Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700
Digital Camera Review
Oct 10, 2008
- By Tim Barribeau
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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'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
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The Good
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The Bad
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Tour
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Gorgeous body
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Exposed port on the under-side
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Testing/Performance
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Very good color accuracy score
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Sub-par performance on vertical resolution and low light tests
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Components
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Ultra-high-resolution LCD
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Low-resolution menu icons
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Design/Layout
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Small size and sexy feel
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Slow and unresponsive touch screen.
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Modes
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Easy Mode for beginners
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No manual mode, limited scene modes
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Control Options
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Limited shutter speed range
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Wide ISO range
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Image Parameters
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Able to shoot in 4:3, 3:2 and 16:9 image ratios
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Limited picture effects modes
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Connectivity/Extras
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Picture Motion Browser is a very competent image organizer
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Most software PC only, proprietary USB port
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Value
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High-resolution touch screen, excellent body provide rich feel
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Expensive
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