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[Q:] Sony DSC-W1 Anybody use this camera yet? Any thoughts?



 
 
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Old June 28th 04, 07:19 PM
Bob Roetker
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Default [Q:] Sony DSC-W1 Anybody use this camera yet? Any thoughts?

Please let us know your thoughts on Sony's new DSC-W1 Digital Camera.

Good Points and Bad Points.

Thinking of buying one.

Thanks.


I just returned from a short trip to Las Vegas - my first chance to
use my new Sony DSC-W1 extensively. The outdoor pictures were great at
every distance. I took several aerial shots from the top of the Eiffel
Tower and I thought they had very good detail for such a long
distance. The colors were perfect. Running the photos through any
automated color correction resulted in little or no change. I kept all
of the settings at the default and full automatic. There are some
manual settings you can change but I chose to test the point and shoot
functionality at it's easiest. It is very quick from power on to first
picture and from picture to picture. I didn't miss any shots at all.

The indoor shots in the casinos were just a little dissappointing. The
casinos are for the most part fairly dark and the flash was incapable
of lighting up such large areas. In a living room it would be fine. I
did not try to compensate at all but I think that might have helped.

I also took several night shots of the strip and they were also just
slightly dissappointing. Again, I did not compensate for the darkness
but kept the default setting. I wish I had experimented some with the
settings for night.

In the very bright sun (101 degrees in the shade) the LCD was a little
difficult to see. I probably should have turned up the brightness but
did not want to affect battery life. The DSC-W1 uses NiMH AA batteries
and they performed extremely well. I took about 189 photos over three
days with LCD on all of the time and lots of zooming. The battery
power icon showed no degradation until the 3rd night after reviewing
all of the photos on the LCD.

As far as pocketability, I wandered up and down the strip with the
little W-1 in my pocket and it was barely noticeable but always ready
at a moment's notice. This is only my second digital camera. My first
was a Fuji 2600 (good in it's time) and what a tremendous difference.
Originally I didn't even want to consider Sony because of the
proprietary memory stick but I am glad I did. It stacks up well
against any of the other currently available 5.1 mp cameras and at
$100 less (MSRP) you can afford the memory stick. There is also the
advantage of using AA NiMH batteries. A package of 4 2300mah NiMH
batteries at Meijer's was only $9.99 and they lasted forever.

I was very close to going with the Canon S500 (a fine camera) but
decided the larger LCD (2.5") and other extras like scene modes made
the Sony a better deal. The pictures may be just slightly less clear
than the Canon but I believe I made the right choice.
 




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