Editorial
Reviews: Product Description The DSC-W300 includes a
wide range of convenient features, including
Smile Shutter Mode, which captures smiles the
moment they happen. The compact and
scratch-resistant titanium-coated body features
an astounding 13.6-Megapixel resolution, 2.7"
Clear Photo LCD display, Carl Zeiss 3x optical
zoom lens, and Sony's Double Anti-Blur solution
for crisp, clear images. In addition, it has
Face Detection technology that optimizes flash,
focus, exposure and color for up to eight faces,
as well as Intelligent Scene Recognition that
automatically detects five different types of
scenes and takes a picture with the optimal
camera settings. Lens Construction - 6 Elements
in 5 Groups, 3 Aspheric Elements Focal Length -
7.6-22.8mm 35mm Equivalent - 35 - 105mm 9-Area
Multi-Point Auto Focus - AF, Center AF, and Spot
AF Shutter Speed - Auto (1/4 - 1/2,000) /
Program Auto (1- 1/2,000) / Manual (30- 1/1,000)
Aperture Range - Auto (f2.8-f16) / Program Auto
(f2.8-f16) Filter Diameter - 74mm with Adapter
Ring Color Modes - Normal, Vivid, Real, Black &
White, and Sepia Red-Eye Reduction Self-Timer -
10 seconds, 2 seconds, and off White Balance -
Automatic, Cloudy, Daylight, Fluorescent 1,
Fluorescent 2, Fluorescent 3, Incandescent,
Flash, and One Push - One Set Movie Modes - MPEG
VX Fine with Audio (640x480 at 30fps), MPEG VX
Standard with Audio (640x480 at 16fps), 320 (QVGA,
320 x 240, 8.3fps) Scene Modes - Beach, Extra
High-speed Burst, Extra High Sensitivity,
Fireworks, Landscape, Snow, Soft Snap, Twilight,
Twilight Portrait, Auto Adjustment, Program
Auto, Easy Shooting, Manual Exposure, Movie,
High Sensitivity, Smile Shutter, and Underwater
Flash Modes - Auto, Flash On, Flash Off, and
Slow Synch Dimensions - 3 23/32 x 2 1/32 x 1
1/64 (94.3x59x26.8mm) Weight - 5.5 ounces (156
grams) Body only
Techno Geeks Review.July
14, 2008 Chris M. Reibold 41 out of 43 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 T. Duong(Dallas, TX USA) 16 out of 17 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.
great cameraJune
17, 2008 Mr. X(Bay Area, CA) 7 out of 7 found this
review helpful
After a week of owning this
camera, I have been very impressed. The
in-camera editing modes are actually really
cool. Not sure that I needed 13.6 mp, but
bragging rights are always cool. Screen has been
very impressive, though I hate the half-second
loading/refining delay when browsing through
your photos --common to all cybershots-- though
it's much improved over my old k790 cybershot.
battery life has been fine. smile shutter is a
lot of fun, but embarassing when it can't detect
smiles (doesn't like detecting people with ugly
smiles, or people with hats, I think). Movie
mode works well, and the slideshow thing is
pretty fancy, with different music choices,
even! I miss the BestPic and landscape feature
that I had on my last cybershot, though...
great looking, nice
picturesJune 28,
2008 Petr Zemanek(Houston, TX) 7 out of 7 found this
review helpful
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
3) the battery life is not so great. It seems to
be discharging while not in use. I recomend
getting a backup one (np-Fg1).
4) still can't quite figure out low light
shooting, but daylight pictures are amazingly
sharp and vivid
Good little cameraJuly
4, 2008 J. Redden(Texas) 6 out of 6 found this
review helpful
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.
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Customer
Reviews:
Bit more expensive, but the
best netbook out there.November
14, 2008 P. LIM(Texas, USA) 18 out of 23 found this
review helpful
I am hooked on this
netbooks. I have done some research on this
matter comparing between Asus, Acer, Lenovo,
Dell, HP, and the Samsung. I have read many
reviews by others.
First of all, lighter the better. Therefore, it
must be less than 3 lbs. Otherwise, it is just a
small notebook and not a true "netbook".
Second. The longer the battery life the better,
since this allows you to not to have to carry
your power cord. Therefore, I would suggest the
6 cell battery netbooks.
Third. Screen size. 10 inch is better than 9
inch by two fold. As many of you have reviewed.
9 inch many be little too small for most adults
unless you are less than 120 lbs.
Fourth. Quality matters. Samsung > Lenovo > HP >
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opinion.
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Samsung < HP < Dell, If you add the similar
features.
I don't know about you, but I want a quality
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NC10 - Small PC... Delivers
BigNovember 17,
2008 M. Cherry(Houston TX.) 3 out of 4 found this
review helpful
I received my NC10 from
[...] last week. I'm extremely impressed with
what the little machine can do...
While it is a little more expensive that the
Aspire or the Wind, I don't mind paying for the
nicer keyboard.
It is very lightweight, and the battery is a
good six hours.
For < $500 ... this machine rocks.
Nice, small, fast and great
batteryNovember
17, 2008 P. Herman(Amsterdam, The
Netherlands) 1 out of 6 found this
review helpful
Bought this notebook in
Netherlands in combination with a t-mobile
subscription for wireless internet via HSDPA/UMTS/GPRS.
Laptop is super and looks great!!!
Great keyboard, nicely
builtNovember 18,
2008 Raccoontail(Washington, DC) 4 out of 4 found this
review helpful
The best netbook on the
market at present. The 10" form factor is small
enough to be portable but big enough to
comfortably view and type on. I considered the
MSI Wind and ASUS 10" netbooks, but the Samsung
seemed worth the higher price for the better
keyboard layout and better looks and more solid
case. The 6 cell battery makes it weigh a little
more than I'd like, but getting 6+ hours out of
the battery is worth it.
PROS
Great keyboard, Superior build quality, good
camera, speakers, battery, screen. Even has VGA
Out, 3 USB Ports, and an SD Card Slot (Take that
MacBook Air!)
CONS/Quibbles (none significant)
Single mouse button that rocks left and right
and is a bit too firm, Trackpad could be a
little bigger, Comes with annoying trial McAfee
anti-virus, otherwise clean design marred by
"Digital Motion Camera" label above screen.
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