Designed to make photo-viewing crystal clear, Sony announced the DSC W200 digital camera featuring a high-definition component output. This new Cyber-shot W-series camera offers direct connection to an HDTV, which is ideal for integrating full 1080 HD photo-viewing into a home theater. The Cybershot DSC-W200 camera stands at the top of its line and is the most compact 12-megapixel camera in the industry. The Sony W200 features a Carl Zeiss optical zoom lens; traditional, eye-level viewfinder; and a large, 2.5-inch LCD screen wrapped in a sleek metal body. The Sony Cybershot DSC-W200 digital camera will ship in May for about $400 in the color silver.
Of the three Sony Cyber-shot W-series cameras released in spring 2007, the W200 is the most expensive. It has many of the same features as the cheaper W80 and W90: 35mm-105mm (35mm equivalent) 3x Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar zoom lenses; a 115,000-pixel 2.5-inch LCD screen; a top light-sensitivity of ISO 3200; a top shutter speed of 1/1600; nine-point autofocus; and redeye correction. But there are many differences between the W200 and its siblings as well. The W200 has a slightly narrower maximum aperture at f/2.8-5.5 compared with the other cameras' f/2.8-5.2, and it cannot apply noise reduction to slow-shutter photos at light sensitivity settings above ISO 1000. The W200, however, provides nine scene modes instead of the W80 and W90's seven, it offers adjustable image sharpness and contrast, and boasts 12.1 megapixels compared to the W90 s 8.1 and the W80's 7.2. Oh, and at $400 it is $100 more than the W90 and $150 more than the W80.
I couldn't have asked for a better example of the evils of sensor-resolution specmanship than Sony's 12-megapixel Cyber-shot DSC-W200. This top-of-the-food-chain addition to the otherwise sensible W series--not exactly budget cameras, but reasonably priced compact models with the occasional amateur-friendly feature--shares the attractive, compact design and midrange feature set of models like the W80 and W90, although Sony doesn't offer a black alternative.
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