Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-T300 Digital Camera Review

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-T300

Digital Camera Review

Feb 02, 2008 - By Karen M. Cheung
Sony premiered the Cyber-shot DSC-T300 at PMA 2008 in Las Vegas. As the successor to the ultra-compact T200 point-and-shoot, the T300 maintains touch screen abilities and sleek design. The 10.1-megapixel Sony camera caters to repeat digital camera buyers looking for more advanced features in a super small camera. The T300 updates Sony’s face detection system with a new Child and Adult Priority mode, more picture effects, and new image management functions. The camera will retail for $399 when it ships in March. Read on for a first impressions review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T300.
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Picture Quality / Size Options
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T300 is equipped with a 10.1 effective megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor. The camera captures JPEG stills in the following resolutions:  

4:3
10 M
3648 x 2736
 
5 M
2592 x 1944
 
3 M
2048 x 1536
 
VGA
640 x 480
3:2
8 M
3648 x 2432
16:9
7 M
3648 x 2056
 
2 M
1920 x 1080

Not all point-and-shoots include wide 16:9 shooting, so it’s nice that the Sony T300 possesses that panoramic feature. There is a range of resolutions so users can print their images or post them to the Web.

Picture Effects Mode
The Sony T300 includes a number of Color modes that can be applied to images after capture in both still and more impressively, in Movie mode. Users can change a color video to black-and-white if desired. The color choices include: Simple, Basic, Active, Nostalgic, Stylish, Face 1 Basic, Face 2 Nostalgic, and Face 3 Stylish. One of the strong suits with the T300 is the plethora of options for post-capture. (Refer to the Playback section.)

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