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Sony CyberShot DSC-T1
Sony CyberShot DSC-T1
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"Horrible Indoor Pics"
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  • 4 out of 5

It is what it is!

( - 8/1/05)

I have a Nikon Coolpix and a Canon Powrrshot G5, and many film cameras.
However, they do me no good if they are at home. This is the camera that will be with me wherever I go.
Picture quality cannot compare to the 5 MPx Canon, with its vibration-damping brick-like mass and huge pieces of glass and many times the control options, as well a RAW format, etc.
Now, if I can skip some coffee, and shake less, I get very good pictures, but never expect the performance of the comparable 5 MPx Canon, of course.
The processing algorythm for the jpg format seems to use spatial filtering that fuzzes up individual pixels, but I can see 11X14 print from this camera being perfectly reasonable.
This is a unique item for a specialty market. It is an ultra-portable little thing, and in any design there are tradeoffs. I doubt it is intended to be a person's primary camera.
Just remember if those big cameras are at home, and you need to document an auto accident, etc., this little thing will save the day, because it will BE THERE.
I would not shoot a wedding with it-That would be "The wrong tool for the job". Likewise, complaints about inddor picture quality ignores the fact that most such pictures are opportunistic snapshots, mailed to relatives, and forgotten. They are not going to be published in a gallery.
It Is What It Is: A handy, portable Instamatic, not a studio Hasselbladt.

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