Sony's Cyber-shot T500 captures HD movies

Leonard Goh | Aug 29, 2008

It's no surprise that Sony has kept up with the point-and-shoots trend to deliver HD-movie capture feature in one of its latest offering, the Cyber-shot DSC-T500.

The T500 was announced yesterday and its specifications look quite promising--10-megapixel sensor, 5x optical zoom, 3.5-inch touchscreen display and optical image stabilizer. One of the major selling points would, of course, be the HD-quality (1,280 x 720 pixels) movie capture function. Sony also mentioned that videos will be recorded in the .MPEG4 format instead of the usual .AVI. This will supposedly reduce the recording file sizes. Another upside of the T500 is its the ability to capture audio in stereo quality which will offer a better aural experience.

Sony was unable to confirm with us the T500's availability and pricing, but we've got our mitts on a set so check back soon for a hands-on preview.

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