Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W300 Review
VIBRISSReviews has post new review, this time Sony DSC-W300 camera, here are some of it :
“There are plenty of megapixels and also extra features compared to other similar digital cameras. Picture quality just falls short of being top drawer, but if you are looking for megapixels and features to play with this is well worth closer inspection.”
“Sony’s W-Series digicams have all been compact bargains, packaging the company’s hottest technology into attractive cameras that automatically use their innovations so you don’t have to remember every trick they can perform.”
“But it also improves image quality significantly. Sony has long been noted for giving away detail at high ISO settings to maintain color. But the W300 hangs onto the detail and shows very little noise at ISO 400. It does remarkably well at ISO 3,200 as well, though.”
“The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W300 is an awesome ultra-compact model that features unrivaled resolution capabilities. With a street price of US$349 or less, it offers a good value if you’re one who wants all the latest technologies, stuffed in the tiniest of packages.”
“As ever with Sony’s Cyber-shot range, the DSC-W300 is as much about style as substance. The metal build quality suggests this is a camera that you’ll still be using a few years down the line, a feeling backed up by that whopping 13+ megapixel resolution, plus its plentifully large and bright rear LCD.”
If its megapixels you are after then this camera is likely to be very high on your wish list. Be warned though that such a high number of megapixels does not always equate to better picture quality. One big advantage is that you have scope to shoot at lower resolutions and increase the amount of zoom available. Other reasons for buying include the attractive titanium finish, ease of use and the fact that Sony have squeezed in a viewfinder.
The DSC-W300 also has far more features than a standard point and shoot camera. These include being able to adjust the level of the flash, a number of colour options, noise reduction and being able to adjust levels of contrast and sharpness.
The front features a 3x Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar zoom that extends from the body when you power up. This lens is equivalent to 35-105mm in 35mm terms, a very basic range; I wish Sony went a little wider (28mm) and longer (132mm). Alas no such luck. Also on the front fascia is a small porthole for the viewfinder, a rare thing in a point-and-shoot. There’s also an AF Assist/self timer lamp, flash, pinhole mic and several nice logos and decals. Clean, neat, sophisticated.