Ultracompact snapshot camera (Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T27)

Member Name: manmit13

Product:	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T27
Date:	08/11/09 (13 review reads)
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Advantages: 8 . 1 Mega Pixels, 4 GB inbuilt Memory, Compact in size

Disadvantages: LCD little small

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T27 is something most competitive available in digital camera's market. What really impressed me is the 4 GB internal memory so that one can take photos / videos without any tensions of memory being full. Apart from that if we the weight and size, its the 5.4-ounce, 2.5-inch-by-0.8-inch-by-3.5-inch, it remains easily and firmly pants-pocketable. One can access the frequently used shooting settings via the display. These include resolution, self timer, exposure mode (auto, scene, program, or movie), focus (multi, center, spot, or manual), metering mode (multi, center-weighted, or spot), ISO sensitivity, exposure compensation, macro, and flash. it also tells the current shutter speed, aperture and ISO setting when one prefocus. There's also a live histogram for those, like me, who don't believe the display. Drive mode, white balance, color mode (standard, vivid, natural or sepia), flash compensation, red-eye reduction and SteadyShot require a dip down deeper into the menus. Oddly, the camera lacks manual white balance, but I doubt many will miss it on this camera.
The face-detection autofocus works very well at spotting multiple faces in a scene--the camera will optimize focus and exposure for the face(s)--and one of the bonuses of the touch screen is you can use it to indicate the primary face. I still think that the Spot Focus feature, in which you touch the desired focus point is a faster, better solution, however. The camera also includes Sony's Smile Shutter mode, which pauses shooting until the detected faces crack a smile; I wish it could be liberated from the scene-mode ghetto, though, it would be useful in general Program mode shooting, too.

Overall, the camera's photos look pretty good and clear. As with the They're softer than the previous generation's--notably the T100--and than some of the competition's, due to what looks like more aggressive noise reduction. Still, they show good exposure and automatic white balance. The colors look pleasing and reasonably saturated.

Summary: you need it

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