Sony Cybershot DSCW300 13.6MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: Photography
Buy New: $309.99
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 280
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Includes Software: Yes
Optical Zoom: 3
Digital Zoom: 2
Connectivity: AV
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 22.8
Minimum Focal Length: 7.6
Maximum Resolution: 13600000
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 0.7 x 2.3
MPN: DSC-W300
Model: DSC-W300
UPC: 027242728905
EAN: 0027242728905
ASIN: B00153WWRK
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| Features:
| • | 3x optical zoom/6x digital zoom (35mm-105mm) lens | | • | 13.6 MP 1/1.7 Super HAD CCD image sensor | | • | BIONZ image processor delivers speed and precision | | • | Large, 2.7 Clear Photo LCD Display | | • | Smile Shutter technology captures smiles |
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Product Description
13.1-megapixel effective recording * 3X optical zoom (2X digital/6X total zoom) * Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization * 2-11/16" color LCD * optical viewfinder * 35mm equivalent lens focal length: 35-105mm * top JPEG resolution: 4224 x 3168 * face detection focuses on faces in your frame and adjusts flash, exposure, and color for realistic portraits * smile recognition mode automatically activates the shutter when a smile is detected * scene recognition mode identifies 5 types of shooting environments and selects optimal camera settings * Dynamic Range Optimizer for photographic detail and accurate contrast of dark and light areas * sleek, scratch-resistant titanium coated body * ultra-high sensitivity mode (ISO 6400) for low-light shooting without a flash *
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Good camera, limited battery life July 24, 2008
Pros: small and easily trasportable, compact. Nice options for settings, but not extensive for a camera of this price. Tough, neat-looking camera.
Cons: make sure you buy extra (at least one if not more) backup batteries. This camera will go through a battery in record time. And, it will stop functioning even before the camera icon indicates that it is totally discharged. The only warning you get is that it will stop focusing, and audible tones are not heard.
I like Sony and this is a great camera, but for the price I would have expected more. The pictures are good, but I was expecting much higher quality due to the advertized high pixels. My Canon Powershot A700, 6.0 mega pixel, takes the same quality picture for a lot less cost.
 Techno Geeks Review. July 14, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
To start things off, please. Do not listen to the reviewers who said that the lens is poor. The lens on this camera, when compared to the lens on the Canon Sd790IS, Sd1100IS, and SD770IS, simply trumps them in every way - from middle to the extreme corners of the image. The canon, however, becomes very blury toward the edges giving a kind of "motion" feeling - not the sony.
Some say the canon shots look for colorful and eye-popping. To achieve shots like this, simply go into program mode, adjust the image sharpness to "+" and the color mode to "vivid" and the pictures are the same, if not better. The sony outdoes canon here by adding in a Dynamic range optimization in three steps: off, normal, or extra. With this, the camera can achieve a great range of colors in both the highlights and shadows of a shot.
Where as the sony doesn't have the "color-swap" wiz-bang functions, it does have more usefull settings like the Extra High Speed Burst setting, which can take 5 Frames per second! I tested this with my dog rolling around in the yard, and at each frame the camera had shot at such a high shutter speed my dog was stopped in time with out any blur. These pictures are only at 3MP, but are still very respectable for a camera that can fit in your shirt pocket. Also, the camera has program settings to bring out different colors in an image to achieve a certain look. Either Blue, Red, Green, or your can change the image to warmer or color depending on the shot you want to take. The green mode is very usefull for macro nature shots.
Also - 13.6 megapixels may be to big for some people (roughly 5-5.5 MB's per image), however when you turn the notch down to 8M, Bayer Interpolation goes away on the sensor, and the picture quality, in good light, starts to approach starter level SLR's, when the noise reduction is set right. Simple do a search on Flickr for "W300" to see what i mean.
One small gripe though - you cannot zoom while recording video. You CAN zoom before starting the video, but once the camera starts recording you cannot zoom in or out any further.
I also purchased Soft Carrying Case (Genuine Leather) LCS-TWB for DSC-T100,T75 T70,T25,T20, W90,W85,W80,W55,W35 black with this camera, and although the case doesn't even mention this camera in the compatibility list (I believe this camera came out AFTER this case) the case works wonderfully with the camera, and makes the already exuding quality of this product feel even more classy.
P.S. -> Nikon Is going to use the Sony developed sensor in this camera on their upcoming "P6000" flagship advanced P&S, adding to the credibility of this camera.
Spend more time learning about your cameras... July 5, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
To those that are blaming the lack of sharpness on lens quality... I think the lens is phenomenal considering the size of the sensor.
I myself personally own a canon 700 IS, and this camera as well. I have spent ample time framing the same shot with both cameras and changing settings on both cameras.
In my opinion the sony IS capable of creating very sharp pictures superior in both color saturation and exposure then the canon series. It just isn't as obvious to do it as the canon as the canons don't offer near the amount of manual options that the sony offers. They pretty much lock the consumer into making good pictures and the consumers think they're the greatest.
That said, even a digital SLR can take very poor/soft pictures if you don't focus correctly. Spot, scene, average focusing can cause lots of problems with sharpness.
To make the sony perform as a Canon series camera would, place the camera into the auto mode, enable the iSCN option (not iSCN+). No muss no fuss sharp pictures just like Canons with in my opinion more vivid pictures and realistic colors. At least compared to my canon 700IS.
Either way, both cameras are great, both cameras have their shortcomings as they are compact cameras, but every digital camera is capable of taking great pictures. Just have to spend more time learning about it and trying to get the best performance out of them.
Good little camera July 4, 2008
It's a good little pocket camera and meets my needs for an easy-to-carry camera with lots of features. I mainly bought it based on reviews from Amazon and have been satisfied so far. However, the usual description of "What's in the Box" was not there, so I unnecessarily ordered a charger for $44 just to be sure. There is one included with the camera. Maybe I can use the extra one when I leave the first one in a motel room somewhere.
great looking, nice pictures June 28, 2008
This is one sweet looking camera. The design is excellent. The built quality is very high. I have only taken a few shots with it so far, but they look very good, colorful and sharp. Image size is about 5MB at full resolution, so you get about 800 images on a 4GB card. I am using the Sandisk Ultra II 15MB/s card which works great. Recommended.
Updates:
1) the colors on the auto settings are not as vivid, but you can control that in the P mode - I set it to "Vivid" which works well outdoor but not so well indoor
2) if you shoot video, be sure to set it to "Fine" quality. The lower settings are not that good and a bit jerky.
Still happy and pleased, this one is a keeper
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