Friday, September 12, 2008
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T77 Product Review
The T77 had received quite some buzz in the last few months, and it is finally out! The
T77 has a lot of useful features to enhance your overall user experience from good to great.
The package is one crowded party. Besides the camera, battery, and charger there are AV/USB cable, a User’s guide and a CD rom!
The model under review is the pink version. There are 4 other colors available including Black, Bronze, Green and Silver. The pink version is certainly an eye candy and it is more tilted towards the elegant side than the cute side. The lens cover can be used to turn on/off the camera. You don’t have to worry about the cover getting slid up too easily because Sony has added some friction between the cover and the body.
The T77 has 10.1MP, which is about average for a point-and shoot camera. It has the iSCN function to help you with the Scene Mode selection and the Dynamic Range Optimizer for determining the exposure settings to achieve a maximum dynamic range. The camera also comes with the double anti-blur feature: the Optical SteadyShot image stabilization shifts the lens to counter handshakes and the High Sensitivity ISO 3200 allows for minimal exposure time.
Next to the shutter button there is a Power button for turning on the camera for viewing images without exposing the lens. There is also a Replay button for you to view your entire image collection. It has a small but effective zoom rocker for controlling the 35-140mm equivalent lens.
The 3” screen is overkill for a camera. It is larger than most MP4 players and smartphones. It is bright, colorful and touch-sensitive! The screen is responsible for many of the day-to-day operation of the camera including changing exposure settings and setting up slideshows of photos.
The T77 uses Sony’s own stamina battery and Memory Sticks, which are common among CyberShot cameras. I was a bit skeptical about the battery life because of the huge LCD screen, but it turns out that the T77 has quite a lot of stamina.
Face Detection is a “must-have” for point-and-shoot cameras. It recognizes faces quickly and accurately most of the time at the default setting so I don’t have to change the sensitivity or face preference of it.
You can choose from a variety of resolution and aspect ratios inside the camera. If you have a computer with photo-editing software I recommend you to always use the 10MP setting to preserve the maximum details.
Are you falling for the T77 already? Don’t forget to check out the T700 as well. Here is a brief comparison between the two:
The T700 loses to the T77 in terms of thickness (16.4mm vs 15mm). The 1.4mm difference is not significant in real world. You can probably keep both cameras in any of your pockets.
By comparison, the 3.5” screen on the T700 trumps the smaller screen (3”) in the T77 utterly. However please bear in mind that a 3” screen is still considerably bigger than most other cameras…
The other major difference is internal storage. The T700 has a huge 4GB storage while the T77 only has 15MB. If you are going to buy a 4GB MemoryStick for use with the T77 anyway, you may want to upgrade your screen for a little more money.
T77 has a lot of useful features to enhance your overall user experience from good to great.
The package is one crowded party. Besides the camera, battery, and charger there are AV/USB cable, a User’s guide and a CD rom!
The model under review is the pink version. There are 4 other colors available including Black, Bronze, Green and Silver. The pink version is certainly an eye candy and it is more tilted towards the elegant side than the cute side. The lens cover can be used to turn on/off the camera. You don’t have to worry about the cover getting slid up too easily because Sony has added some friction between the cover and the body.
The T77 has 10.1MP, which is about average for a point-and shoot camera. It has the iSCN function to help you with the Scene Mode selection and the Dynamic Range Optimizer for determining the exposure settings to achieve a maximum dynamic range. The camera also comes with the double anti-blur feature: the Optical SteadyShot image stabilization shifts the lens to counter handshakes and the High Sensitivity ISO 3200 allows for minimal exposure time.
Next to the shutter button there is a Power button for turning on the camera for viewing images without exposing the lens. There is also a Replay button for you to view your entire image collection. It has a small but effective zoom rocker for controlling the 35-140mm equivalent lens.
The 3” screen is overkill for a camera. It is larger than most MP4 players and smartphones. It is bright, colorful and touch-sensitive! The screen is responsible for many of the day-to-day operation of the camera including changing exposure settings and setting up slideshows of photos.
The T77 uses Sony’s own stamina battery and Memory Sticks, which are common among CyberShot cameras. I was a bit skeptical about the battery life because of the huge LCD screen, but it turns out that the T77 has quite a lot of stamina.
Face Detection is a “must-have” for point-and-shoot cameras. It recognizes faces quickly and accurately most of the time at the default setting so I don’t have to change the sensitivity or face preference of it.
You can choose from a variety of resolution and aspect ratios inside the camera. If you have a computer with photo-editing software I recommend you to always use the 10MP setting to preserve the maximum details.
Are you falling for the T77 already? Don’t forget to check out the T700 as well. Here is a brief comparison between the two:
The T700 loses to the T77 in terms of thickness (16.4mm vs 15mm). The 1.4mm difference is not significant in real world. You can probably keep both cameras in any of your pockets.
By comparison, the 3.5” screen on the T700 trumps the smaller screen (3”) in the T77 utterly. However please bear in mind that a 3” screen is still considerably bigger than most other cameras…
The other major difference is internal storage. The T700 has a huge 4GB storage while the T77 only has 15MB. If you are going to buy a 4GB MemoryStick for use with the T77 anyway, you may want to upgrade your screen for a little more money.
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