Product Description
Sony DSC-T70 Cyber-shot(R) is a digital camera designed for exceptional freedom to use and own. Stylish and slim, easy to hold, the giant 3.0" widescreen touch-panel LCD is ideal for shooting and sharing, with simple icon control and touch-and-zoom capability. For crystal-clear photos that won't disappoint, Face Detection technology and Smile Shutter mode help you capture more smiles. High-quality Carl Zeiss 3X Optical zoom and the Sony Double Anti-Blur Solution offer sharp picture opportunities for stills and movies. HD Output lets you share memories in spectacular high definition on your Sony BRAVIA HDTV and other compatible HDTV models. With up to 8 megapixel still picture resolution, you're guaranteed incredible detail while viewing on TV, computer display, or making large prints. It's a superb camera for anyone! 9-Point Auto Focus Program AutoExposure modes Captures VGA (640 x 480) audio/video Includes NP-BD1 rechargeable battery and BC-CSD battery charger
Customer Reviews:
so so..........2007-12-28
awesome features.. however the camera does not produce good pictures. they're either too dark and grainy or too white/over exposed and make me look like a goth kid.. sending it back
Sony Cybershot T70 (black).......2007-12-27
Pros: The camera design is great, much smaller than I remember it being in the stores. The design is nice and it seems like it will hold up well over time. The touch-screen is very easy to use. The movies have unlimited time and they are excellent quality! The slideshows are cool and can be customized with music, the "smile shutter" does work. There is red-eye correction that you can apply after taking the picture. I use a Sandisk 4GB Pro Duo card.
Cons: In low light the background can be too dark but if you push the shutter button down a little and let it focus it does better. I noticed this on the "Auto" shooting setting, I haven't played with the other settings much.
Awesome style, features, but bad pics.......2007-12-19
I want to love this camera, but just can't for the simple fact that indoor/lower light pictures just look terrible. This is for two reasons. One the camera bumps the ISO settings too high, causing noise. Two, this causes the noise filter to try to correct the problem, but it just winds up making everyone looked smeared.
The face detection seems to work well, tracking up to 8 faces as long as they are looking at the camera directly. Smile detection on the other hand was pretty spotty, and I could only get it to work reliably with very cheezy smiles.
The huge touchscreen on the back is definitely a wow factor when people see this camera. It's bright and clear, and is very impressive as it takes up the entire back of the camera. The touchscreen itself made me nervous because when you press on it, the LDC below is squished, causing the screen to momentarily change colors. You would never see this on a PDA. Perhaps a better choice would have been a glass backing for the screen, or even better, use the same technology as the iphone's screen. For the most part the interface is pretty good, but simple tasks such as turning off the flash, or switching to macro mode take too many touches.
Pros:
- Great styling
- Face detection
- Touchscreen is nice, screen is big and bright
- Image stabilizer works well
Cons:
- Image quality is terrible
- Smile detection needs some work
- Too many touches to get complete simple tasks
- Zoom button is hard to get to, impossible for one handed operation.
- Only takes memory stick, SD would have been better (granted this is a Sony so I really don't expect anything less)
- Would have been nice if it took AA batteries.
Bottom line:
I love the look of this camera, and the touchscreen allows for the camera to have very few physical buttons. However, the gimmicks wears off quickly.
Ultimately, I took this camera back to the store for a Canon SD850(see my other review) because the image quality was unacceptable. If you shoot any pictures in low light or indoors picture quality will suffer.
too small and lens not as good as cybershot.......2007-12-18
Love the look, but the size is awkward (finger often gets in the way of the lens). Picture quality was not fantastic (we are very picky) - but we prefer and highly recommend the cybershot with the carl ziess lens. Not as nice looking as this camera but out performs it and feel right in the hands.
Good looking sturdy camera.......2007-12-16
I've had it for about a month now and it's working great. I love the touch screen and the video quality is awesome. I would definitely recommend this product.
Product Description
With 8.1-Megapixel the DSC-T20 delivers clarity to group photos and snapshots for greater detail in big prints. The Carl Zeiss 3x optical zoom lens design along with Face Detection feature optimizes natural tones in faces. High Definition output makes photos look even more spectacular when you share them with friends and family on your HDTV screens. Sony Super HAD(TM) (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD design allows more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise. With Super SteadyShot(R) Image Stabilization and high sensitivity ISO 3200, the DSC-T20 compensates for shaky hands, minimizes blur, brightens images and allows flash-free shooting. Sony Clear RAW Noise Reduction reduces the picture noise that can ruin low-light shots. The DSC-T20 lets you add creative effects to photos after you shoot including soft edge filter to soften backgrounds, cross filter to place starry dazzles at highlight points, partial color filter to mute surrounding colors, even fish-eye filter to create interesting fish-eye lens effects. The DSC-T20 provides up to 380 shots with a fully charged NP-BG1 Lithium Ion battery. 1/2.5-inch Super HAD(TM) CCD Imaging Device Exposure Compensation - 1/3 EV Step Increments Focal Length - 6.33 - 19 mm 35mm Equivalent - 38 - 114 mm Focus - 9 Area Multi-Point AF, Center AF, Spot AF Shutter Speed - 1/4-1/1000 seconds (Auto), 1-1/1000 seconds (Program Auto) Aperture Range - f3.5-5.6 (W), f4.3-10 (T) Self-Timer - 10 seconds, 2 seconds & Off White Balance - Automatic, Cloudy, Daylight, Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2, Fluorescent 3, Incandescent & Flash Power Save Mode - After 3 minutes of inactivity In-Camera Editing - Red-eye reduction HD 1080i Output Flash Modes - Auto, Forced On, Forced Off, Slow Synch Scene Modes - Beach, Fireworks, High Sensitivity, High Speed Shutter, Landscape, Snow, Soft Snap, Twilight & Twilight Portrait Operating Sys
Customer Reviews:
Tiny, light, and great photos.......2007-12-11
I already had a small 7 megapixel camera - a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P200 when I began looking for something smaller. My current camera was the size of a pack of cigarettes, but it was bulky in my purse. I wanted something smaller and lighter. Also, I was going to Hawaii and I wanted something I could snorkel with. My current camera didn't have any matching underwater case to go with it. The DSC-T20 does!
I was already used to having a high quality camera with me all the time, with very fast response to pressing the button. So to be honest even though the DSC-T20 was higher on the megapixel range, I was at first a bit annoyed by its response time. It takes about a half second before it gets the green focus rectangle and lets you take a picture. It might not sound like a lot, but when you're taking pictures on the fly, it can really get to you. With the DSC-P200 I could literally point, click and move the camera again in one movement and the picture would be great. With this one, there was a noticeable lag between wanting to take the picture and having it taken.
Now, that being said, it is SO nice to have this light, easy to carry camera with me. The other one was small - but heavy. This one is much smaller and lighter. I could carry it around with me on my wrist as I went from place to place and it was hardly noticeable at all.
I really liked the fact that the whole front is shielded by a sliding panel, and the camera turns auto-on when you manually slide that panel. It made it very easy to pop it on and off again.
On the other hand, I don't like how they set up the menus. On the old one, a spinning wheel let you instantly switch between camera and video. This was very handy. On this DSC-T20, you have to go paging through a menu in order to move from one to the other. Quite a pain. You can pop between macro mode and flash mode with the easy buttons on the face, which is good and the same - but for some reason the buttons are harder to use. The DSC-P200 had a slightly larger center button, slightly larger side buttons and the buttons were separate pieces. This DSC-T20 has just a single circular unit that is hard to move.
The images seem great. I've used it for large landscapes, tiny origami, faces, and everything in between.
Still, all in all, I am very glad that I got the DSC-T20. Its small size was perfect, and it is great to have an underwater-capable camera. If you want to see photos from this camera, I took over 1,000 photos in Hawaii on my LisaShea.com site. Enjoy!
love this camera.......2007-11-07
great camera to keep with you. Small, easy to use, easy to take clear shots. Not great for 8x10 quality, but for everything else I love it!
nice seller fast shipping.......2007-10-20
fast shipping, only 3 days after i bought the camera.
the camera is immaculate.
SONY DSC-T20 (Black), MIGHTY MOUSE OF CAMERAS!.......2007-10-18
Much smaller than I thought it would be. Build seems very sturdy (metal).
Takes EXCELLENT pictures and very nice video clips. The face recognition feature works great.
I LOVE THIS CAMERA!
Sony Cybershot DSC-T20 / 8 MP.......2007-10-18
This is the most fun camera I've ever had. It's easy to use and does a lot of amazing things for such a little camera.
The pictures are clear, the shot is taken immediately without a delay,
it's easy to erase, easy to change the amount of light going into the lense to brighten up a cloudy day, and the lense cover/on off switch was a great idea.
The color pink makes it easy to find in my purse, and the weight makes it so I can take it everywhere easily. I'm going to Paris and Rome in November and it'll be very convenient to get great shots.
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