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Sony’s Cybershot W610, W620, W650 Update Line-Up, Skip Numbers.

Not wanting to miss out on the CES lovage, Sony has thrown 3 new models into its Cybershot line-up.

The W610 starts us off with some pretty typical entry specs: 14megapixel sensor, 4x optical zoom (28-114mm equiv), 2.7″ LCD, face detection, smile detection, blink detection, sweep panorama, dynamic range optimizer, and a rather curious “Natural Flash.” And five colors: green, black, blue, red, silver. No HD video, though. VGA only. Price will be $109.99 for this one.

The W620 is up next, and features the return of pretty much all of the above, except the lens moves up to a 5x zoom (28-140mm equiv), and the video mode goes up to 720p. You do lose some color choices here, though, with only black, red, and silver being offered. Still, if that’s fine by you, you can pick up that better lens and movie mode for a mere $10 over the W 610, or $119.99.

Lastly, we skip a few numbers ahead to the W650. And, as you might assume from such a jump, the features leap forward a bit as well. You get to keep the 5x 28-140mm zoom, but you upgrade to 16.1 megapixels. The movie mode remains stuck at 720p, but optical image stabilization makes an appearance finally. You also get a 3″ LCD. Firmware-wise, all the usual and previously mentioned Sony technologies stick around, so you can detect blinks and sweep panoramas to your heart’s content.  at least, you can if you don’t mind black, silver, or red and a $139.99 price tag, that is.



Sony Announces TX55 Touchscreen Compact

Sony today has announced a new addition to its high-end stylish compact line, the TX series. The new guy is called the TX55 (Cybershot DSC-TX55 if you’re being all formal). The basic specs are a 16.2 megapixel Exmor R Backlit CMOS sensor (if you’re unsure why backlit technology is important, check out Camera Technica’s excellent explanation of it), a 5x optical zoom (26-130mm equiv, f3.5-4.8), and a 3.3″ OLED touchscreen. This is solidly a casual snapshooter, and Smart Auto is going to mostly run the show for you, switching between scene modes as it sees fit and defaulting to auto when it can’t decide. It records Full HD and has Sony’s pretty competent Sweep Panorama, and can also take 3D still images using the first one to gauge depths and what not and then shooting a couple more in quick succession to make this possible.

Also, it features some new ‘Clear Image Zoom’ feature that uses ‘By Pixel Super Resolution’ processing to give you 2x digital zoom while claiming to not lose any megapixels or performance. We’re curious to see how that works, as it will represent a major break in our understanding of how digital zoom works if it’s as claimed.

The slim, metal shooter will be thinner than a AA and will come out at an expected MSRP of around $350 next month(ish).



Sony T Series Cybershots, 16 megapixels and Zeiss lenses

Sony’s also introducing three new T series Cybershots. The DSC-T110, DSC-TX10, and DSC-TX100V.

The T110 will probably weigh in as the least expensive as it seems to offer the most modest feature set of the T line-up. That isn’t to say it won’t be a powerful, feature-packed device that we’ll take a gander at after the break.

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Point and Shoots galore – Sony DSC-W series increases by 6 cameras

I’m sure you’re already aware that there are like, a million new compact digital cameras being announced right now. Point and Shoots, we call them. I wonder why. Doors, we call doors, not ‘toe finders’ or ‘space openers and closers’ but what the hell.

Sony’s spilled forth with six new W series cameras from the budget conscious W510 to the Vario-Tessar equipped Wx9. They all start between 24 and 26mm wide, and zoom to 100 or 125mm with the exception of the WX10, which zooms to 168mm.

The four pieces which are going to sit along the more budget conscious line are the DSC-W510, DSC-W530, DSC-W560, and DSC-W570.  We’ll break those four down after the break.

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The Voice of Raw Returns, 40% More Rambling Guaranteed

So, the last couple months were a bit rough around here, and I didn’t have time to pull Nick away from his other duties long enough for us to cut our usual Voice of Raw podcasts. But, it’s the post-Christmas lull right now and we’ve missed the sounds of of our voices as we obstensibly tell you what’s up in the camera world.

So, we’re back…TA-DA!

 


CES Update: Sony Announces new Cybershots, DSC-TX7 on top

The DSC-TX7 lacks a snappy nick-name like the bloggie, any suggestions?

Sony trots out the 3.5″ (diagonal) touch-screen driven DSC-TX7, arrival on shelves TBA. It sports the backlit Exmor R sensor, which should allow for better low-light imaging than competitors’ sensors. They’re hi-lighting the new hardened glass cover over the touch-screen, purportedly twice as strong as the T90′s screen, the 10 frames in one second function, an HDR solution to back lit subjects, and a 243 degree panoramic function. All of it sounds pretty classy to me.



Mother’s Day Sony Kit

We have a special Sony digital camera kit available for Mother’s Day.  And it’s pink, for the ladies.  It is the Sony DSC-S980 pink kit with a very cool pink carry case and pink camera body.  It also comes with a 2GB memory stick MSMT2G.  12.1MP sensor, 2.7″ LCD screen, 4x optical zoom.  Pretty cool little pakage that Mom will love.  Don’t forget about Mom!




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