Sony DSC-W7 manual 14.0X Smart Zoom Feature, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens, LCD Monitor

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✦New Feature

DSC-W7

Cyber-shot® Digital Still Camera

Benchmarks in resolution, convenience and control.

▲1/1.8" 7.2 Megapixel Super HAD™ CCD Super HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCDs provide excellent image quality by allowing more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise.

■3X Optical/2X Digital/6X Total Zoom Optical zoom helps you fill the frame with your subject for better pictures. And Sony’s Precision Digital Zoom helps bring your subject closer with an extra 2X magnification.

▲0 -14.0X Smart Zoom™ Feature

The Smart Zoom feature intelligently uses the full CCD to let you zoom into the portion of interest by cropping the image size-thus avoiding the image degradation of Digital Zooms.

■Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® Lens

The Vario-Tessar lens is specially produced for very compact cameras. This specialized design allows quick auto-focus, appealing zoom range while still maintaining a compact design.

■Real Imaging Processor™ Technology The innovative Real Imaging Processor in the DSC-W7 not only improves picture quality and clarity but also improves camera response time, decreases shutter lag and improves battery stamina.

■2.5" LCD Monitor

The extra-large high-resolution 115K LCD Monitor makes framing shots and reviewing pictures easy.

■Live Histogram Display

Available in capture and playback the Live Histogram Displays the concentration of pixels at each luminosity value making it easy to evaluate correct exposure.

■14-Bit DXP A/D Conversion

Sony's 14-bit Digital EXtended Processor captures the range between highlight and shadow with up to 16,384 values, for extended dynamic contrast and detail.

■5 Area Multi-Point Auto Focus

By evaluating 5 separate focus areas of the frame, Sony's Multi-Point AF system can intelligently focus on the subject and avoid mistakenly focusing on the background.

■Manual Exposure Mode

Manual Exposure Mode provides extended control with 46-step adjustable Shutter speed (30-1/1000 sec.), and 2-step Aperture control.

■AF (Auto Focus) Illuminator

Briefly illuminating the subject, in low- or no-light conditions, the AF Illuminator helps establish a positive focus lock.

■Selectable Focus Mode

Monitoring AF (Auto Focus) helps you anticipate the action by focusing even before you press the shutter release.

■Multi-Pattern Measuring

Independently light-metering 49 points of the frame, Multi-Pattern Measuring establishes the optimum exposure, even when highlight and shadow isn't centered in the frame.

■Scene Selection Mode

With 7 Scene Modes, parameters can be matched to the shooting conditions. Choose from one of the following: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Soft Snap, Landscape, Beach, Snow, Candle.

■Pre-Flash Metering

With a momentary pre-flash, the camera illuminates the subject and sets exposure through the lens for accurate flash metering. Adjustable flash level and red-eye reduction ensure great flash shots.

■Slow Shutter Noise Reduction During long exposures, Slow Shutter NR captures the scene, and then the CCD noise pattern with a dark frame exposure. By subtracting the two, even long exposures can be clear.

■Memory Stick® Media and Memory Stick PRO™ Media

Digital. Powerful. Transportable.™ Memory Stick® media is compact, portable and rugged:connecting a variety of hardware and software applications.

✦32MB Internal Memory1 Included

Shoot without a flash memory card with 32 MB internal memory1 ; Slot for optional Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO™ media. Full 32MB of internal memory can be copied to optional Memory Stick media.

■5 Shot Burst Mode

Capture up to five 5MP shots (fine) or 100 shots VGA (standard) at 0.9 frame/sec. Perfect for high speed subjects or fast moving action such as sports or small children.

■Multi-Burst Mode

Captures 16 320x240 frames as part of a single 1280x960 image which plays back sequentially in the camera. Selectable 1/7.5, 1/15, 1/30 second.

■MPEG Movie VX Standard/Fine Mode with Audio

Captures VGA (640x480) high frame rate (up to 30 frames per second) audio/video clips with length limited only by the capacity of the media. Video mail mode captures smaller file sizes suitable for email.