Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T200

Performance

In CNET Asia Labs' tests, the T200 lacked the performance grunt that marked the T100 as a winner. The T200 took 1.98 seconds to start up and time to first shot was a slow 3.8 seconds. This is even slower than the new Panasonic FX-33 (2.9 seconds).      

Details on the T200's ISO image quality; ISO 400, 800, 3,200.

Its shot-to-shot time (1.58 seconds without flash) was just average among 8-megapixel cameras and its shutter lag (0.9 second with pre-focus) was one of the slowest. However, the burst mode performance (2.1fps) ranks as one of the best in its category.

Image Quality

The Cyber-shot T200 takes decent pictures, but image noise is its bane. Even at ISO 400, we were already detecting noise and nitpickers would probably not even consider light sensitivity settings above that. ISO 800 should be the furthest ventured as anything beyond that is plagued with plenty of detail softening and speckled noise.

We did not detect noticeable purple fringing and the autofocus churned out accurately sharp pictures.

The auto white balance was accurate in most types of lighting conditions, whether it was in a fluorescent or tungsten environment. However, Sony did not include a custom white balance option.

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