Sony Cybershot DSC-W7 Digital Camera

 
At around $500, The Cybershot DSC-W7 digital camera from Sony is an affordable 7 megapixel unit that has plenty of great features for the amateur photographer.

Powered by Sony’s Real Imaging Processor™ circuitry, the DSC-W7 delivers outstanding performance and a long battery life.

This compact digital camera will feel good in your hand and it's very easy to use considering all of its powerful
features and capabilities.

Product Specs:

• Digital Camera Imaging device: 1/1.8" 7.2-megapixel Super HAD CCD
   
• 3x optical zoom
   
• 0 to 14.0x "smart" zoom
   
• 0 to 2.0x range, 6x total digital zoom
   
• 30mm filter diameter by required VAD-WA adaptor
   
• Storage capacity: 32MB internal flash memory, Memory Stick Media, Memory Stick PRO media
   
• Lens construction: 7 elements in 5 groups, 3 aspheric elements
   
• 7.9 to 23.7mm focal length
   
• 35mm equivalent: 38 to 114mm
   
• Autofocus: 5-area multi-point AF, center AF, 5-step manual
   
• 19.7 inch (50 centimeter) minimum focus distance
   
• 2 1/4 inch (6 centimeter) macro mode
   
• Shutter speed: 1/8 to 1/2000 second (Auto); 2 to 1/2000 second (Program Auto); 30 seconds to 1/1000 second (Manual)
   
• Aperture range: f2.8 to f5.6 (wide); f5.2 to f10 (telephoto)
   
• Exposure compensation: +/- 2.0 EV (exposure value) in 1/3 EV steps
   
• 2.5 inch 115K pixel TFT color LCD screen
   
• Auto/Forced On/Forced Off/Slow Synchro flash modes
   
• On/off red-eye reduction
   
• 11.8 inches to 14.75 feet (0.3 to 4.5 meters) effective flash range
   
• White balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent
   
• Burst mode: 5-shot 7 MP (JPEG fine), 100-shot VGA (JPEG standard), 0.9 frames per second (fps)
   
• Picture effects: Sepia, Black and White
   
• ISO: Auto, 100, 200, 400
   
• Scene modes: Twilight, Twilight portrait, Soft snap, Landscape, Beach, Snow, Candle
   
• 10 second self-timer
   
• NTSC/PAL selectable audio/video output
   
• Normal (JPEG Fine/Standard) Burst, Multi-Burst still image modes
   
• MPEG movie modes: MPEG VX Fine with Audio (640 x 480 at 30 fps), (MPEG VX Fine requires Memory -Stick PRO media); MPEG VX Standard with Audio (640 x 480 at 16fps), Video Mail (160 x 112 at 8 fps) with audio
   
• Microphone and speaker
   
• Supports USB 2.0 2
   
• Memory Stick PRO media compatibility: Tested to support up to 2GB media capacity; does not support Access Control security function
   
• Compatible with AA NiMH, AA alkaline, and AA nickel-metal manganese batteries
   
• Bundled software includes Picture Package for Sony v1.6 (Windows), Pixela ImageMixer VCD2 (Macintosh), USB driver, Cyber-shot Life tutorial (Windows)
   
• Works with Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/Me/ 2000/XP Home/XP Pro; Macintosh OS: 9.1/9.2/OS X (10.0 - 10.3)
   
• Physical size: 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 7/16 inches (91 x 60 x 37.1 millimeters)
   
• Weight: 6.9 ounces (197 grams), body only; 8.9 ounces (253 grams) body with battery, media, wrist strap