Sony Cybershot DSC-T70 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Silver) by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony Cybershot DSC-T70 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Silver)
Digital camera Review: Awesome style, features, but bad pics
Summary: 2 Stars
I want to love this camera, but just can't for the simple fact that indoor/lower light pictures just look terrible. This is for two reasons. One the camera bumps the ISO settings too high, causing noise. Two, this causes the noise filter to try to correct the problem, but it just winds up making everyone looked smeared.
The face detection seems to work well, tracking up to 8 faces as long as they are looking at the camera directly. Smile detection on the other hand was pretty spotty, and I could only get it to work reliably with very cheezy smiles.
The huge touchscreen on the back is definitely a wow factor when people see this camera. It's bright and clear, and is very impressive as it takes up the entire back of the camera. The touchscreen itself made me nervous because when you press on it, the LDC below is squished, causing the screen to momentarily change colors. You would never see this on a PDA. Perhaps a better choice would have been a glass backing for the screen, or even better, use the same technology as the iphone's screen. For the most part the interface is pretty good, but simple tasks such as turning off the flash, or switching to macro mode take too many touches.
Pros:
- Great styling
- Face detection
- Touchscreen is nice, screen is big and bright
- Image stabilizer works well
Cons:
- Image quality is terrible
- Smile detection needs some work
- Too many touches to get complete simple tasks
- Zoom button is hard to get to, impossible for one handed operation.
- Only takes memory stick, SD would have been better (granted this is a Sony so I really don't expect anything less)
- Would have been nice if it took AA batteries.
Bottom line:
I love the look of this camera, and the touchscreen allows for the camera to have very few physical buttons. However, the gimmicks wears off quickly.
Ultimately, I took this camera back to the store for a Canon SD850(see my other review) because the image quality was unacceptable. If you shoot any pictures in low light or indoors picture quality will suffer.
Digital camera Review: Best Camera I have ever owned!
Summary: 4 Stars
My fiance purchased this camera for me for Christmas and I could not have asked for a better gift. It takes GREAT pictures, is easy to use, and I haven't had a blurry shot.
If you are looking for professional photos, skip it, but it is the best you are going to get for your money with a point and shoot. The zoom is also AMAZING. I can get things all the way from the front of my yard to the back of my yard. The touch screen also makes things easier.
Digital camera Review: Better after a little getting used to.
Summary: 4 Stars
I have had this camera for about 3 weeks now. I struggled between the t200, the t70 and the Canon 800IS or 870IS. I eventually Purchased the t70. At first I wasn't sure if I was satisfied... The touch screen made me nervous, and I wasn't all that fond of the menu set up, and for the first few days it seemed like it made a better conversation piece that a functional pocket camera! Well, I bought a fancy "just-fit" leather case for it, but I only kept it in there for a couple of days, then I moved to just carrying it in my pocket (I did buy screen protectors AND bought the $60.00 Sony complete coverage insurance) and I must say it is a PERFECT pocket camera. I had the Canon 600 Elph before this, and I like this camera much better.
The controls are a bit awkward at first, but once you calibrate the touch screen to your fingers once or twice, and you begin playing with all the options till they are memorized, you will be a whiz at the touch screen and it DOES make things much easier and faster to get to.
The speed of it is great, i can grab this thing from my pocket, flip down the cover and have a flash photo in less than 2 seconds!!
The quality of the photos is superb, the only thing that I would gripe about is the Auto-WB (not as good as my old canon) But, there is a Flash-WB which is fantastic when using the flash.
The preset scene stuff is pretty nice, even though I prefer to use mine in manual mode. I have taken the same picture in my own manual settings and then compared them to the preset scene settings (pics at twilight/evening mostly) and to be honest, the presets are pretty darn good!
The manual settings are pretty much the same you will get with any digicam. The F-stop is controlled by the zoom when on manual, and the shutter speed by the exposure setting.
One awesome thing on this camera is the ability to turn the flash down or up! The normal flash is decent, but kind of weak if you are trying to get things more than 10 feet from you in an incandescent room, but putting the flash to high power gives you perfect illumination.
The IS is pretty decent, it is not like an SLR IS thats for sure, but you can definitely tell the difference!!
The major con on this thing is that it just seems kind of fragile. I am dreading the first time I drop this thing. My old canon could take a beating!! This one doesn't seem like it would survive the antics that the old 600 Elph did. But, for $60.00 the complete coverage is a bargain, and you dont have to buy it FROM sony to get it!
So, overall this is a really nice quick pocket camera. For a $300 camera you are going to get very nice quality photos, very fast reaction time, and a very stylish camera to whip out of your pocket and catch that moment with. It has a whole lot of fancy photo-editing stuff on it that I don't use. The one thing I wish it did have is the ability to pick "My colors" like Canon, but oh well. The smile shutter is sort of cool I guess, probably better if you have kids.
I am happy I purchased the Sony t70. The t200 was too heavy and did not have a good center of gravity, plus that touch screen made me even more nervous! and it is unnecessarily large. The Canons are great cameras, but they are a bit clunkier than the t70 and I like the non-telescoping lens in the Sony.
Digital camera Review: Convenient and loaded with features
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a nice, slim and compact camera. The touch screen menus are great and easy to navigate. The steady shot stabilization also works well. The load time to start the camera is also quick for those sudden, out of the blue camera opportunities. For those looking for a camera that they can carry around without taking much space then this is it.Digital camera Review: DO NOT BUY IT! WASTE OF MONEY
Summary: 2 Stars
Very bad picture Quality.. I am not a pro, i just need some camera that i can take
out from my pocket, take the picture and keep it back. and at the end of the day
when i go back to my house, upload the pics and expect to relive every moment of it.
But, this camera does not serve the purpose. The picture quality is bad.
THis is my first Sony camera and i am sure that this vll be the last. I lost trust in sony..
THey are just expensive for no reason.. Looking to buy a panasonic now.