From the Manufacturer
Why Sony? Because Sony combines technology benefits, performance advantages and convenience features in simple, easy-to-operate digital cameras that are ideal for serious amateurs and photo enthusiasts. In the compact Sony Cybershot DSC-W100, that means 8.1-megapixel resolution for more detail in editing, cropping and making big prints–plus manual focus/exposure control for greater creativity and a big, bright 2.5-inch LCD screen for setting up shots and checking results.
Incredible 8.1-Megapixel Detail
With 8.1-megapixel resolution, you’ll be able to edit, crop, and make big prints that show more detail–and Sony’s advanced Super HAD (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD design allows more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise.
Big, Bright 2.5-Inch LCD Screen
The DSC-W100 incorporates a 2.5-inch LCD screen that gives you a big, bright view of your subject for setting up shots and checking your results–with a one-touch “Play” button that makes it quick and easy to view your photos.
Function Guide Text/Icon Display
An on-screen Function Guide text/icon display makes it easy to learn the camera functions that give you greater creative freedom to adjust color mode (including “Natural” for subtle colors and “Vivid” for more intense colors), sensitivity, brightness, and image size.
High Sensitivity Mode
A new High Sensitivity Mode (ISO 1000) lets you shoot without flash for more natural results in low-light conditions and shoot at higher shutter speed to minimize blur from unsteady hands or fast-moving subjects–and Sony’s original Clear RAW NR (Noise Reduction) image processing technology helps suppress the color noise that can accompany high-sensitivity shooting.
Carl Zeiss 3x Optical/2x Digital Zoom
3x optical zoom helps the DSC-W100 bring distant subjects closer and lets you frame shots for better composition; Sony’s precision 2x digital zoom provides an additional 2x magnification to enlarge details without jagged edges.
Creative Manual Exposure Modes
For more creative freedom, the DSC-W100 lets you adjust shutter speed to freeze the action or shoot with long time exposures–and control depth of field with aperture adjustment to concentrate on the foreground or capture “deep-focus” background.
Stamina Battery Power
A powerful Lithium Ion rechargeable battery allows the DSC-W100 to capture up to 290 images–and the compact BC-CSG battery charger is also supplied for battery recharging on the go.
14x Smart Zoom Feature
Sony’s Smart Zoom feature intelligently “crops into” the central portion of interest in your photo–avoiding the image degradation of other digital zooms. Depending on picture size, you can extend 3x optical zoom to 4.1x (3 MP), 5.2x (2 MP), or 14x (VGA).
High-Capacity 64 MB Memory
With built-in 64 MB internal memory, the DSC-W100 allows you to capture images without a flash memory card–then transfer your images to optional Memory Stick Duo media, upload to your computer or make prints on your digital printer.
Memory Stick Duo Media
The DSC-W100 has a built-in slot for optional Memory Stick Duo or higher-capacity Memory Stick PRO Duo media–the ultra-compact media for shooting, storing and sharing your photo images.
MPEG Movie VX Fine Mode
The DSC-W100 can capture VGA (640 x 480) audio-video clips at high frame rate (up to 30 frames per second), with length limited only by the capacity of your media.
Product Description
The impressive features of Sony’s DSC-W100 Cyber-shot(R) Digital Camera deliver digital imaging to an exiting new realm. Thanks to its rechargeable, high-capacity G Series Lithium-ion STAMINA battery and 8.1 Megapixel Super HAD(TM) CCD, the DSC-W100 offers the power and digital clarity to snap even more amazing images wherever you are. Its enhanced ISO sensitivity and expanded dynamic range work together for remarkable, true-to-life colour reproduction, captured by the precision-crafted Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, the leader in optics technology. With the added convenience of its 64MB internal memory, you can continue to catch every moment even if don’t have your Memory Stick(R) Duo media handy. Aperture - Auto (F2.8 - F10)/Program Auto (F2.8 - F10)/Manual (F2.8 - F10) / Shutter Speed - Auto (1/8 - 1/2000)/Program Auto (1? - 1/2000)/Manual (30? - 1/1000) / Slow Shutter (shutter speed of 1 sec. or lower) Hand Shake Alert Picture Brightness Button Light Metering - Multi-pattern, Center Weighted, Spot ISO Sensitivity Setting - Menu, Auto/80/100/200/400/800/1250 Exposure Mode - Auto, Program Auto, Manual, Scene Selection (dial, 6 modes) / Photo Mode - Auto, P-Auto, Manual, High Sensitivity, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Soft Snap, Landscape, Beach, Movie / Color Mode - Vivid, Natural, Black & White, Sepia PictBridge Built-in electronic-flash Unit Dimensions 3-11/16 x 2-3/8 x1 (94.2 x 60.6 x 24.8 mm) / Weight 5.9 oz (1161g) Body; 7.0 oz. (192 g) including Battery and optional Memory Stick(R) Duo Media J&R advises purchase of optional 1GB MS-Duo memory card for more practical use of this camera, especially in movie mode
