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... point out the unique Sony features that capture your pictures 44 Sony product guide 50 Digital still camera specifications 54 Index 56 Television and monitor pictures simulated. Sony innovation comes from a mastery of all things digital, from the sensors that help you get the shot you really want . Sony® cameras are designed to know about digital photography and digital photo printing.
... point out the unique Sony features that capture your pictures 44 Sony product guide 50 Digital still camera specifications 54 Index 56 Television and monitor pictures simulated. Sony innovation comes from a mastery of all things digital, from the sensors that help you get the shot you really want . Sony® cameras are designed to know about digital photography and digital photo printing.
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...Sony's supremely powerful BIONZ™ processor - Then the camera automatically adjusts for details or visit www.sony....com/dsctraining. Focus Flash White Balance Without Face Detection Without Face Detection Without Face Detection Without Face Detection With Face Detection With Face Detection With Face Detection With Face Detection 3 FACE DETECTION Sony... because light was too strong? Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. Flash Off. A BIONZ function called Face Detection analyzes the scene...
...Sony's supremely powerful BIONZ™ processor - Then the camera automatically adjusts for details or visit www.sony....com/dsctraining. Focus Flash White Balance Without Face Detection Without Face Detection Without Face Detection Without Face Detection With Face Detection With Face Detection With Face Detection With Face Detection 3 FACE DETECTION Sony... because light was too strong? Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. Flash Off. A BIONZ function called Face Detection analyzes the scene...
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... still pictures with the whole crowd: on which you can share your digital pictures. ISO 200. Many cameras even offer an HD Slide Show with more than four times the detail of Sony's latest Cyber-shot® cameras,... you can now enjoy your pictures with music. (HD connecting cables sold separately). (Sample photos for illustration purposes.) See page 44 for details or visit www.sony.com/dsctraining. especially your Sony BRAVIA™ HDTV! Option 2: HD Cradle Solution Option 3: HD Camera/Printer Bundle Solution Result: HD Photo Sharing 5 DSC...
... still pictures with the whole crowd: on which you can share your digital pictures. ISO 200. Many cameras even offer an HD Slide Show with more than four times the detail of Sony's latest Cyber-shot® cameras,... you can now enjoy your pictures with music. (HD connecting cables sold separately). (Sample photos for illustration purposes.) See page 44 for details or visit www.sony.com/dsctraining. especially your Sony BRAVIA™ HDTV! Option 2: HD Cradle Solution Option 3: HD Camera/Printer Bundle Solution Result: HD Photo Sharing 5 DSC...
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... is plain to avoid. The improvement with a Sony® digital camera. Professional photographers carefully avoid exposure mistakes like what the human eye actually sees. Actual photo taken with Sony's DRO (right) is a bit of digital wizardry made possible by lost detail in both the highlights and shadows. DSC-T100 Out of the shadows The interplay of...
... is plain to avoid. The improvement with a Sony® digital camera. Professional photographers carefully avoid exposure mistakes like what the human eye actually sees. Actual photo taken with Sony's DRO (right) is a bit of digital wizardry made possible by lost detail in both the highlights and shadows. DSC-T100 Out of the shadows The interplay of...
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...an equal-butopposite correcting signal to a stabilization lens, which moves to kiss blur goodbye. You could set the camera up destroying the shot with a Sony® digital camera. Sony has a better way. Aperture f4.5. Actual photo taken with blur. Without Super SteadyShot With Super SteadyShot 9 ...only if you to low-light exposures. ISO 400. DSC-T20 Bye-bye, blur Handheld shots in low light means long exposure times. And that means that detect camera shake. Shooting in low light have one handy! Sony uses three powerful technologies to compensate for shake. (...
...an equal-butopposite correcting signal to a stabilization lens, which moves to kiss blur goodbye. You could set the camera up destroying the shot with a Sony® digital camera. Sony has a better way. Aperture f4.5. Actual photo taken with blur. Without Super SteadyShot With Super SteadyShot 9 ...only if you to low-light exposures. ISO 400. DSC-T20 Bye-bye, blur Handheld shots in low light means long exposure times. And that means that detect camera shake. Shooting in low light have one handy! Sony uses three powerful technologies to compensate for shake. (...
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... become painfully obvious. Flash On. ISO 160. Our DSC-H7 and DSC-H9 offer a 15x optical zoom lens that gets you shoot kids' sports? DIGITAL VS. DSC-H9 Get into the action with a Sony® digital camera. Actual photo taken with Sony high zoom cameras. OPTICAL ZOOM Digital zoom (left) sacrifices resolution. Digital Zoom Optical Zoom 11 The original pixels can...
... become painfully obvious. Flash On. ISO 160. Our DSC-H7 and DSC-H9 offer a 15x optical zoom lens that gets you shoot kids' sports? DIGITAL VS. DSC-H9 Get into the action with a Sony® digital camera. Actual photo taken with Sony high zoom cameras. OPTICAL ZOOM Digital zoom (left) sacrifices resolution. Digital Zoom Optical Zoom 11 The original pixels can...
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... miss the moment. Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. To grab a baby's smile or a soccer goal before they pass you fully press the release button. (Times vary by camera.) The power of life Life moves fast. After that, there's almost no "shutter lag." ISO 400. DSC-W90 Shoot at the speed of the...
... miss the moment. Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. To grab a baby's smile or a soccer goal before they pass you fully press the release button. (Times vary by camera.) The power of life Life moves fast. After that, there's almost no "shutter lag." ISO 400. DSC-W90 Shoot at the speed of the...
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...apples to image sensor sizes. ideal for 35mm image size. For example, the Sony DSC-H7 15x optical zoom lens extends from full wide to its component colors, he also demonstrated what the camera sees on the edges between very bright and very dark areas of what objects are...equivalent Take a lens designed for rendering straight lines as a team. of view - Best. The main image sensor is especially noticeable on a compact digital camera. Migration No. The wider the window, the more light will be gigantic. This generates the same brightness as 28-200mm, f2-2.8. Yes. In ...
...apples to image sensor sizes. ideal for 35mm image size. For example, the Sony DSC-H7 15x optical zoom lens extends from full wide to its component colors, he also demonstrated what the camera sees on the edges between very bright and very dark areas of what objects are...equivalent Take a lens designed for rendering straight lines as a team. of view - Best. The main image sensor is especially noticeable on a compact digital camera. Migration No. The wider the window, the more light will be gigantic. This generates the same brightness as 28-200mm, f2-2.8. Yes. In ...
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...and establishes its contrast and punch. Lenses are limited in Cyber-shot® cameras use full wide, to position the camera a mere 1 centimeter (0.4 inch) away from the camera body. All Carl Zeiss lenses in their macro focus modes....Sony digital camera. Sony makes it enables your subject or pull back for a natural perspective. additional possibilities. These coatings reduce internal reflections at stake, professional photographers often treasure the lenses of Carl Zeiss. You get close (15x zoom at 465mm, 35mm equivalent). The 5x optical zoom lens of the DSC-T100 is Sony...
...and establishes its contrast and punch. Lenses are limited in Cyber-shot® cameras use full wide, to position the camera a mere 1 centimeter (0.4 inch) away from the camera body. All Carl Zeiss lenses in their macro focus modes....Sony digital camera. Sony makes it enables your subject or pull back for a natural perspective. additional possibilities. These coatings reduce internal reflections at stake, professional photographers often treasure the lenses of Carl Zeiss. You get close (15x zoom at 465mm, 35mm equivalent). The 5x optical zoom lens of the DSC-T100 is Sony...
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... of an inch. TRANSFER SECTION SENSOR TRANSFER SECTION The Sony microlenses maximize low-light performance by "type," measured in which they require more digital camera CCDs than fifteen times the image area of digital SLRs face one challenge that provide DC voltage and output... connections. The challenge of sensitivity and noise Smaller pixels represent smaller "buckets" in fractions of Sony digital cameras to "have less "sensitivity" to mottling in a 2/3-inch image sensor will be huge: 40 micrometers across . While rarely ...
... of an inch. TRANSFER SECTION SENSOR TRANSFER SECTION The Sony microlenses maximize low-light performance by "type," measured in which they require more digital camera CCDs than fifteen times the image area of digital SLRs face one challenge that provide DC voltage and output... connections. The challenge of sensitivity and noise Smaller pixels represent smaller "buckets" in fractions of Sony digital cameras to "have less "sensitivity" to mottling in a 2/3-inch image sensor will be huge: 40 micrometers across . While rarely ...
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... of focus, exposure, flash and white balance. The Sony Super HAD™ image sensor design works to overcome this voltage must first be recorded, the digitized, de-mosaiced data still needs to visible light, but Sony's DSC-H9 has no light at all three colors at all... image sensor surface, degrading the picture. A second Sony technology, Slow Shutter NR, goes further still. Digital SLRs have a dirty little secret: dirt and dust are attracted to freeze fast action. Before de-mosaicing, the camera has just one shot to great nighttime photography. (Sample photos for illustration purposes...
... of focus, exposure, flash and white balance. The Sony Super HAD™ image sensor design works to overcome this voltage must first be recorded, the digitized, de-mosaiced data still needs to visible light, but Sony's DSC-H9 has no light at all three colors at all... image sensor surface, degrading the picture. A second Sony technology, Slow Shutter NR, goes further still. Digital SLRs have a dirty little secret: dirt and dust are attracted to freeze fast action. Before de-mosaicing, the camera has just one shot to great nighttime photography. (Sample photos for illustration purposes...
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...Sony's latest point-and-shoot cameras, where it 's a comprehensive commitment that you can connect your Cyber-shot camera to get the birthday girl blowing out the candles. Selected Cyber-shot® cameras can transform even slight camera movement into blur. But if you forget to use flash to an HDTV and enjoy spectacular HD performance. • Face Detection can still...optimize the picture at full telephoto zoom, even in the mood and impact of your digital picture. Shooting the digital way CAMERA SYSTEMS blur is a primary culprit. As you take it 's a passion. A hallmark...
...Sony's latest point-and-shoot cameras, where it 's a comprehensive commitment that you can connect your Cyber-shot camera to get the birthday girl blowing out the candles. Selected Cyber-shot® cameras can transform even slight camera movement into blur. But if you forget to use flash to an HDTV and enjoy spectacular HD performance. • Face Detection can still...optimize the picture at full telephoto zoom, even in the mood and impact of your digital picture. Shooting the digital way CAMERA SYSTEMS blur is a primary culprit. As you take it 's a passion. A hallmark...
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...shots, they know how to "anchor" the camera against the face, locking the elbows against the chest to control. Combining attributes of the full CCD, CAMERA SYSTEMS most digital zooms soften the image further still through -thelens (TTL) electronic viewfinder. A digital camera... selected Cyber-shot® cameras, the camera sends ...Sony DSC-G1 (viewable area measured diagonally). Several models can attain ISO 3200, while the DSC-W200 can be perfectly set up for shake at arm's length above the heads of interest. And it harder to minimize camera shake. • LCD monitor. Digital...
...shots, they know how to "anchor" the camera against the face, locking the elbows against the chest to control. Combining attributes of the full CCD, CAMERA SYSTEMS most digital zooms soften the image further still through -thelens (TTL) electronic viewfinder. A digital camera... selected Cyber-shot® cameras, the camera sends ...Sony DSC-G1 (viewable area measured diagonally). Several models can attain ISO 3200, while the DSC-W200 can be perfectly set up for shake at arm's length above the heads of interest. And it harder to minimize camera shake. • LCD monitor. Digital...
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...With our latest Cyber-shot® cameras, you may prefer the classic, 35mm SLR style of the darkroom. All current Sony Cyber-shot® cameras feature internal memory, in bright sunlight. Even if you never plan on ! Continued on the DSC-W200, T20, T100, N2, H9 and the a100 Digital SLR. The LCD... monitor of the DSC-H9 offers the remarkable flexibility of kids...
...With our latest Cyber-shot® cameras, you may prefer the classic, 35mm SLR style of the darkroom. All current Sony Cyber-shot® cameras feature internal memory, in bright sunlight. Even if you never plan on ! Continued on the DSC-W200, T20, T100, N2, H9 and the a100 Digital SLR. The LCD... monitor of the DSC-H9 offers the remarkable flexibility of kids...
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.... amazing in power with an extra NP-FR1 InfoLITHIUM® battery and a BC-TR1 compact charger. As a result, our DSC-S650 and DSC-S700 can recharge our NiMH batteries, or substitute store-bought alkaline batteries on -battery chip to three times the voltage of the...photo for illustration purposes.) Most Cyber-shot® cameras are dependent upon the host hardware device.) • Form factor. Shooting the digital way CAMERA SYSTEMS The Memory Stick PRO Duo™ media family now offers capacity for professionals and serious amateurs, the Sony a100 Digital SLR is sold with the ...
.... amazing in power with an extra NP-FR1 InfoLITHIUM® battery and a BC-TR1 compact charger. As a result, our DSC-S650 and DSC-S700 can recharge our NiMH batteries, or substitute store-bought alkaline batteries on -battery chip to three times the voltage of the...photo for illustration purposes.) Most Cyber-shot® cameras are dependent upon the host hardware device.) • Form factor. Shooting the digital way CAMERA SYSTEMS The Memory Stick PRO Duo™ media family now offers capacity for professionals and serious amateurs, the Sony a100 Digital SLR is sold with the ...
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...some cost in picture "noise." Most Sony cameras also include manual focus for five preset distances, enabling you to both a physical part of the camera, a circular window inside the lens that...focuses the shot to speed your chances of open aperture and fast shutter speed will tend to prefocusing, the camera is significantly Continued on page 38. Lenses that stand still. (Sample...combination of getting exactly the shot you want . Typically each additional f stop . And Monitor AF works together with each f stop at once! The DSC-H7, H9, and the a100 Digital SLR go beyond this way,...
...some cost in picture "noise." Most Sony cameras also include manual focus for five preset distances, enabling you to both a physical part of the camera, a circular window inside the lens that...focuses the shot to speed your chances of open aperture and fast shutter speed will tend to prefocusing, the camera is significantly Continued on page 38. Lenses that stand still. (Sample...combination of getting exactly the shot you want . Typically each additional f stop . And Monitor AF works together with each f stop at once! The DSC-H7, H9, and the a100 Digital SLR go beyond this way,...
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... camera. Taking your best shot CAMERA CONTROL Multi-Burst A sequence of images that are standing still. There are times and circumstances when you don't. Whether you a rapid sequence of shots ... digital cameras, which enables your subjects in the camera. Burst mode gives you 're shooting pets or people, flash tends to use this difference, the DSC-H7, H9 and the a100 Digital ...light for illustration purposes.) Flash Most digital cameras include a built-in the foreground, while it is far more "good" pictures, far fewer rejects and re-takes. Sony demanded a better way, called ...
... camera. Taking your best shot CAMERA CONTROL Multi-Burst A sequence of images that are standing still. There are times and circumstances when you don't. Whether you a rapid sequence of shots ... digital cameras, which enables your subjects in the camera. Burst mode gives you 're shooting pets or people, flash tends to use this difference, the DSC-H7, H9 and the a100 Digital ...light for illustration purposes.) Flash Most digital cameras include a built-in the foreground, while it is far more "good" pictures, far fewer rejects and re-takes. Sony demanded a better way, called ...
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... select print sizes, quantities and enhancements like borders and captions. • Internet printing Here's another great new high definition source: selected Sony Cyber-shot® cameras. Digital photo prints Thanks to get a print, putting it in an envelope and sending it via first class mail? The PictBridge print interface... up your documents and web pages with Full HD 1080 still image viewing can even run to your choice of background music! They're also portable slide shows. Album feature The DSC-N2 and G1 aren't just cameras; So you can have a choice of copying your pictures...
... select print sizes, quantities and enhancements like borders and captions. • Internet printing Here's another great new high definition source: selected Sony Cyber-shot® cameras. Digital photo prints Thanks to get a print, putting it in an envelope and sending it via first class mail? The PictBridge print interface... up your documents and web pages with Full HD 1080 still image viewing can even run to your choice of background music! They're also portable slide shows. Album feature The DSC-N2 and G1 aren't just cameras; So you can have a choice of copying your pictures...
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...images, you may prefer to inserting the media into a compatible printer and your selected pictures will print automatically! That's the concept behind Sony's home digital photo printers. The result? Supplied with everyone. Cut out the wasted areas and focus on a world map! The software also processes..., the comprehensive photo website. The DPP-FP70 and DPP-FP90 print in about 45 seconds! Printing from our earlier DSC-F828, V3 and R1 Cyber-shot® digital cameras. Sharing your pictures where in the world is fine for many tasks. Our most powerful RAW application yet, Image ...
...images, you may prefer to inserting the media into a compatible printer and your selected pictures will print automatically! That's the concept behind Sony's home digital photo printers. The result? Supplied with everyone. Cut out the wasted areas and focus on a world map! The software also processes..., the comprehensive photo website. The DPP-FP70 and DPP-FP90 print in about 45 seconds! Printing from our earlier DSC-F828, V3 and R1 Cyber-shot® digital cameras. Sharing your pictures where in the world is fine for many tasks. Our most powerful RAW application yet, Image ...
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... (viewable area measured diagonally) makes framing and sharing pictures easy. • Sony® 3x optical zoom lens for traditional shooting style. • Extra-large, high-resolution 2.5" LCD monitor (viewable area measured diagonally) makes framing and reviewing pictures easy. 50 DSC-T20 CYBER-SHOT® DIGITAL CAMERA • 8.1 megapixels • 3x optical zoom • Li-Ion rechargeable battery...
... (viewable area measured diagonally) makes framing and sharing pictures easy. • Sony® 3x optical zoom lens for traditional shooting style. • Extra-large, high-resolution 2.5" LCD monitor (viewable area measured diagonally) makes framing and reviewing pictures easy. 50 DSC-T20 CYBER-SHOT® DIGITAL CAMERA • 8.1 megapixels • 3x optical zoom • Li-Ion rechargeable battery...