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Sony Cybershot T77
Sony Cybershot T77
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HQ Grade: B-
A is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of digital cameras.
B means they are good, with some standout features.
C means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth.
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Brandon (brandonc1193) 29 pts
September 21, 2008 9:27 PM
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Sony DSC T77 or Canon SD870?

I am interested in compactness and shooting speed more than quality and colour correcting. It will be used for Trips, Get togethers with friends and and landscape shots.
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Aditya D (Adhere) 7462 pts
September 22, 2008 6:48 PM
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The cool thing about the T77 is that it has stacked lenses, meaning that it can zoom without the lens ever extending past the face of the camera. The Canon is a pretty small camera (a little bigger than the T77), but it has an extending lens, so it gets to be not-so compact. As for shooting speeds, the T77 has a slightly better processor, but the stacked lenses take a little bit longer to focus (about 0.2-0.5 seconds depending on amount of light), so there will be a trade off. The Canon has slightly better quality and color, thought I'd throw that in there even though you said it didn't matter much. Overall, if you're looking for the smallest camera and pretty good quality, the T77 is the way to go, otherwise for a slightly better picture and a bit faster, the SD870 is the way to go.
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Brandon (brandonc1193) 29 pts
September 25, 2008 6:26 PM
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How are the pictures in low light?
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Aditya D (Adhere) 7462 pts
September 25, 2008 6:30 PM
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In low light the SD870 is going to perform better because the T77, again, has those stacked lenses which tend to take longer to focus, so if you don't have a steady hand you'll probably get a couple more blurry pictures.
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nancy 0 pts
October 4, 2008 5:34 PM
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For the price, do you think the DSC-T77 is worth it?
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Aditya D (Adhere) 7462 pts
October 7, 2008 9:22 PM
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Sony products tend to be a bit over priced. I personally think its worth the money, but a lot of people would argue that Sony is not, so I guess take a look at the picture differences in the cameras you like and make the call with your judgement.
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Lisa 0 pts
October 20, 2008 8:44 AM
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can i take photos in black and white or sepia with my DSC-T77 i think it is a awsome camera besides it has not got the date stamped on the photo you have to do it manually with the sony program that comes with it other then that a awsome little camera but can anyone please help with the colour mode
cheers Lisa
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Aditya D (Adhere) 7462 pts
October 24, 2008 10:41 AM
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Yes, you can do the following, under special effects: Retro, Unnsharp masking, Partial color, Fisheye, Vivid, Black & White, Radial blur, Sepia, Cross filter, Soft Focus .
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Brandon (brandonc1193) 29 pts
October 24, 2008 11:24 AM
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One thing that i love that Canon has is Colour Accent and Colour swap, other than that i don't really don't see much of a a difference in terms of overall photo quality and speed (Shutter lag is expected with digital cameras).

In terms of longevity, which brand is better overall: Canon or Sony?
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Aditya D (Adhere) 7462 pts
October 24, 2008 11:40 AM
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They're about the same, Canon used to have a problem with fault CCDs, and Sony used to have... well just problems in general, but over the years both have really improved on their camera durability. Both should last you probably around 3-5 years, if you take care of your cameras.
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Lisa 0 pts
December 1, 2008 9:49 AM
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no can someone explain in step by step how to put my dsc-t77 on black and white or sepia i cannot seem to do this i know it can be done but how ?????????????????????? please help
Lisa
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Sarah 26 pts
December 25, 2008 6:11 PM
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YES I just got this camera for Christmas and I can't seem to put it on black and white. A step-by-step description of how to put it on the black and white setting would be nice.
Sarah
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Elizabeth 4 pts
December 29, 2008 12:51 AM
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I just bought the sony dsc-T77 I love everything about it, but the fact I cant find the color modes, I really love black and white photos, can someone please explain how I can access color mode on this camera.
Elizabeth
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Heall 0 pts
December 30, 2008 6:09 AM
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YES !!!! please i need it too, heeeelpppp :'(
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Sarah 26 pts
December 30, 2008 11:40 AM
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Okay I figured it out.

1. turn your camera on

2. on the left side menu (under where you turn on and off the self timer) change it into program mode (it says PGM)

3. Once in program mode, press menu in the bottom left corner

4. Scroll down on the menu until you find the color mode option (it loks like a little box with a plus sign) and there you can select black and white etc. (the color mode option is right below the box that says D-R)

Im pretty sure that you can only have it in black and white or sepia etc when you are in program mode.

Hope this helps!
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Andy 0 pts
February 16, 2009 12:04 AM
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I still can't figure out how to take BW/Sepia pics with this camera.

I can change EVERY other function (including a setting to take pictures of food. WTF?) but ca not find a setting for other color modes.

I read the above instructions, but I do not see a setting for PGM below the self timer.

All I have is REC Mode.

My camera has on its left side on the monitor.....

HOME

:) (a smiley face)

The timer setting

REC modes

Menu

Can anyone help?
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Chris Ramsey 1 pts
February 19, 2009 12:24 PM
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I can see how you have missed that.

Click on REC MODES,

A screen will open with Landscape, AUTO, PGM, Easy etc etc.

Click PGM.

Once your camera is in PGM mode, Press the Menu button and go down to colour modes as said above.

When the camera is in PGM mode, there are other options available in the MENU.

Hope that helps.
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sherlyn 0 pts
May 13, 2009 6:30 PM
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how can i turn off and on the self timer?

help me please
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Nancy 0 pts
June 8, 2009 4:01 PM
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My camera tends to take two pictures each time I go to take a picture. While taking a picture a double flash will go off and the picture comes out great, but instantly after the first picture is taken another one is taken but poor quality, really dark and blurly picture. I have No idea why is does this and I am hoping there is a setting that can turn this off and only take one picture instead of two each time! Please help!
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swandz 0 pts
August 2, 2009 10:08 AM
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ya u can turn it off by disabling iscn+ option.just make it iscn or make it off
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