Sony CyberShot T700

The Sony CyberShot T700 is an ultra-compact digital camera that hails from Sony’s CyberShot T series. It is the successor of the discontinued Sony CyberShot T300 and maintains its 10 mega pixel sensor. It sports a very slim design with a sliding piece that covers its lens that also functions as its on/ off mechanism. The Sony CyberShot T700 has similar specifications to the Sony CyberShot T77 with the exception that it has 4 GB of internal memory and ahi-resolution 3.5 inch wide touch panel. Besides that, it also has a database that resembles a photo album and is aimed at enthusiasts who want to store, display and share their images easily with others. The Sony CyberShot T700 is available in black, silver, gold, pink and red.
Specifications
The Sony CyberShot T700 measures 95 mm x 59 mm x 16 mm (W x H x D) in dimension. It is powered by an NF-FD1 Li-ion battery and comes with a charger included. In terms of storage, the Sony CyberShot T700 is compatible with Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo (high speed), and Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo cards. There is also approximately 4 GB of available internal memory to store pictures as well. In terms of sensor, the Sony CyberShot T700 has a 1/2.3 inch type super HAD CCD sensor that has a total of 10.3 million pixels and 10.1 million effective pixels as well as an RGB primary colour mosaic filter. Image sizes are in formats of 3648 x 2736 (10 mega pixels), 2592 x 1944 (5 mega pixels), 2048 x 1536 (3 mega pixels), 640 x 480 (VGA), 3648 x 2432 (8 mega pixels in 3:2 aspect ratio), 3648 x 2056 (7 mega pixels in 16:9 aspect ratio), and 1920 x 1080 (2 mega pixels in 16:9 aspect ratio). As for movie clips, they are in formats of 640 x 480 pixels with approximately 30 fps, 640 x 480 pixels with approximately 16.6 fps, 320 x 240 pixels with approximately 30 fps, or 320 x 240 pixels with approximately 8.3 fps. The Sony CyberShot T700 saves its files in formats of JEPG (Exif ver 2.21) and MPEG1 (MPEG Movie VX). In terms of its lens, the Sony CyberShot T700 incorporates Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 4x optical zoom and 12 elements in 10 groups. Image stabilization comes in the form of Super SteadyShot technology which includes modes like shooting, continuous and off. Besides that, the Sony CyberShot T700 is also capable of 2x digital zoom. Focus modes include single AF, monitor AF and Macro. AF area modes include 9 point AF, center weighted AF, spot area AF, flexible spot AF (touch panel), and semi manual (1.0 M, 3.0 M, 7.0 M and infinity). AF assist lamp modes include yes, auto and off. ISO sensitivity include auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 and 3200. Scene modes include high sensitivity, twilight, twilight portrait, soft snap, landscape, beach, snow, fireworks, hi-speed shutter, smile shutter, gourmet, auto adjustment and underwater. White balance includes auto, daylight, cloudy, fluorescent 1 (white fluorescent lighting), fluorescent 2 (natural white fluorescent lighting), fluorescent 3 (day white fluorescent lighting), incandescent, flash and underwater white balance mode (auto, underwater 1, underwater 2 and flash). Retouch features include trimming, red eye correction, soft focus, partial colour, fisheye lens, cross filter, retro, radial blur, unsharp masking, smile and paint (pen, erase, stamp and frame). Flash functions include auto, flash on, slow syncro, flash off, and red-eye reduction. There is also a touch-sensitive hybrid TFT LCD monitor that has an aspect ratio of 16:9 with a resolution of 921000 dots.
Reviews

“So how to rate this Cyber-shot on balance? Like so many things, that all depends on user expectations and preferences. In our view, you can’t get anything with more aesthetic appeal at the moment, and so long as you have realistic expectations for the T700’s images, this alone may be reason enough to justify the purchase. If you’re the type who likes to spend time dissecting the details of your shots, however, the T700 will give you plenty to agonize over.” (DigitalCameraReview, 2008)

“Overall, the experience offered by the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T700 is enjoyable, especially if your main objective is to shoot lots of pictures in good light and then show lots of people the pictures you took.” (CNET, 2008)

“It takes a picky reviewer to be disappointed with the Sony T700’s image quality. The casual photographer with a Sony T700 is mostly going to be looking at resampled, smaller images than full resolution prints — and probably mostly on that gorgeous 3.5-inch screen because the camera can store about 988 high resolution images internally (and over 1,500 medium resolution images). If that’s your plan, you’ll love the Sony T700.” (Imaging-Resource, 2008)