Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P93 is billed as a point-and-shoot camera by Sony. Its basic menu structure is easy to navigate, with plenty of manual control options to allow the user to comfortably move between automatic and manual control settings without concern. Its sleek rounded design complements the 1.5-inch LCD screen and 5.1 MP CCD. It is capable of capturing still images in several formats, along with video/audio clips. It is equipped with a 3x optical zoom, direct print options, image presets, and burst mode shooting possibilities. This seems to be a strong candidate in its US $329.95 price range.
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Connectivity
Software (6.0)
This model by Sony is equipped with a CD-ROM entitled Picture Package Ver. 1.0, which allows for image editing on personal computers prior to printing or other distribution.

 

Jacks, ports, plugs (6.5)
On the back of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P93 in the bottom right corner of the camera body, underneath a port cover, are the camera’s DC in jack, the USB jack, and the A/V out mono jack. On the right side of the camera body is the battery insertion slot and the Memory Card slot.

 

Direct Print Options (4.0)
It is possible to engage in direct printing with the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P93; however, the printer being used must be PictBridge compliant. The connection between the camera and the printer is established via the USB ports on both units.

 

Memory (6.0)
The DSC-P93 is compatible with both MemoryStick and MemoryStick Pro up to 1GB; there is 32MB of storage included.

Other Features (7.0)
Smart Zoom - So, supposedly this feature actually manages to minimize degradation of an image during digital zoom engagement, but due to the fact that it goes only one step beyond the optical zoom rating, that isn’t too surprising; really horrible image quality concerns typically won’t arise till a much higher digital zoom rating has been applied.

 

Live Histogram Display - This feature allows the user to view the concentration of pixels at each luminosity value, allowing for a simpler way to evaluate proper exposure settings and tonal values.

 

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