Sony DSC-W170 manual

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    1 Press Release Sony Introduces New Cyber-shot W a nd H Series with Great Performance W Series features up to 10.1 Mega Pi xels and High Sensitivity of ISO3200 H Series incorporates powerful Carl Zeiss 10x optical zoom lens and 3-inch LCD screen Hong Kong, February 1, 2008 – Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Limited today unveiled the new models from[...]

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    2 Cyber-shot H Series: DSC-H10 The successor model to the Cyber-shot H3, the DSC-H10 features a larger 3-inch LCD screen with Clear Photo LCD Plus, 8.3 megapixel image capture as well as a powerful Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 10x op tical zoom. The camera’s hi gh sensitivity of ISO3200 and Super SteadyShot image stabilization system also en[...]

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    3 Specifications sheet for Cyber-shot DSC-W170, DSC-W150, DSC-W130 and DSC-W120 Basic specifications Model DSC-W170 DSC-W150 DSC-W130 DSC-W120 Pixels Gross: 10.3 Mega pixels Effective: 10.1 Mega pixels Gross: 8.3 Mega pixels Effective: 8.1 Mega pixels Gross: 7.4 Mega pixels Effective: 7.2 Mega pixels CCD 1/2.3” Super HAD CCD 1/2.5” Super HAD CC[...]

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    4 3:2 (3,648 x 2,432) 5M (2,592 x 1,944) 3M (2,048 x 1,536) 16:9 (3,648 x 2,056) 2M (1,920 x 1,080) VGA (640 x 480) 3:2 (3,264 x 2,176) 5M (2,592 x 1,944) 3M (2,048 x 1,536) 16:9 (3,264 x 1,840) 2M (1,920 x 1,080) VGA (640 x 480) 3:2 (3,264 x 2,176) 5M (2,592 x 1,944) 3M (2,048 x 1,536) 16:9 (3,264 x 1,840) 2M (1,920 x 1,080 / 3,264 x 1,840) VGA (6[...]

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    5 VX Standard (640 x 480, approx. 16. 6fps) QVGA (320 x 240, approx. 8.3fps) Others User Interface Mode Dial, Function Guide (icon guidance, mode guidance, im age size menu guidance), Histogram Indicator, Direct Playback Button, HOME button, MENU button In-Camera Retouching (Trimming, Red-Eye Correction, Soft Focus, Unsharp Masking, Cross Filter, P[...]

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    6 Specifications Sheet for Cyber-shot DSC-H10 Basic Specifications Model DSC-H10 Pixels Gross: Approx. 8.3 Mega pixels Effective: Approx. 8.1 Mega pixels CCD 1/2.5 Super HAD CCD Processor Bionz™ Image Processing Engine Scan Systems Interlace Scan Zoom Optical Zoom: 10x Precision Digital Zoom: Approx. 20x Smart Zoom: Approx. 51x (VGA) Lens Carl Ze[...]

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    7 Red-eye Reduction Yes Face Detection Yes Colour Mode Standard / Vivid / Natural / Sepia / Monotone Color Filter Off / Red / Green / Blue / Warm / Cool Recording File Format DCF (Design rule for Camera File System)Ver.2.0 DPOF (Digital Print Order Format)Ver.1.1 Image File Format JPEG (Exif Ver.2.21) / MPEG1 Others Other Features - Slideshow with [...]