Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T100
Digital Camera Review
Apr 20, 2007
- By Emily Raymond
2.2
The freshest digital camera in Sony’s T-series lineup comes with a host of new features including face detection, high-definition output, and a Bionz image processor that was originally implemented in Sony’s DSLR-A100. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T100 has 8.1 megapixels and a 5x optical zoom lens in a tiny metal body that is as much of a fashion accessory as a camera. The new T100 will retail for $399.
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Picture Quality / Size Options
In the recording menu, users can change the size of the JPEG images - 8MP, 3:2, 5MP, 3MP, VGA, and 16:9 are offered. Users can trim pictures down even more in the playback menu.
Picture Effects Mode
The Sony T100 doesn’t have all the color filters and features of Canon’s My Colors picture effects menu, but it is certainly catching up with its list of recording and playback effects. In the recording mode, users can activate Black & White, Natural, Sepia, and Vivid color modes. The Natural and Vivid settings are just glorified saturation settings. The other two modes are also available while recording movies. There is a live view for these modes. In the playback menu, users can trim pictures, remove red-eye, and enable a few interesting filters: Soft Focus, Partial Color, Fish-eye Lens, and Cross Filter. These modes are cool but not very useful. Soft Focus lets users choose a point of focus with the multi-selector that is about a sixth of the frame, and then it blurs everything else around that point. The Partial Color feature offers the same method of selection, but it keeps the color within the point and makes everything else black-and-white. The Fish-eye Lens effect can be applied in various degrees. The Cross Filter adds sparkles to any highlights: lights, teeth, glasses that catch glare, diamonds, etc. The effect looks very fake, but it’ll be fun for teenagers to play with.
