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List price as of Oct 4, 2007:
S$699
S$699
Product Summary
Very good
The good: Great design; nice, large 3.5-inch screen; touchscreen. 7.4
out of 10View score
The bad: Iffy accuracy for Smile Shutter; no custom white balance; slight noise even at ISO 400.
The bottom line: It's a perfect camera for someone who prizes style and gimmicky features over performance and control.
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Average User Rating
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CNET Asia Review
If there is a camera that can set the hearts of fashionistas racing, the Cyber-shot T200 certainly deserves pole position. While we have seen some lackluster efforts which have tried squeezing onto the starting line with a new lick of paint, the Cyber-shot T200 kicks throttle with an improved chassis over its predecessor, the Cyber-shot T100.
The Cyber-shot T200 is an animal along the lines of the former. It's wonderfully sleek. And it's a close replica of the awarding-winning Cyber-shot T100, so it's good to know that the Japanese firm understands the need for not fixing what's not broken.
Yet, while the classics are still there, some have gone missing. The joypad controls on the Cyber-shot T100's back have been replaced by a 3.5-inch LCD. In fact, leftover buttons have migrated to the camera top and, they look and feel… a little cramped.
But turn on the touchscreen and you may feel a little forgiving. It's like watching TV. And the LCD has a large viewing angle, so you can compose pictures even when you are looking at the display from a close to 90-degree angle. Experienced photographers may disdain the LCD in favor of a viewfinder, though, the average consumer would find it easier to frame with the larger screen.
The camera menu is pretty much touch-and-go, literally. You can press a part of the screen to select a focus point or you can scribble over the recorded image in red ink. Because it's a touchscreen, there are more hotkeys (peppered over the display) than the Cyber-shot T100, so options are now more accessible. But all these aren't new; early Sony Handycams used touch-based controls. There's also the matter of subjectivity--not everyone likes non-tactile buttons.
Design
Whatever your tech heart tells you (i.e. going for a higher megapixel count), it's hard to remember its advice when you are gazing upon a well-designed piece of kit--even when that 3-megapixel lemon is sitting next to a high-spec, high-zoom beast of a camera.The Cyber-shot T200 is an animal along the lines of the former. It's wonderfully sleek. And it's a close replica of the awarding-winning Cyber-shot T100, so it's good to know that the Japanese firm understands the need for not fixing what's not broken.
For more details on the T200's design, click on the image.
Yet, while the classics are still there, some have gone missing. The joypad controls on the Cyber-shot T100's back have been replaced by a 3.5-inch LCD. In fact, leftover buttons have migrated to the camera top and, they look and feel… a little cramped.
But turn on the touchscreen and you may feel a little forgiving. It's like watching TV. And the LCD has a large viewing angle, so you can compose pictures even when you are looking at the display from a close to 90-degree angle. Experienced photographers may disdain the LCD in favor of a viewfinder, though, the average consumer would find it easier to frame with the larger screen.
The camera menu is pretty much touch-and-go, literally. You can press a part of the screen to select a focus point or you can scribble over the recorded image in red ink. Because it's a touchscreen, there are more hotkeys (peppered over the display) than the Cyber-shot T100, so options are now more accessible. But all these aren't new; early Sony Handycams used touch-based controls. There's also the matter of subjectivity--not everyone likes non-tactile buttons.
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User Reviews
Superb Camera in all aspects
May 17, 2008Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Big screen, sharp pictures, great super macro shots. eyecatching design, switches between 16:9 n 4:3 frame
Cons: battery life..............
Opinion:
I bought this cam in HK in Dec 2007. Before I bought this while doing research on digi cams when my eyes fell on this. Honestly it was love at first sight reason ? It's screen. I just couldn't take my eyes off it.I had to buy it. When in HK I did and boy it justifies my buy not only in looks department but technically too. Trust me this is a gem. it's takes great pictures. period. Due to touch screen it becomes more easier to navigate when taking macro shots where you require steady hand n concentration.
Take a look at my macro shots to believe this cam's quality.
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There are no negatives but battery life could improve,for a guy like me 250 shots on single charge is very less. But then again I guess the big screen takes the juice out.
Great camera!!!
Mar 30, 2008Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: 3.5" touch screen LCD, smile shutter, picture quality, build quality, design
Cons: photo's at high ISO settings are soft and a bit smudged, 10min video clip w/ sound limit
Opinion:
I just bought this yesterday and even the store agreed with the reviews I researched on the web that T300 has bad picture quality having soft images and with annoying noise. It's weird that cnet-asia gave the T300 higher marks than T200 when cnet.com gave the T200 higher marks than the T300 and even went as far as saying to buy T100 or T200 instead of T300 because of it's poor picture quality.
My sony cyber-shot T200 is great! lots of fun to use, fast and is worth it! I would recommend this to everyone! If you are wondering the smile shutter really works even if you smile without showing your teeth as other sites say. I think you just need to smile fast so the face detection can notice the sudden change in facial expression.
It's limitations are acceptable cause if you use flash in night shots or adjust your scene mode manually pictures are crisp ... Read more
Great Camera!
Mar 11, 2008Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Everything especially the touchscreen and slideshow
Cons: None
Opinion:
Love everything about it. i dont regret buying this camera.
