With a digital camera all the pictures you make are stored digitally, which means you can instantly view a picture after you have taken it and take as many pictures as you like, without having to buy new films all the time. It is easy to download the pictures from your camera to your computer, either at home or at the shop and edit them before printing. Once they are on your computer, you can easily share your pics with the rest of the world by putting them on-line, or e-mailing them to friends.
A great value entry model to the exciting world of Cyber-shot photography. Easy to use with high sensitivity for clearer pictures in low light.
- 7.2 effective megapixels resolution for clear enlargements up to A3 size - Sony 3x optical zoom lens - High Sensitivity mode (ISO 1250) for clearer pictures with reduced camera shake in low light - 2.4-inch LCD screen with wide viewing
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angle - Multipoint autofocus for accurately-focused shots, even with moving subjects - Easy-to-use on-screen function guide - On-screen histogram displays image brightness for accurate checking of exposure settings - Shooting stamina up to 440 pictures - Motion JPEG movie recording at approx. 30 fps <<<Less
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Picture quality
Megapixel
MegaPixels: The number (in millions) of light-sensitive picture elements, or pixels, actually used by the camera's image sensor (CCD) to record light, and which are reflected to the final number of recorded pixels stored on the memory card.
8 MP
Maximum resolution
3072 x 2304 pixels
Lens system
Optical zoom
Indicates the optical zoom capacity, the number of times that the picture can be enlarged with the optics of the camera.
3 x
Digital SLR
The single-lens reflex (SLR) is a type of camera that uses a movable mirror placed between the lens and the film to project the image seen through the lens to a matte focusing screen.
Focal length
5.8 - 17.4 mm
Combined zoom
6x
Filter size
35-105 mm
Image sensor
Sensor type
CMOS: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor, Analog sensor that converts light into digital information.
CCD: Charged Coupled Device, Digital sensor that converts light into digital information.
CCD
Effective sensor resolution
7.2 pixels
Optical sensor size
1/2.5 "
Focusing
Manual focus
Single Auto Focus (AF)
Continuous Auto Focus (AF)
Spot Auto Focus (AF)
Monitoring Auto Focus (AF)
Multi Point Auto Focus (AF)
Flexible Spot Auto Focus (AF)
Centre weighted Auto Focus (AF)
Light exposure
Camera shutter speed
Determines the length of time the shutter lets light pass through the lens to the CCD. Shutter speed and aperture together determine exposure.
1/8-1/2000 s
ISO sensitivity
100, 200, 400, 800, 1250
Flash
Red-eye reduction
Auto flash
Flash off
Pre-flash
Forced flash
Memory
Internal memory
The amount of memory measured in megabytes installed in the system's hardware
22 MB
Micro Drive (MD) support
xD-Picture Card (xD) support
Secure Digital (SD) support
Memory
CompactFlash (CF) support
Memory Stick (MS) support
Memory Stick Pro (MS Pro) support
MultiMediaCard (MMC) support
SmartMedia Card support
Video
Video capture resolution
320x240 pixels
Video capability
Video compression formats
AVI (Motion JPEG)
Motion JPEG frame rate
30 fps
Display
Display
The display technology. Flat screen technologies like Liquid Cristal Display (LCD) and Thin Film Transistor (TFT) active matrix technology are the trend.
In TV technologies one can notice FST (Flat Screen Tube) technology, and ARASC (Anti Reflexion, Anti Static Coating) or AGARAS (Anti-Glare ARASC) or simply AGC (anti-glare coating). The old tv and screen technology CRT means Cathodic Ray Tube. MLA = Micro Lens Array. p-Si=Polycrystalline Silicon. a-Si=Amorphous Silicon.
TFT
Display diagonal
Size of the display for this product; expressed in inches diagonal
2.4 "
Viewfinder
Optical viewfinder
Optical viewfinder (real image): The photographer looks through a transparent window to frame and focus the image. The photographer is seeing the real image, through the window of the viewfinder.
Electrical viewfinder
Digital/Electronic Viewfinder: An LCD display built into a camera that gives a digital view of where the camera is pointing. It's used to compose and focus the image.
Camera
Camera file format
JPEG, AVI (Motion JPEG)
Playback zoom
Drive modes
White balance
Auto white balance
Fluorescent
Cloudy
Daylight (sunny)
Incandescent
Flash white balance
Scene modes
Beach/Snow
Landscape
Portrait
Colour
Colour of product
Silver
Energy management
Battery type
Description of battery supplied with the product
AA
Weight & dimensions
Weight
Weight of the product without packaging (nett weight). If possible, the nett weight is given including standard accessories and supplies. Please, note that sometimes the manufacturer is giving a too commercial interpretation of product weight, by leaving out the weight of accessories and/or supplies.