Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700 Digital Camera Review

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700

Digital Camera Review

2 Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-T700 is the beautiful new addition to the company's pocket-sized T line. Armed with a high-resolution 3.5" LCD touch screen, 4x optical zoom, and an impressive 4GB of internal memory, the T700 costs $399.99, and is an impressive camera on paper. While this 10.1-megapixel model is certainly easy on the eyes, its performance on our bevy of lab test wasn't always a pretty picture. Details on the T700's wins and losses follow.
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700
Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-T700 is the beautiful new addition to the company's pocket-sized T line. The slim camera packs a 3.5" touch-screen LCD screen with 921,000-pixel resolution, 4x optical zoom, and 10.1-megapixel resolution. We were wowed by the solid-feeling, ultra-small body and excellent results in our color tests. Additionally, the T700 boasts an unprecedented 4GB of internal memory, to keep pictures on hand, like a pocket photo album. Unfortunately, the T700 fared poorly on our tests for low light and resolution performance. The touch screen also proved to be problematic, with less than ideal response times, and a general feeling of inaccuracy. The camera offered less control than we'd like in many shooting situations. On top of that, the photo album functionality felt tacked on, and not well implemented. Overall, we found the camera to have a nice body, and a few good features, but only average performance, despite its substantial $399.99 price

 

Section
The Good
The Bad
Tour
Gorgeous body
Exposed port on the under-side
Testing/Performance
Very good color accuracy score
Sub-par performance on vertical resolution and low light tests
Components
Ultra-high-resolution LCD
Low-resolution menu icons
Design/Layout
Small size and sexy feel
Slow and unresponsive touch screen.
Modes
Easy Mode for beginners
No manual mode, limited scene modes
Control Options
Limited shutter speed range
Wide ISO range
Image Parameters
Able to shoot in 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9 image ratios
Limited picture effects modes
Connectivity/Extras
Picture Motion Browser is a very competent image organizer
Most software PC only, proprietary USB port
Value
High-resolution touch screen, excellent body provide rich feel
Expensive

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