Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot - UK Digital Camera Review

Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot Review

Housed within a slim, compact, aluminium body, the Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot, with its choice of features, offers versatility in a small package. The Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot has 7.2 megapixel Super HAD CCD, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 3x optical zoom, 6x precision digital zoom and up to 14x smart zoom.

The Sony W70 Cybershot is supplied with a lithium NP-BG1 battery with a stamina battery life of 180 minutes and 360 shots.

Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot Front
Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot Back

A rechargeable battery and charger are also included as supplied accessories together with cable, wrist strap and CD-ROM. The DSC-W70 Cybershot has an internal memory of 58 MB and additional memory is available using Memory Stick Duo/Memory PRO DUO. Images are stored as JPEG/MPEG1 with movies being shot as MPEG VX Fine/Standard, 640 x 480 at 30fps/16.6fps and MPEG Video mail, 160 x 112 at 8.3fps.

This camera has an optical viewfinder and a 2.5" TFT LCD Screen with slideshow playback and 5x playback zoom - images can be trimmed and resized. The LCD has an approximate field of view of 100%.

As the Sony DSC-W70 has a high sensitivity ISO of 1000 this offers an anti-blur feature, the range of ISO is auto/ 100/200/400/800/1000. White Balance has auto/daylight/cloudy/fluorescent/incandescent and flash modes include auto, forced flash, slow synchro and red-eye reduction. An AF illuminator is included within the Sony W70 Cybershot and a number of preset scene modes are available including; twilight, twilight portrait, snow, beach and landscape.

The Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot is PictBridge compatible allowing printing without connection to a PC and has other additional features including; 2cm macro, hand shake alert, battery remaining indicator, exposure warning indicator and an indicator showing disk/memory stick availability.

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Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot Specifications & Features

  • 7.2 Megapixels
  • 3 x Optical Zoom
  • 6 x Digital Zoom
  • 14 x Smart Zoom
  • 2cm Focusing Distance
  • Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent and Flash White Balance Settings
  • 2.5" TFT, 115,000 pixels
  • Auto, Forced Flash, Slow Synchro and No Flash Flash Modes
  • PictBridge Compatible
  • Memory Stick DUO™ and Memory Stick Pro DUO™ with 58MB Internal memory
  • Lithium N Battery System
  • Approximate Weight 127g

Sony DSC-W70 Cybershot User Reviews

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Reviewer: mourice kubahji - United Arab Emirates
I have collected a digital camera sony DSC-W70 Cybershot and i liked the images quality with beautiful colors but some images came with low quality if any movement happened in the sight , therefore you are kindly requested to arrange a kind of control for body movement as no one can fix the camera firmly.
Unfortunately i have lost my camera ( it fall down from my car at night ) and i have lost all my wonderfull photos.

Features
Rating 9/10
Image Quality
Rating 10/10
Usability
Rating 8/10
Reviewer: Laura - UK
I could really do with some help for my poorly DSC-W70. I tried to go direct to Sony for some advice but seem to be going around in circles!

When I turn the camera on, the lens moves in and out, the screen is black with the message 'access'. The battery is fully charged. It will not take pictures yet it allows me to view older photos so there isn't a power problem.

I read on another site of someone else having the same fault - is this a common problem with this model? Should I try to get it fixed or cut my lossess and opt for something a little more robust?

Many thanks, Laura

Features
Rating 7/10
Image Quality
Rating 6/10
Usability
Rating 6/10
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