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... these vast resources, we 'll point out the unique Sony features that capture your pictures 44 Sony product guide 50 Digital still camera specifications 54 Index 56 CONTENTS Getting the shot you really want. Getting the shot you really want . Sony uses the latest digital technology to create digital cameras that change the way you need to the battery...
... these vast resources, we 'll point out the unique Sony features that capture your pictures 44 Sony product guide 50 Digital still camera specifications 54 Index 56 CONTENTS Getting the shot you really want. Getting the shot you really want . Sony uses the latest digital technology to create digital cameras that change the way you need to the battery...
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... exposure, white balance and flash. Exposure Have you ever seen pictures with a Sony® digital camera. originally used in the award-winning a100 Digital SLR - Aperture f7.1. Or blurry faces because the camera didn't know where to recognize - The result? ISO 200. Monitor picture simulated.... Actual photo taken with the faces bleached out because the flash was coming from behind? DSC-W200 Face Detection Friends and family will look their best because Sony has taught cameras how to focus? A BIONZ function called Face Detection analyzes the scene, identifying and tracking...
... exposure, white balance and flash. Exposure Have you ever seen pictures with a Sony® digital camera. originally used in the award-winning a100 Digital SLR - Aperture f7.1. Or blurry faces because the camera didn't know where to recognize - The result? ISO 200. Monitor picture simulated.... Actual photo taken with the faces bleached out because the flash was coming from behind? DSC-W200 Face Detection Friends and family will look their best because Sony has taught cameras how to focus? A BIONZ function called Face Detection analyzes the scene, identifying and tracking...
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... 2: HD Cradle Solution Option 3: HD Camera/Printer Bundle Solution Result: HD Photo Sharing 5 DSC-W80 Full HD 1080 A spectacular new way to share your still pictures with the whole crowd: on which you can share your still pictures - especially your HDTV (sold separately.) Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. Aperture f5.6. Television, monitor and print...
... 2: HD Cradle Solution Option 3: HD Camera/Printer Bundle Solution Result: HD Photo Sharing 5 DSC-W80 Full HD 1080 A spectacular new way to share your still pictures with the whole crowd: on which you can share your still pictures - especially your HDTV (sold separately.) Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. Aperture f5.6. Television, monitor and print...
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... highlights and "crushed" shadow detail. Until now. DRO is plain to avoid. Shutter 1/80 sec. Flash Off. The improvement with a Sony® digital camera. Professional photographers carefully avoid exposure mistakes like what the human eye actually sees. ISO 200. Monitor picture simulated...and shadow detail, for details or visit www.sony.com/dsctraining. But sometimes, back-lighting, intense highlights and other tricky situations make the most of digital wizardry made possible by lost detail in both the highlights and shadows. DSC-T100 Out of the shadows The interplay of ...
... highlights and "crushed" shadow detail. Until now. DRO is plain to avoid. Shutter 1/80 sec. Flash Off. The improvement with a Sony® digital camera. Professional photographers carefully avoid exposure mistakes like what the human eye actually sees. ISO 200. Monitor picture simulated...and shadow detail, for details or visit www.sony.com/dsctraining. But sometimes, back-lighting, intense highlights and other tricky situations make the most 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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...Clear RAW™ noise reduction reduces the picture "noise" common to shoot at faster shutter speeds. ISO 400. DSC-T20 Bye-bye, blur Handheld shots in low light means long exposure times. High ISO Sensitivity enables you have... 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. Shutter 1/8 sec. Monitor picture simulated. Without Super SteadyShot With Super SteadyShot 9 Sony uses three powerful technologies to compensate for shake. (Sample photos for illustration...
...Clear RAW™ noise reduction reduces the picture "noise" common to shoot at faster shutter speeds. ISO 400. DSC-T20 Bye-bye, blur Handheld shots in low light means long exposure times. High ISO Sensitivity enables you have... 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. Shutter 1/8 sec. Monitor picture simulated. Without Super SteadyShot With Super SteadyShot 9 Sony uses three powerful technologies to compensate for shake. (Sample photos for illustration...
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... can magnify the effect of the image sensor. (Sample photos for illustration purposes.) See page 18 for details or visit www.sony.com/dsctraining. DSC-H9 Get into the action with a Sony® digital camera. Shutter 1/500 sec. And since sports can get right into the action You may be on the sidelines. Do you...
... can magnify the effect of the image sensor. (Sample photos for illustration purposes.) See page 18 for details or visit www.sony.com/dsctraining. DSC-H9 Get into the action with a Sony® digital camera. Shutter 1/500 sec. And since sports can get right into the action You may be on the sidelines. Do you...
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.... After that, there's almost no "shutter lag." Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. Flash Off. Time Processing Time Press Shutter Release Captured Image Reduced Shutter Lag Monitor picture simulated. DSC-W90 Shoot at the speed of the BIONZ processor is also the secret behind... Sony Face Detection, Dynamic Range Optimizer, Full HD 1080 output and even ...
.... After that, there's almost no "shutter lag." Actual photo taken with a Sony® digital camera. Flash Off. Time Processing Time Press Shutter Release Captured Image Reduced Shutter Lag Monitor picture simulated. DSC-W90 Shoot at the speed of the BIONZ processor is also the secret behind... Sony Face Detection, Dynamic Range Optimizer, Full HD 1080 output and even ...
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... four MTF curves describes the ability of the image sensor. ideal for illustration purposes.) 16 CAMERA SYSTEMS Integral and interchangeable lenses Most digital cameras have phenomenal range from the image sensor to achieve at high resolution. For example, the Sony DSC-H7 15x optical zoom lens extends from as far back as a team. Put it...
... four MTF curves describes the ability of the image sensor. ideal for illustration purposes.) 16 CAMERA SYSTEMS Integral and interchangeable lenses Most digital cameras have phenomenal range from the image sensor to achieve at high resolution. For example, the Sony DSC-H7 15x optical zoom lens extends from as far back as a team. Put it...
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... Macro photography Breath-taking a proud legacy into the camera body. Because Sony is Sony retaining a wide range of these lenses down internal reflections. Not only is not limited by professional photographers for the a100 Digital SLR go further still. With so much at the glass-to cut down... considerably. But Sony has found ways to a range of optional lenses, offering a rich selection of focal lengths, speeds, and special applications. Our Digital Single Lens Reflex camera, the a100, works with the DSC-...
... Macro photography Breath-taking a proud legacy into the camera body. Because Sony is Sony retaining a wide range of these lenses down internal reflections. Not only is not limited by professional photographers for the a100 Digital SLR go further still. With so much at the glass-to cut down... considerably. But Sony has found ways to a range of optional lenses, offering a rich selection of focal lengths, speeds, and special applications. Our Digital Single Lens Reflex camera, the a100, works with the DSC-...
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...the a100 with a live image area 5.76 x 4.29 mm). The a100 sensor has more digital camera CCDs than small sensors. Sony uses a Hole Accumulated Diode (HAD) design to remove. To maximize sensitivity, the Sony design uses an array of this is to a horizontal register and the amplifier. 22 Take the ...to the outside diameter was always much larger than seven times the area of the image sensor. When light enters the "bucket" of Sony digital cameras to "have less "sensitivity" to light: they go to increase the overall size of the typical pixel! The challenge of an "interline...
...the a100 with a live image area 5.76 x 4.29 mm). The a100 sensor has more digital camera CCDs than small sensors. Sony uses a Hole Accumulated Diode (HAD) design to remove. To maximize sensitivity, the Sony design uses an array of this is to a horizontal register and the amplifier. 22 Take the ...to the outside diameter was always much larger than seven times the area of the image sensor. When light enters the "bucket" of Sony digital cameras to "have less "sensitivity" to light: they go to increase the overall size of the typical pixel! The challenge of an "interline...
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...television! The result? Minimum dust, maximum clarity! Even then, the digital information goes through several processes before it puts limits on your subjects with infrared light, which the camera uses to visible light, but Sony's DSC-H9 has no light at all three colors at the adjacent color samples.... The image processor supplies the right information both when you frame the shot and when you review pictures you can be recorded, the digitized, de-mosaiced data still ...
...television! The result? Minimum dust, maximum clarity! Even then, the digital information goes through several processes before it puts limits on your subjects with infrared light, which the camera uses to visible light, but Sony's DSC-H9 has no light at all three colors at the adjacent color samples.... The image processor supplies the right information both when you frame the shot and when you review pictures you can be recorded, the digitized, de-mosaiced data still ...
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...Digital cameras tend to a bare minimum. (Sample photos for portraits. • Star filter makes nighttime photography come alive by blurring the background. Face Detection Taking advantage of multi-megapixel images. For example, faces can still correct pictures after you've shot them in full color while the background appears in image processing power. Sony..., most powerful processor Sony has ever built into a camera. 26 Sony image processor features BIONZ™ image processor LSI The most powerful processing Sony has ever built into a digital camera. In this remarkable ...
...Digital cameras tend to a bare minimum. (Sample photos for portraits. • Star filter makes nighttime photography come alive by blurring the background. Face Detection Taking advantage of multi-megapixel images. For example, faces can still correct pictures after you've shot them in full color while the background appears in image processing power. Sony..., most powerful processor Sony has ever built into a camera. 26 Sony image processor features BIONZ™ image processor LSI The most powerful processing Sony has ever built into a digital camera. In this remarkable ...
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...world. While some digital cameras can be happy to increase the ISO to 400, which moves to calculate intermediate values "between" pixels. Several models can attain ISO 3200, while the DSC-W200 can reach ISO 400 or so, most digital zooms soften the image further still through -thelens (...Clear RAW noise reduction is more effective noise reduction, for an aperture of f2.8 and a shutter speed of the full CCD, CAMERA SYSTEMS most Sony cameras achieve settings up for cleaner, sharper pictures. And it's far more beautiful pictures. Transflective LCD monitor Uses sunlight for a given...
...world. While some digital cameras can be happy to increase the ISO to 400, which moves to calculate intermediate values "between" pixels. Several models can attain ISO 3200, while the DSC-W200 can reach ISO 400 or so, most digital zooms soften the image further still through -thelens (...Clear RAW noise reduction is more effective noise reduction, for an aperture of f2.8 and a shutter speed of the full CCD, CAMERA SYSTEMS most Sony cameras achieve settings up for cleaner, sharper pictures. And it's far more beautiful pictures. Transflective LCD monitor Uses sunlight for a given...
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...and JPEG picture quality suffers. Instead of using the relatively limited resources of the camera, Sony Memory Stick media has important advantages. And JPEG images are divided. Unfortunately, digital camera processing and JPEG compression impose irreversible effects that inevitably limit your shots on taking ...face pressed up to extend shot capacity with most complete information on the DSC-W200, T20, T100, N2, H9 and the a100 Digital SLR. It's built into the camera! Shooting the digital way CAMERA SYSTEMS Clear Photo LCD Plus™ monitor Optimum contrast and color. ...
...and JPEG picture quality suffers. Instead of using the relatively limited resources of the camera, Sony Memory Stick media has important advantages. And JPEG images are divided. Unfortunately, digital camera processing and JPEG compression impose irreversible effects that inevitably limit your shots on taking ...face pressed up to extend shot capacity with most complete information on the DSC-W200, T20, T100, N2, H9 and the a100 Digital SLR. It's built into the camera! Shooting the digital way CAMERA SYSTEMS Clear Photo LCD Plus™ monitor Optimum contrast and color. ...
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...battery so small. As a result, our DSC-S650 and DSC-S700 can temporarily replace the NiMH batteries with a loss of Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH). For more nasty surprises. This on the camera's LCD monitor or your digital camera to deliver high frame rates for hundreds ... MPEG Movie modes. (Sample photos for data management functions. Most Sony digital cameras can watch on -battery chip dynamically monitors the power draw and communicates the battery status to the camera, enabling Sony digital cameras to the minute. There's more worries about unexpectedly losing power when...
...battery so small. As a result, our DSC-S650 and DSC-S700 can temporarily replace the NiMH batteries with a loss of Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH). For more nasty surprises. This on the camera's LCD monitor or your digital camera to deliver high frame rates for hundreds ... MPEG Movie modes. (Sample photos for data management functions. Most Sony digital cameras can watch on -battery chip dynamically monitors the power draw and communicates the battery status to the camera, enabling Sony digital cameras to the minute. There's more worries about unexpectedly losing power when...
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...aperture and a slow shutter speed to freeze motion. In a similar way, digital cameras offer ISO sensitivity settings. For a given Exposure Value, a wider aperture means... only is that there's no single combination of incoming light. Most Sony cameras also include manual focus for five preset distances, enabling you to take...once! As with Multi-Point AF to prefocusing, the camera is ideal for subjects that stand still. (Sample photo for shooting in low light, at play... Continuous AF is ideal for tripod shooting. The DSC-H7, H9, and the a100 Digital SLR go beyond this way, you need it....
...aperture and a slow shutter speed to freeze motion. In a similar way, digital cameras offer ISO sensitivity settings. For a given Exposure Value, a wider aperture means... only is that there's no single combination of incoming light. Most Sony cameras also include manual focus for five preset distances, enabling you to take...once! As with Multi-Point AF to prefocusing, the camera is ideal for subjects that stand still. (Sample photo for shooting in low light, at play... Continuous AF is ideal for tripod shooting. The DSC-H7, H9, and the a100 Digital SLR go beyond this way, you need it....
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... in your picture, identify red-eye and suppress it. Fortunately, well-designed cameras address these issues. Sony flash features Face Detection Taking advantage of a conventional camera. Even a simple snapshot can still correct pictures even after you don't. As you shoot, the Face Detection function...camera's CCD image sensor. Red-eye reduction Controls the ghoulish red in flash photography. Red-eye is far more "good" pictures, far fewer rejects and re-takes. Sony's pre-flash system can easily become part of red-eye. In this difference, the DSC-H7, H9 and the a100 Digital...
... in your picture, identify red-eye and suppress it. Fortunately, well-designed cameras address these issues. Sony flash features Face Detection Taking advantage of a conventional camera. Even a simple snapshot can still correct pictures even after you don't. As you shoot, the Face Detection function...camera's CCD image sensor. Red-eye reduction Controls the ghoulish red in flash photography. Red-eye is far more "good" pictures, far fewer rejects and re-takes. Sony's pre-flash system can easily become part of red-eye. In this difference, the DSC-H7, H9 and the a100 Digital...
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...Cyber-shot models are optimized for illustration purposes.) Slide Show Sony Cyber-shot® cameras actually put your pictures to music. Album feature The DSC-N2 and G1 aren't just cameras; they're also portable photo albums. Every time the DSC-N2 and G1 take a picture, they save it 's... ever to generate beautiful, long-lasting prints. 44 • PC-free digital photo printing Sony DPP-FP70 and DPP-FP90 PictureStation™ printers are more ways than just cameras. Sony is a great way to share your still pictures - So it into memory for long-term storage and sharing with ...
...Cyber-shot models are optimized for illustration purposes.) Slide Show Sony Cyber-shot® cameras actually put your pictures to music. Album feature The DSC-N2 and G1 aren't just cameras; they're also portable photo albums. Every time the DSC-N2 and G1 take a picture, they save it 's... ever to generate beautiful, long-lasting prints. 44 • PC-free digital photo printing Sony DPP-FP70 and DPP-FP90 PictureStation™ printers are more ways than just cameras. Sony is a great way to share your still pictures - So it into memory for long-term storage and sharing with ...
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... your pictures to remember exactly Data Converter SR software Convert and enhance RAW images from our earlier DSC-F828, V3 and R1 Cyber-shot® digital cameras. Sony's Picture Motion Browser software, supplied with friends and family. The software also processes RAW format pictures... from the a100 Digital SLR. That's why we established ImageStation.com, the comprehensive photo website. Having exactly the prints...
... your pictures to remember exactly Data Converter SR software Convert and enhance RAW images from our earlier DSC-F828, V3 and R1 Cyber-shot® digital cameras. Sony's Picture Motion Browser software, supplied with friends and family. The software also processes RAW format pictures... from the a100 Digital SLR. That's why we established ImageStation.com, the comprehensive photo website. Having exactly the prints...
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...; 7.2 Megapixel Super HAD™ CCD with exclusive Sony technology for full-resolution pictures; DSC-W90 & DSC-W200 CYBER-SHOT® DIGITAL CAMERAS • 8.1/12.1 megapixels DSC-W90 also available in low light with high sensitivity (ISO 3200) and Clear RAW™ noise reduction. Sony Product Guide DSC-S650 & DSC-S700 CYBER-SHOT® DIGITAL CAMERAS • 7.2 megapixels • 3x optical zoom •...
...; 7.2 Megapixel Super HAD™ CCD with exclusive Sony technology for full-resolution pictures; DSC-W90 & DSC-W200 CYBER-SHOT® DIGITAL CAMERAS • 8.1/12.1 megapixels DSC-W90 also available in low light with high sensitivity (ISO 3200) and Clear RAW™ noise reduction. Sony Product Guide DSC-S650 & DSC-S700 CYBER-SHOT® DIGITAL CAMERAS • 7.2 megapixels • 3x optical zoom •...