Sony super steady shot dsc t100 manual

Whenever something caught my attention, I slipped it out of my jacket, slid the lens cover down, and framed my shot. If I was really close, I just tapped the navigator's left arrow to switch into one of the Macro modes. I tapped it twice if I was even closer, otherwise just once. I did this for the stitching on a baseball cap, for a flower shot, for a bike glove; you can see all of them in the sample gallery. If the subject was a street scene, I just composed with the Zoom lever. But I really like composing with a aspect ratio, so I looked for some tall and wide scenes too.

Zoom Range. The first is at wide angle, the second at 5x optical no digital is available at the 8-Mp image size with Smart Zoom. Take Smart Zoom, for example, which enlarges the image with "almost no distortion," according to Sony. At full resolution, optical zoom at 5x is all you get because there are no extra pixels to Smart Zoom with.

That's really pretty good. As my cityscape shows, it can get you to City Hall faster than the light rail system. Change the image size from 8 megapixels to 5 megapixels, and you get 6. And switch to VGA x to wander the alleys at 25x digital zoom.

Precision Zoom, on the other hand, let me tap into digital zoom out to 10x no matter the image size. But image quality deteriorates. Shooting with Smart Zoom, and a aspect ratio, I got 8. The Gallery shows another set of the zoom images you see at right, taken just prior to these but with Super SteadyShot active.

The ones you see here have Super SteadyShot turned off. You'll notice a slight difference in file size, but I found the image drifting in the LCD as I composed the shot when SteadyShot was on. Not only was that annoying, but you generally get sharper results turning image stabilization off when you're shooting from a stable support, as I was.

I'm a sucker for high ISO shooting, and just couldn't resist one night as I wandered around North Beach taking a few shots at ISO 1, and 3, at the full 1, x 1, pixels of a image size. Color was dead on. Detail left something to be desired, and you could detect noise when enlarged. But I was happy with the shots. They captured a scene I otherwise would not have been able to shoot. I was not happy to find no way to connect the camera to a high definition television right out of the box.

After all, one of the highlights of the T is that it can output an HD signal for its stills. But you have to buy an optional cable or dock to actually take advantage of that feature. Sony quickly sent me a Cyber-shot Station , happy someone was interested in reviewing the new output format. The images themselves have quite a bit more resolution than any HDTV, and Sony's built-in slide show software takes advantage of that with pans and zooms that bring out all the detail of the originals.

The cable that ships with the T has a video out plug and monaural sound out. But I discovered that you can see a very nice presentation on your standard TV as well, including the slide shows. Detail was really quite crisp and all the special effects were in the slide shows, too.

Though the p slideshows were impressive, one of the Sony T's odd inconsistencies is that it only takes x movies, not HD movies. The Cyber-shot Station has two cables: a composite video cable for HD output and a stereo audio cable that also has standard video yellow output. If you attach both video cables to your set, the composite cable takes precedence and the VGA signal is ignored. But the T only outputs a VGA signal for video. So you see the station report: "Invalid operation.

HD i output in progress. You see the first frame of the movie on the TV but that's it. The error message is overlaid. The trick is to pull the composite connection out of the back of the Station so the VGA connection assuming you've made it is live.

Then the movie plays. If the attractive compact design doesn't win you right over, the large, gorgeous LCD will. And you won't regret it because the T is a very capable camera, making it easy to get great shots without too much contrast or saturation.

A couple of editing tricks just add to the fun. And the payoff is a glorious slide show in high definition. If the attractive compact design doesn't win you over at once, the large, gorgeous LCD will.

And you won't regret it because the T is a very capable camera, making great shots easy, without too much contrast or saturation. Detail does fall apart at high ISO, but that appears to be a tradeoff Sony makes to salvage color. I was able to shoot street scenes with credible results despite the high level of noise. The Sony T-series is the ultimate "party" camera, a popular take-along for parties and evening events, but make sure you stick to the low ISO settings and shoot with flash in about the six foot range, as the T's noise suppression will obliterate detail otherwise.

The Sony T's in-camera editing tricks are actually pretty fun and useful, producing good quality images, and the high definition slideshow feature is impressive, working on a standard TV out of the box.

It's a shame that you have to buy the Cyber-station to take advantage of the slideshow feature with an HDTV. Though we want to warn you about the high ISO softness with the Sony T, we still think it's a great camera, worthy of a Dave's Pick. Navigate Review Jump to review page Imaging Resource rating 4. Lens cover closed. Lens cover opened. Easy to zoom. You're right-handed, right? In-Camera Edits. Partial color top and fish-eye.

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