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Sony Cyber-shot® H20 Digital Camera

Manufacturer/
Brand:
Sony Cyber-shot
Pixels/Resolution: 10.10 megapixels
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Camera Type: High focus, Professional
Available Colors: black
Total Zoom
(Body Only):
20 x
Focus Type: Autofocus, Semi Manual (9 points / Center Weighted AF / Spot AF / Semi Manual (1.0m / 3.0m / 7.0m / unlimited distance))
Smart Features: See Features Below
Playback/
MultiMedia Features:
HD Movie, HDTV Compatibility, PHOTOMUSIC, In-Camera Retouching Tools, PhotoTV HD, Picture Motion Browser
Photo/Scene Modes: iAuto, Easy, Program, Manual and Scene Selection such as High Sensitivity, Advance Sports Shooting, Landscape, Soft Snap, Twilight Portrait, Twilight, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, Gourmet Mode
Max Shutter Speed: Auto (2" - 1/2,000) / Program Auto (1" - 1/2,000) / Manual (30" - 1/2,000)
Weight: unavailable
Flash Type: Internal
Battery Type: Rechargeable LITHIUM ION / InfoLITHIUM G type 3.6V
LCD viewer size (inches): 3.00
Viewfinder: No
Internal Flash Modes: Auto / Flash On / Slow Syncro / Flash Off
Image Stabilization: yes, optical

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10.1 megapixel, 10x optical zoom, 3.0" LCD, Intelligent Auto, Smile ShutterTM, Face Detection, Optical SteadyShotTM image stabilization, 720p video.

Zoom in on the 10.1-megapixel DSC-H20 Cyber-shot® digital camera and get the best shot. With its impressive Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® wide-angle lens with a 10x optical zoom, it's easy to capture the moment with impeccable detail. A 3.0" Clear Photo LCDTM makes reviewing your shots a breeze and the ingenious iAuto mode takes the guesswork out of choosing the best camera settings when you're not sure which one to pick. There's also built-in technology like Optical SteadyShot® image stabilization that reduces blur and Smile ShutterTM mode that automatically captures a smile as it happens. Feel like recording HD video? The H20 captures crisp, 720p video that can be viewed on your HDTV. There's even an anti-blink function to help everyone look their best and in-camera photo retouching tools.

FEATURES:

10.1 Megapixel Super HADTM CCD Image Sensor:
A powerful 10.1 megapixel 1/2.3" Super HADTM CCD image sensor helps you capture gorgeous images with superb contrast and clarity down to the finest detail. With 10.1 megapixels, you can create stunning, photo-quality prints up to A3+ (13x19") size, or crop your images and still come away with high resolution shots.

BIONZTM image processor:
The BIONZTM image processor delivers the high resolution and fast performance you expect from a Sony® digital camera.

HD Movie:
Capture more of your memories in high definition (720p) video. Record HD movies in 720p high definition MPEG4 format for stunning large-screen home movie playback. Record up to 29 min in 720p format (or up to 2GB) per movie6.

Selected Face Memory:
Optimizing focus, exposure, and white balance for a specific face is easier now with selectable facial memory, even when the subject leaves the frame.

Smile ShutterTM Technology:
The popular Smile ShutterTM technology automatically detects and captures a smiling face. Simply activate by pressing the Smile ShutterTM button and the camera will capture a smile the moment it happens. You can also select subject priority (Adult or Child Priority or using the cross key buttons on the camera) and indicate the degree of Smile Detection Sensitivity to high (small smile), medium (laugh) or low (grin). Great substitute of self timer, smile once all are ready and the camera will capture the smile.

High Sensitivity Mode (ISO 3200):
High ISO allows for faster shutter speed, so you can take photos indoors or in low light without the need for a flash. In addition to High Sensitivity Mode (ISO), you can select up to eight ISO settings (Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200) when shooting in Program Auto Mode to adjust sensitivity to your shooting conditions.

Intelligent Auto Focus:
Automatically detects changing subject brightness and zoom ratio and pre-focuses the camera making it far more responsive.

Function Guide:
This beginner-friendly optional function helps navigate through the various functions and settings displaying the description of chosen functions or settings on the LCD screen.

16:9 High Resolution Mode:
Using the 16:9 High Resolution Mode, you can record high resolution images in the 16:9 aspect ratio favored by HDTVs. This setting is ideal if you plan to view your images on a compatible HDTV6 and invite friends and family members over for a slideshow.

Easy Image Management:
Easy Image Management takes the hassle out of sorting through large volumes of image data, so you can quickly select and view your desired photos. Photos can be browsed in four convenient ways: by Standard Folder view, Date view, Event view, and Favorites showing only user-selected images.

HDTV Compatibility:
View your photos and videos in glorious high definition on a Sony® BRAVIA® or similar HDTV using the optional VMC-MHC2 HD output adapter cable (sold separately).

PHOTOMUSIC feature:
PHOTOMUSIC3 combines images with music (5 minutes per track) to produce fun and entertaining slide shows. The standard visual effects (Simple, Nostalgic, Active, and Stylish). Select from pre-loaded tracks on camera or transfer your own from your compatible PC (sold separately).

Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® Lens with 10x Optical Zoom:
The professional-quality Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® 10x optical zoom lens brings distant subjects closer for great outdoor, sports, and travel photos.

Intelligent Scene Recognition:
Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode automatically detects eight different types of scenes conditions (Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a Tripod, Portrait, Landscape, and Macro) and within 1/30th of a second selects the appropriate camera settings:. iSCN has 2 modes: Auto and Advanced. In Auto Mode, the camera takes a single shot using the optimal settings. In Advance Mode, the camera takes a photo with the standard automatic settings and, in difficult lighting (low light or back light) immediately takes a second photo with optimized setting so you can choose which to keep.

Anti-blink Function:
It's frustrating to think you've captured that perfect shot, only to review it later and discover one of your subjects blinked just as you pressed the shutter. The Anti-blink function works to help counter blinking and squinting.

Double Anti-blur Solution:
The combination of Optical SteadyShotTM image stabilization and High ISO sensitivity helps compensate for shaky hands, minimizes blur, and allows flash-free shooting to preserve the mood.

Dynamic Range Optimizer Standard and Plus:
Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) Standard and Plus uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the best exposure and contrast settings for almost any shooting environment. The result is more natural images with clearer details that more closely match what your naked eye sees. DRO is particularly effective when shooting backlit portraits or any scene with a dramatic contrast between background and foreground lighting.

9-Point Auto Focus:
Because an off-centered subject can make your shot more interesting, a 9-point auto focus system measures nine precision focus points, giving you greater creative freedom to compose your images.

Simplified Buttons:
Buttons and menus have been simplified to get the fastest and easiest customer experience. Shooting dial focus on the type of customer: Easy, intelligent Auto, Scene, Program and Movie. Also most common used functions such as Zoom, Play and Delete are handy in hard buttons. All other functions can be found under one menu button

Memory Stick DuoTM Media Convenience:
The Cyber-shot® DSC-H20 camera accepts Memory Stick PRO DuoTM media (sold separately).

In-Camera Retouching Tools:
Retouch and enhance your pictures on the go with 10 in-camera editing functions: Trimming, Red-Eye Correction, Soft Focus, Partial Color, Fisheye Lens, Cross Filter, Radial Blur, Retro, Happy Face and Unsharp Masking effects.

PhotoTV HD:
Bring your photos to life and enjoy highly detailed, high definition images with PhotoTV HD-capable Sony® BRAVIA® HDTVs2. PhotoTV HD fine tunes settings on your HDTV, such as sharpness, gradation, and color to display images that look more like actual printed photos.

Picture Motion Browser ver. 4.2.02:
Sony® PMB (Picture Motion Browser ) PC software7 provides a simple, easy-to-use way to transfer video and still images to your PC, as well as sort, edit, and output to data disc and the Web (compatible PC with internet connection required). Finding your images with PMB is easy with Calendar view and Face Search. Face Search allows you to filter by faces (one or many) and also a specific person’s face. Share images and videos on popular sharing sites with Media Services function.

3.0" Clear Photo LCDTM display (230k pixels):
Generous 3.0"1 (230K pixels) Clear Photo LCDTM plus display features sharp, natural color that makes it easy to compose shots, read menus, and view photos, even in bright sunlight..

Intelligent Auto Mode:
Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode goes beyond traditional auto settings by recognizing and adjusting to scene conditions and lighting, enhancing natural skin tones, and reducing blur. By incorporating advanced features such as Intelligent Scene Recognition, Face Detection, and Optical SteadyShot, iAuto lets you take advantage of the latest Sony Cyber-shot technology without leaving auto mode.

Face Detection technology:
Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and controls flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to deliver accurate, natural skin tones with reduced red-eye. It can also give priority to children or adults. Newly added Face Motion Detection adjusts ISO sensitivity and accelerates the shutter speed when facial movement is detected, reducing blur in the subjects face.

Red-eye Reduction:
Red-eye Reduction helps reduce common red-eye problems.

Optical SteadyShotTM Image Stabilization:
Optical SteadyShotTM image stabilization uses a built-in gyro sensor to detect camera shake and automatically shifts the lens to help prevent blur without sacrificing image quality.

Convenient Photo Modes:
Choose from 14 convenient photo modes to quickly adjust for specific shooting conditions. Photo modes include iAuto, Easy, Program, Manual and Scene Selection such as High Sensitivity, Advance Sports Shooting, Landscape, Soft Snap, Twilight Portrait, Twilight, Beach, Snow, Fireworks and Gourmet Mode.

Burst Mode:
You can fire up to 100 shots at approximately 0.62 second intervals (at any resolution; VGA to high resolution mode. Results may vary based on settings and Memory StickTM media being used).

Easy Shooting Mode:
With Easy Shooting Mode, even beginners can take great photos. In Easy Shooting Mode, easy-to-understand basic instructions are displayed on the LCD screen and the camera switches to all automatic settings with iSCN so you can just take the photo without worrying about settings. The menu is also simplified on playback to provide limited but straight forward operating functions for those afraid of choosing wrong settings.

Stamina® Battery Power:
Provides extended battery life and shooting capacity when using a fully-charged lithium-ion battery. The included battery supports up to 290 shots.

Multi-purpose Resize function:
The Multi-purpose Resize function lets you change the aspect ratio of an image right in the camera, so you can adjust images as necessary, whether you want to display them on a compatible HDTV5, or e-mail them / upload them to a blog4.

Wide Zoom display:
To use the entire image area of the compatible HDTV screen (sold separately), Wide Zoom display automatically expands standard 4:3 and 3:2 images to 16:9.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Model Number: DSC-H20/B
Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in (107.3 x 68.7 x 47.1)
Water Resistant: no
Photo File Format: JPEG
Storage Media: 11MB internal Flash Memory
Software: Operating System Compatibility : Microsoft® 2000 Professional, XP Home and Professional; Macintosh® OS 9.1/9.2/OS X (10.1-10.5)
Supplied Software : Picture Motion Browser Vers 4.2.02 + USB Driver (Not supported by Macintosh® Operating Systems)

Lens Type: Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar®
Lens Specs:
  • 35mm Equivalent : Still shots: 38-380mm / Movie 16:9: 39-390mm / Movie 4:3 :47-470mm
  • Aperture Range : Auto F3.5./F8.0(W) / Program auto F3.5./F8.0 (W) / Manual F3.5./F8.0 (W)
  • Digital Zoom : Smart Zoom / Precision Digital Zoom / Off
  • Exposure Compensation : Plus / Minus 2.0EV, 1 / 3EV step
  • Face Detection : 8 face(flash, focus, exposure, white balance, child/adult priority, blink, face motion detection)
  • Focal Length : 6.3-63.0mm
  • Focus : 9 points / Center Weighted AF / Spot AF / Semi Manual (1.0m / 3.0m / 7.0m / unlimited distance)
  • Macro Mode : Auto Macro / Macro On
  • Optical Zoom : 10x
  • Shutter Speed : Auto(2" - 1/2,000) / Program Auto(1" - 1/2,000) / Manual(30" - 1/2,000)
  • Smart Zoom® Technology : 5M:Approx.14x(Total), 3M:Approx.17x(Total), VGA:Approx.57x(Total), 16:9(2M):Approx.19x(Total)
  • Total Zoom : Approx. 20x

Optical Zoom: 10x
Digital Zoom: Smart Zoom / Precision Digital Zoom / Off
Flash Range: ISO Auto: Approx. 0.2 - Approx. 7.0m (Approx. 0.66' - Approx. 23.0') (W) / Approx. 0.9 - Approx. 5.5 (Approx.2.95' - Approx. 18.0') (T), ISO3200: up to Approx. 14.0m (Approx. 45.9') (W) / Approx. 11.1m (Approx. 36.4') (T)
Flash Specs:
  • Flash Effective Range : ISO Auto: Approx. 0.2 - Approx. 7.0m (Approx. 0.66' - Approx. 23.0') (W) / Approx. 0.9 - Approx. 5.5 (Approx.2.95' - Approx. 18.0') (T), ISO3200: up to Approx. 14.0m (Approx. 45.9') (W) / Approx. 11.1m (Approx. 36.4') (T)
  • Flash Mode(s) : Auto / Flash On / Slow Syncro / Flash Off

Focal Length: 6.3-63.0mm
Aperture: Auto F3.5./F8.0(W) / Program auto F3.5./F8.0 (W) / Manual F3.5./F8.0 (W)
Image Capture Specs:
  • Imaging Device : 1/2.3 type(7.79mm) Super HAD CCD
  • Megapixel : 10.1 MP
  • Recording Media : 11MB internal Flash Memory, optional Memory Stick DuoTM Media, optional Memory Stick PRO DuoTM Media
  • Service and Warranty Information
  • Limited Warranty Term : Limited 1 Year Parts & Labor
  • Burst Mode : Max 100 shots at approx. 1.8 fps
  • Color Mode(s) : Normal / Vivid / Sepia / B&W
  • Date/Time Stamp : Available in the included PMB software.
  • Dynamic Range Optimizer : Standard / Off / Plus
  • Image Stabilization : Optical
  • Media/Battery Indicator : Yes/Yes
  • Memory Stick PROTM Media Compatibility : Tested to support up to 16GB Memory Stick DUO PROTM media capacity1; does not support Access Control security function.
  • Red-Eye Reduction : Auto / On / Off
  • Scene Mode(s) : Intelligent Auto / Easy Shooting / Program Auto / Manual Exposure / Movie (Auto Adjustment / High Sensitivity) / Scenes (High Sensitivity / Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Soft Snap / Landscape / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / Advanced Sports Shooting, Gourmet)
  • Self Timer : Yes (10 seconds, 2 seconds, Off)
  • Still Image Mode(s) : Normal (JPEG) / Burst (JPEG) / Bracketing (JPEG) - AE(Plus / Minus 0.3EV / 0.7EV / 1.0EV)
  • White Balance : Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Fluorescent 1 (White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 2 (Natural White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 3 (Day White Fluorescent Lighting) / Incandescent / Flash / One Push Set)
  • AF Illuminator Light : Auto / Off
  • Clear RAW NR : Yes
  • Histogram Display : Yes
  • In-Camera Editing : Trimming / Red Eye Correction / Soft Focus / Partial Color / Fisheye Lens / Cross Filter / Retro / Radial Blur / Unsharp Masking / Happy Faces
  • Movie Mode(s) : 1280 x 720(Fine) (Approx.30fps, Progressive) / 1280 x 720(Standard) (Approx.30fps, Progressive) / VGA(640 x 480, Approx.30fps, Progressive)
  • Multi-Pattern Measuring : Yes
  • NightFraming System : No
  • NightShot® Infrared System : No
  • PictBridge Compatible : Yes
  • Power Save Mode : Yes (after approx. 3 min. of inactivity)
  • Real Imaging ProcessorTM Technology : BIONZTM

Power Specs:
  • Battery Capacity : Approx. 145 minutes / Approx. 290 images
  • Battery Type : LITHIUM ION / InfoLITHIUM G type 3.6V

Monitor Specs:
  • LCD : 3.0"1 Clear Photo LCD Plus (230,400 pixels)
  • Viewfinder : No

Interface Specs:
  • Accessory Terminal : Multi connector
  • Audio/Video Output(s) : Yes via Mutli-Use Connector
  • HD Output : Yes (1080i)
  • USB Port(s) : Yes - USB2.0 Hi-Speed

Exposure Controls: Exposure Compensation : Plus / Minus 2.0EV, 1 / 3EV step

Additional Specs:
Weights and Measurements
  • Dimensions (Approx.) : W x H x D: 4 1/4" x 2 3/4" x 1 7/8" (107.3mm x 68.7mm x 47.1mm)
  • Weight (Approx.) : Approx. 9.8oz. (279g) - With battery and Memory Stick media.
Processor
  • BIONZTM Engine : Yes
Control
  • ISO : Auto / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200
Hardware
  • Lens Construction : 10 elements in 9 groups (including 1aspheric element)
  • Lens Type : Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar®
  • Microphone/Speaker : Mono / Mono

What's In The Box:
  • Rechargeable Battery - NP-BG1
  • Lens Cap
  • Battery Charger - BC-CSGB
  • CD-ROM Software
  • Multi Connector Cable - USB, AV
  • Note: No Memory Stick PRO DuoTM Media or adaptors are included.


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