Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T5 Review
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June 6th, 2006
Summary
The T5 comes in four cool colors, so you can choose one that suits your style. Is red your color, or silver more your speed? Sony gives you options. The DSC-T5 is also ultra-thin, less than an inch thick, but it still features 5.1 Megapixel image capture, a Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens with 3X optical zoom and 5 area multi-point auto focus. It includes a full-sized 2.5" hybrid LCD monitor1 with Clear Photo technology for improved viewing in bright sunlight.
The T5's ultra-compact design doesn't compromise its performance thanks to Sony's Real Imaging Processor™ technology, 14-Bit DXP A/D conversion processor, and multi-pattern measuring. All three combine to provides fast start-up times, fast shutter speeds, and accurate exposures for photographs that are consistently extraordinary. The T5 also lets you choose from four colors: Black, Gold, Red and Silver.
Specs
| Imaging Device: 1/2.5" 5.1 Effective Super HAD™ CCD |
| Recording Media: 32MB Internal Flash Memory, Memory Stick Duo™ Media, Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Media |
| Lens Construction: 11 Elements in 8 Groups (Including 3 Aspheric Elements, 1 Prism) |
| Zoom: 3X Optical Zoom |
| Smart Zoom™ Feature: 0 - 12.0X (at VGA Resolution) |
| Digital Zoom: Precision, 0 - 2.0X Range, 6X Total |
| Filter Diameter: N/A |
| Focal Length: 6.33 - 19.0mm |
| 35mm Equivalent: 38 - 114mm |
| Aperture: f3.5 - f5.6 (W); f4.4 — f10.0 (T) |
| Focus: 5 Area Multi-Point AF, 5 Step |
| Minimum Focus Distance: 19.7" (50cm) |
| Macro Focus Distance: Selectable 3.1" (8cm), Magnifying Glass Mode 0.4" (1cm) |
| Shutter Speed: 1/8 - 1/1000 sec. (Auto) |
| Aperture Range: f3.5 - f8.0 |
| Exposure Compensation: ±2.0EV, 1/3EV steps |
| Color LCD: 2.5" 230K TFT Pixels Hybrid LCD Screen |
| Flash Modes: Auto/Forced On/Forced Off/Slow Synchro |
| Red-Eye Reduction: On/Off |
| Flash Effective Range: 4” — 8' 2” (0.1 — 2.5m) |
| White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent, Flash |
| Picture Effects: Black & White, Sepia |
| ISO: Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400 |
| Scene Modes: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Soft Snap, Landscape, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, High-speed Shutter, Candle, Magnifying Glass |
| Self-Timer: Yes, 10 Seconds |
| Still Image Modes: JPEG (Fine/Standard), Burst, Auto Bracketing |
| MPEG Movie Mode: MPEG VX Fine (640 X 480, 30 fps) with Audio, (MPEG VX Fine Requires Memory Stick PRO™ media) MPEG VX Standard (640 X 480, 16.6 fps) with Audio, Video Mail (160 x 112, 8.3fps) with Audio |
| Microphone/Speaker: Yes/Yes |
| USB Terminal: Yes, by Supplied Multi-connector Cable, Supports USB 2.0 Hi-speed |
| Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Media Compatibility: Tested to support up to 2GB media capacity; does not support Access Control security function |
| Battery Type: InfoLithium® NP-FT1 |
| Supplied Software: Picture Package™ for Sony v1.6 (Windows), Pixela™ ImageMixer VCD2 (Macintosh), USB Driver (SPVD-012.1), Cyber-shot Life tutorial (Windows) |
| OS Compatibility: Microsoft® Windows® 98, 98SE, 2000 Professional, Me, XP Home and Professional; Macintosh® OS 8.5.1, 8.6/ 9.0 - 9.2/ X (10.1.5 or later) |
| Supplied Accessories: NP-FT1 Rechargeable InfoLithium® Battery, BC-CS3 External Battery Charger, A/V, USB, DC-in Multi-connector Cable, Wrist Strap, Software CD-ROM |