Packed With Amazing Features

This one’s got it all. The Cyber-shot® DSC-W220 combines point-and-shoot ease-of-use with advanced features in a sophisticated, compact body. Smile Shutter™ technology allows you to capture a smile the moment it happens, and the Carl Zeiss® 4x optical zoom lens, Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization, and 12.1-megapixel resolution deliver crisp, clear images. Available in silver, black, pink, and blue.

Product Features

• 12.1 Megapixel Super HAD™ CCD Image Sensor
• Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® Lens with 4x Optical Zoom
• 30mm wide angle lens
• 2.7” Clear Photo LCD™ display (230k pixels)
• BIONZ™ image processor
• Auto Mode
• Intelligent Scene Recognition
• Face Detection technology
• Smile Shutter™ technology
• Double Anti-blur Solution
• Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization
• High Sensitivity Mode (ISO 3200)
• Convenient Photo Modes
• Easy Shooting Mode
• Dynamic Range Optimizer Standard and Plus
• Function Guide
• MPEG Movie VX Fine Mode
• 16:9 High Resolution Mode
• Memory Stick Duo™ Media Convenience
• Stamina® Battery Power
• In-Camera Retouching Tools
• HDTV Compatibility
• PhotoTV HD
• PHOTOMUSIC feature
• Wide Zoom display
• Multi-purpose Resize function
• Picture Motion Browser ver. 4.2.02

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 HDTV3, e-mail them, or upload them to a blog (compatible PC with internet connection required).

Product Specs

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W220’s Review

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05/26/09

The price of digital cameras has dropped dramatically over the past few years, and today there aren’t too many compact cameras that cost over £300. The ones that do are a pretty select bunch. There are a couple of super-zoom models such as the extraordinary Casio EX-F1 or the Nikon P90, and some high-spec semi-pro cameras such as the Ricoh GR Digital II, Sigma DP1 and Canon G10, not to mention the beautiful Panasonic LX3 and its counterpart the massively overpriced Leica D-Lux 4 (basically an LX3 with a Leica badge and an extra £150 on the price). However these are all complex cameras designed for serious and experienced photographers. The top end of the consumer compact market is occupied by cameras like the Canon IXUS 980 IS and the new IXUS 990 IS (review coming soon), or the Fuji F200 EXR, but even these retail for under £300. No, at the very top of the tree, the honour of being most expensive consumer compact on the market goes to today’s review camera, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T900, which costs a wallet-crushing £325. You can get an entry-level DSLR with a lens for less.

The Sony Cybershot W220 offers ISO sensitivity ranging from 100 to 3,200 equivalent, and includes both true optical image stabilization and Digital Image Stabilization, which functions by raising the camera’s sensitivity (and along with it, the noise levels) so as to achieve a higher shutter speed and reduce motion blurring. The Sony W220 also includes face detection capable of differentiating between children and adults, and takes into account the locations of detected faces when calculating autoexposure and autofocus variables. The Sony Cyber-shot W220 features in-camera retouching capabilities, with soft focus, fish eye effect, cross filter, partial color, retro, radiation, red-eye correction, trimming, unsharp masking and smile effects being on offer.

Other features of the Sony DSC-W220 include seven scene modes plus an Intelligent Scene Recognition mode which automatically chooses between five of these modes, plus MPEG Movie VX video, a Dynamic Range Optimizer function, and both USB and video output connections.