Sony Cybershot DSC-T70 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (White)
- 8.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
- 3x optical zoom with Super SteadyShot image stabilization; up to 15x Smart Zoom feature
- 3-inch widescreen, touch-panel Clear Photo LCD Plus
- Face Detection technology (up to 8 faces); In-camera retouching
- 31MB built-in memory; compatible with Memory Stick media (not included)
The super-slim, 8.1 MP DSC-T70 makes a brilliant lifestyle statement in silver, black, white or pink – with a giant 3.0″ Widescreen LCD for simple touch screen operation and spectacular photo display. Face Detection and Smile Shutter mode help you catch people at their best, the Sony Double Anti-Blur Solution and Carl Zeiss 3X optical zoom lens design deliver sharp color images even in low light, and HD Output lets you share images in high definition on your Sony Bravia HDTV or other compatible HDTV screen.
List Price: $ 349.99
Price: $ 349.99
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T70 is cute but photo quality suffers,
PRETTY IN PINK
I own a professional camera (Canon EOS 1D Mark III) so it was bit of an embarrassment to seek a camera for my wife that was “cute” (1st criteria), “slim” (2nd criteria), and “pink” (third criteria). For these three criteria, there is no substitute other than the T70 from Sony.
POOR PERFORMANCE
The camera performs very well in great conditions (sunny, bright days) but suffers when lighting is compromised (darkness, incandescent or fluorescent lighting). This is largely based on the camera’s inability to modify white balance to accommodate the strong colour hues given in artificial light.
TOUCH SCREEN
The touch-screen menu is not entirely intuitive but it is high on the “cool factor” (no buttons to press, it’s mostly touch-screen).
SMILE
Also amazing (although more in an hilarious way than a cool way) is the smile technology where the camera only takes the picture when people are smiling. It seems this only works when you have the “cheesiest” smile ever. You need to be showing all your teeth (including your molars!) to get the camera to take a picture. Our family laughed about this for an hour as we were all screaming “cheese”. My wife (who normally refuses to smile for the camera) was being as cheesy as ever! This feature is a bit silly and impractical but it can be fun.
MEMORY DUO STICK
Another factor with this camera is it’s use of the Memory Duo for photo storage. This is a proprietary Sony item, and appears to be destined to the same history as Beta Video tapes (ie. premature obsolescence). Memory is cheap (we bought a 2GB card for $30) but you are unlikely to already have this card from a previous camera unless you are a Sony person. You should also check that you have a card reader (for more efficient transfer of images) on your computer.
8.1 MP TOO MUCH!
Lastly, the 8.1 MP is great, but the optics and image quality aren’t worthy of this MP size. I would suggest that you are wasting memory and time shooting at full size. You will not lose much (if any) discernible quality by shooting at 5MP.
OTHER OPTIONS
Before you consider this camera, I would suggest looking at the Canon A720IS or Canon A560. The camera are not as “cool” but the image quality will be remarkable. My son’s graduation pictures (from kindergarten) were wasted using the “cute” camera and nothing will recapture that moment.
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|Awesome style, features, but bad pics,
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.
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|Awesome touchscreen, bad pics,
I got this because of the good reviews by Cnet on the sister T-100 camera. The touchscreen is fun to use and great to review pictures with friends. However, the pictures are terrible. Especially in low light conditions. There is blur (even with the anti-shake) and the pics are grainy. The reason is that this camera boosts the ISO in low light. There is no point to having a 3200 ISO if the pics are grainy. Also, the flash range is limited (expected in an ultracompact). Most of the time you don’t need 8MP because a small size pic will suffice to view on the monitor. My buddy’s $100 Olympus FE 190 takes better pics! Bottom line: Bad pics make this a no-go.
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