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May 30, 2004

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W1 Digital Camera

The newly announced Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W1 5MP Digital Camera is available for pre-order. Find Stores here. The Sony Cybershot DSC-W1 features a 1/1.8” Super HAD™ CCD and a 3X optical zoom Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens and a 5.1 Megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixel)resolution. Other features include manual exposure control, 5 area multi-point auto focus and MPEG Movie VX video mode. The DSC-W1 as does the DSC-T1 features a 2.5" LCD screen. The Sony DSC-W1 starts at $399. It i supposed to start shipping June 4th based on SonyStyle. Amazon.com says 27th of June. Find Stores Now!.

Sony DSC-W1 Specifications:

• Imaging Device: 1/1.8" 5.1 Megapixel Super HAD™ CCD 

• Recording Media: Memory Stick® Media, Memory Stick PRO™ Media 

• Lens Construction: 7 Elements in 5 Groups, 3 Aspheric Elements 

• Zoom: 3X Optical 

• Smart Zoom™ Feature: 0 – 4.0X (at VGA Resolution), 12X Total 

• Digital Zoom: Precision, 0 – 2.0X Range, 6X Total 

• Filter Diameter: 30mm, by required VAD-WA adaptor 

• Focal Length: 7.9 – 23.7mm 

• 35mm Equivalent: 38 – 114mm 

• Aperture Range: f2.8 – f5.6 (W); f5.2 – f10 (T) 

• Auto Focus: 5 Area Multi-Point AF, Center AF, 5-Step Manual 

• Minimum Focus Distance: 19.7" (50cm) 

• Macro Focus Distance: 3.9" (10cm) 

• Shutter Speed: 1/8 – 1/1000 sec. (auto), 2 – 1/1000 sec. (twilight), 30 – 1/1000 sec. (manual) 

• Exposure Compensation: +/- 2.0 EV, 1/3 EV Steps 

• Color LCD: 2.5" 123K Pixel LCD Screen 

• Flash Modes: Auto/Forced On/Forced Off/Slow Synchro 

• Red-Eye Reduction: On/Off 

• Flash Effective Range: 1.6 – 12.5 ft. (0.5 – 3.8m) 

• White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent 

• Burst Mode: 9 Shot (JPEG fine), 16 Shot (JPEG std.), 1.6fps 

• Picture Effects: Sepia, Black & White 

• ISO: Auto, 100, 200, 400 

• Scene Modes: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Soft Snap, Candle, Beach 

• Self-Timer: Yes, 10 Seconds 

• Audio/Video Output: Yes, NTSC/PAL Selectable 

• Still Image Modes: Normal (JPEG Fine/Standard), Burst, Multi-Burst 

• MPEG Movie Modes: MPEG VX Fine with Audio (640 x 480 at 30fps), (MPEG VX Fine requires Memory Stick PRO media), MPEG VX Standard with Audio (640 x 480 at 16fps), Video Mail (160 x 112 at 8fps) with Audio 

• Microphone/Speaker: Yes/Yes 

• USB Terminal: Yes, Supports USB 2.0 

• Memory Stick PRO™ Media Compatibility: Tested to support up to 1GB media capacity1; does not support Access Control security function 

• Compatible Battery: “AA” NiMH, Alkaline 

• Supplied Software: Picture Package™ for Sony v1.0 (Windows), Pixela™ ImageMixer VCD2 (Macintosh), SPVD-012.1 USB Driver, Cyber-shot Life tutorial (Windows) 

• OS Compatibility: Microsoft® Windows® 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP Home/XP Pro; Macintosh® OS 9.1/9.2/X (10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3) 

• Supplied Accessories: NH-AA-DA Rechargeable AA Batteries, BC-CS2 Battery Charger, A/V and USB Cables, Wrist Strap, MSA-32A 32MB Memory Stick Media, Software CD-ROM 

• Dimensions: 3 9⁄16" x 2 3⁄8" x 1 7⁄16" (91 x 60 x 36mm) 

• Weight: 6.9 oz (189g) Body; 9.2 oz. (250g) Body w/Battery, Media, Wrist Strap

Posted by at May 30, 2004 10:38 AM