or longer. Pre-set scene modes that come with this camera are Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Soft Snap, Landscape, Beach, Snow and High Sensitivity. The camera has a histogram indication feature that helps you set the right exposure by giving accurate information about the lighting conditions. An exposure warning indicator will let you know if the exposure level is inadequate.
The camera comes with 32MB of internal memory. This can be increased by using a Memory Stick DUO or Memory Stick PRO DUO. The recording formats are JPEG and MPEG1. Movies are recorded in MPEG VX Fine with audio.
The camera uses a USB 2.0 high speed transfer connection and is PictBridge compatible meaning you can print directly to any PictBridge printer without the need for a PC. The Print Mark function allows you to select images for printing.
The camera operates in 15 different menu languages - English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian and Czech. It comes with Cyber-shot Viewer software and a USB Driver. The other included accessories are a rechargeable battery (NP-BG1), a battery charger (BC-CSG), power code, multi-cable and a wrist strap.
This is a well specified camera at a very reasonable price and is to be recommended.
Features of the Sony DSC-W50 Cyber-shot include:
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