News: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W350 first look

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W350 first look

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W350 digital camera is based around a 1/2.3″-type 14.1 effective megapixel Sony SuperHAD CCD image sensor with RGB color filter array, coupled to a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar-branded 4x optical zoom lens. The Sony W350′s lens offers a 35mm-equivalent range from a generous 26mm wide angle to a moderate 105mm telephoto. The lens has a two-step aperture with ND filter, which offers either F2.7 or F8.0 at wide angle; at telephoto the maximum aperture is F5.7, and the minimum aperture isn’t stated. Autofocusing is possible to a minimum of just four centimeters at wide angle, or 60 centimeters at telephoto. The camera can capture 4:3 aspect ratio images at up to 4320 x 3240 pixel resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio images at up to 4320 x 2432 pixels, or 30 frames-per-second video at 720p (1280 x 720 pixel) resolution or below with monaural audio, using MPEG-4 compression. In addition, the W350 includes Sony’s Sweep Panorama function for the first time in a CCD-based Cyber-shot camera, allowing automatic creation of a 185-, 127- or 88-degree panorama in-camera by simply sweeping the lens across the subject. On the rear panel of the Sony Cyber-shot W350 is a 2.7-inch TFT Clear Photo LCD panel with 100% coverage, and a resolution of 230400 dots. This serves as the only method of framing and reviewing images, given that the Sony W350 doesn’t feature an optical viewfinder. The Sony DSC-W350 has a 9-point autofocus system, and does include a face detection system …