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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W170

10.1 megapixels, first seen: 5 January 2008

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  • User Score (478)
    8.5 8.5 from 478 reviewers
  • Expert Score (32)
    8.2 8.2 from 32 reviewers
  • Design (19)
    7.2 7.2 from 19 reviewers
  • Value for money (47)
    7.2 7.2 from 47 reviewers
  • Features (35)
    7.2 7.2 from 35 reviewers
  • Ease of use (46)
    7.5 7.5 from 46 reviewers
  • Performance (19)
    6.1 6.1 from 19 reviewers
  • Picture quality (37)
    6.6 6.6 from 37 reviewers
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Pros & Cons

  • excellent macro photos, solid menus and settings, great landscape pictures, does pretty much everything, i like the zoom
  • boxy and traditional exterior, body finish too smooth, viewfinder meaningless, really needed forced flash, very poor photos

Sony DSC-W170

Sony DSC-W170 is a digital camera with 10.1 Mega Pixels with Super HAD CCD, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7" LCD Screen. Its features are Sony Bionz™ Image Processor, Super SteadyShot and ISO 3200 High Sensitivity, ‘Smile shutter’ and face detection. It comes in four colors, red, black, gold and silver.

Features

The DSC-W170 has a 5x Optical Zoom with Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization to minimize blur due to camera shake. It is also equipped wit…

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Sony DSC-W170

Sony DSC-W170 is a digital camera with 10.1 Mega Pixels with Super HAD CCD, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 5x Optical Zoom and 2.7" LCD Screen. Its features are Sony Bionz™ Image Processor, Super SteadyShot and ISO 3200 High Sensitivity, ‘Smile shutter’ and face detection. It comes in four colors, red, black, gold and silver.

Features

The DSC-W170 has a 5x Optical Zoom with Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization to minimize blur due to camera shake. It is also equipped with an optical viewfinder. The BIONZ™ Image Processing Engine reduces image noises without degrading resolution or color integrity. It can control color saturation, white balance and exposure. The smile shutter detects smiling faces and releases shutter automatically. The face detection technology is equipped with "Child priority" or "Adult priority" modes which able to determine the focus, exposure, flash and white balance on multiple faces automatically. With the intelligent scene recognition technology, the camera analyzes the shooting conditions and automatically selects the optimal setting. It takes approximately 1.9 seconds to start up. The camera has approximately 15MB internal memory and it supported memory sticks are Memory Stick Duom Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo (High Speed) and Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo. The Sony W170 supports high definition component video output via an optional proprietary cable. It measures approximately 93.7 x 58.0 x 24.0mm in dimension and weighs approximately 175g with accessories.

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