Sony Cybershot DSC W530 Digital Camera

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Sony Cybershot DSC W530 Digital Camera
14 Megapixel , 4x Optical Zoom , 2.7" LCD, Smile Shutter, Sweep Panorama

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Combining a variety of intelligent, easy-to-use features, the DSC-W530 Cyber-shot® digital camera makes it a breeze to shoot life as it happens. Capture landscapes with one touch using Sweep Panorama Mode and snap that perfect portrait with Smile Shutter™ technology. Powerful and pocket-sized, the W530 also features 14.1 megapixels and a 26mm wide angle lens with 4x optical zoom. In addition to SteadyShot™ image stabilization which compensates for camera shake, this camera also has Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode that thinks for you by recognizing scenes, lighting conditions and faces, then automatically adjusts settings for clear images with less blur.

Salient Features for Sony Cybershot DSC W530

14.1 Megapixel Super HAD™ CCD Image Sensor
A powerful 14.1 megapixel ½.3” Super HAD™ CCD image sensor helps you capture gorgeous images with superb contrast and clarity down to the finest detail. With 14.1 megapixels, you can create stunning, photo-quality prints up to A3+ (13x19”) size, or crop your images and still come away with high resolution shots.

Sweep Panorama mode
Reach beyond the traditional wide angle lens, and capture more breathtaking shots with Sweep Panorama Mode. Simply press the shutter button and sweep the camera in the desired direction and the camera continuously shoots at a high speed, then seamlessly stitches the images together with automatic position adjustment to create one stunning panoramic image. Available in wide and ultra-wide options, the camera can take panoramic shots of up to 230 degrees. Now capturing wide landscapes is as easy as press and sweep.

Face Detection technology
Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and adjusts focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.

Soft Skin mode
Portrait subjects will love the results. Soft Skin mode recognizes skin tones and reduces the appearance of blemishes and wrinkles without affecting the rest of the shot.

Anti-blink Function
It’s frustrating to capture the perfect shot, only to review it later and discover subjects blinked during the photo. The Anti-blink function works to help counter blinking and squinting. When the camera is set to Soft Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two images, recording only the photo with less squinting. If a blink is detected in other shooting modes, a warning will be displayed after you take the shot.

High Sensitivity Mode (ISO 3200)
High ISO allows for faster shutter speed, so you can take photos indoors or in low light without the need for a flash. In addition to High Sensitivity Mode (ISO), you can select up to seven ISO settings (Auto, 125, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200) when shooting in Program Auto Mode to adjust sensitivity to your shooting conditions.

PHOTOMUSIC
PHOTOMUSIC combines images with music (4 tracks, 5 minutes per track) to produce fun and entertaining slide shows with standard visual effects (Simple, Nostalgic, Active, and Stylish). Select from pre-loaded tracks on the camera or transfer your own from your compatible computer (sold separately).

2.7” Clear Photo LCD™ display (230k pixels)
Generous 2.7” (230K pixels) Clear Photo LCD™ display features sharp, natural color that makes it easy to compose shots, read menus, and view photos, even in bright sunlight.

SteadyShot™ image stabilization
SteadyShot™ image stabilization compensates for camera shake and helps prevent blur through use of digital processing technologies.

Smile Shutter™ technology
Smile Shutter™ technology captures a smile the moment it happens. Simply press the Smile Shutter™ button and the camera does the rest. You can also select adult and child priority and indicate the degree of Smile Detection Sensitivity. Intelligent Scene Recognition can now be used together with Smile Shutter™ mode when the Intelligent Auto mode is on. This means that beautiful smiles can be captured with settings optimized for the particular scene, even in difficult conditions such as twilight and backlighting.

Natural Flash
Conventional point-and-shoot camera flash shots just don't capture colors the way the eye sees them. Natural Flash mode takes a reference shot without flash and then uses that reference to correct the color, for far more lifelike images.

Dynamic Range Optimizer Standard and Plus
Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) Standard and Plus uses a sophisticated algorithm to help recover shadows and highlights. The result is more natural images with clearer details that more closely match what your naked eye sees. DRO is particularly effective when shooting backlit portraits or any scene with a dramatic contrast between background and foreground lighting. DRO Plus allows for even greater optimization by analyzing each region of an image and performing additional image processing.

Easy Shooting Mode
With Easy Shooting Mode, even beginners can take great photos. In Easy Shooting Mode, easy-to-understand basic instructions are displayed on the LCD screen and the camera switches to all automatic settings, removing several function choices and allowing you to focus on just your subject. Since this mode works together with Intelligent Scene Recognition, the camera selects the optimum setting for each scene. In addition the easy mode simplifies preview mode.

Includes Sony^® PMB (Picture Motion Browser) Software ver. 5.3
Sony Picture Motion Browser software offers a simple, intuitive way to transfer, sort, and view your video and still images on your compatible PC. In addition, multiple output options let you burn your memories to DVD (sold separately), as well as take advantage of one click upload to a number of popular video and photo sharing sites

Carl Zeiss^® Vario-Tessar^® Lens with 26mm equivalent wide 4x Optical Zoom
The high-performance Carl Zeiss^® Vario-Tessar^® 4x optical zoom lens brings distant subjects closer for video recording as well as for outdoor, sports, and travel photos, and Close Focus shoots close-ups up to just under ½” from the subject. A wide angle of 26mm equivalent wide-angle lens allows you to take wider shots of the scene or group in crowded spaces.

Intelligent Auto Mode
Unlike traditional auto mode, Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode thinks for you, recognizing scenes, lighting conditions, faces, and adjusts settings resulting clear images, faces with natural skin tone and less blur. Take advantage of all the technology without leaving Auto mode. Kids on the playground, landscape shots, a beautiful flower or an indoor birthday party; all result in clear images without leaving auto mode.

480p AVI VGA Movie Mode
In 480p AVI movie mode the camera shoots 640 x 480 movies at 30 fps, which is the format when working with a PC. Users will create movies in files small enough to transfer to compatible PC or Mac^®. Once transferred to your computer effortlessly upload media to popular photo and video-sharing websites such as Photobucket^® and YouTube™. (Compatible computer with internet capability required)

Self-Portrait Timer
Self-Portrait Timer helps take the guesswork out of self portraits by utilizing Face Detection technology to recognize when your face enters the frame. Once the camera detects your face, it triggers a 2-second timer, and then snaps a picture.

Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode
Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode automatically detects eight different types of scenes and, within just 1/30th of a second, selects the appropriate camera settings: Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a tripod, Portrait, Landscape and macro. iSCN has two modes: Auto and Advanced. In Auto Mode, the camera takes a single shot using the optimal settings. In Advanced Mode, the camera takes a photo with the optimal settings and, if in difficult lighting (low light or back light) immediately takes a second photo with another optimized setting so you can choose which to keep.

In-Camera Retouching Tools
Retouch and enhance your photos on the go with in-camera Trimming, Red-Eye Correction, and Unsharp Masking functions.

Includes Sony^® PMBP (Picture Motion Browser Portable) software
With the pre-installed Picture Motion Browser (PMB) Portable software the DSC-W530 makes it easy to pre-select videos and images in the camera and conveniently upload them from the camera to a compatible PC and popular Internet sharing site without the need for any additional software or install.

Standard Accessories for Sony Cybershot DSC W530

Battery Charger
Rechargeable Battery Pack NP-BN1
USB Cable
Wrist Strap
Software CD-ROM
Manual

Technical Specifications of Sony Cybershot DSC W530
Gross Pixels	Approx. 14.5 Mega Pixels
Effective Pixels	Approx. 14.1 Mega Pixels
Processor	Sony Processor
Sensor Type	1/2.3 Super HAD CCD
Optical Zoom	4x
Precision Digital Zoom	Approx.8x
Smart Zoom	10M: Approx. 4.7x, 5M: Approx. 6.7x, VGA: Approx. 27.0x, 16:9: Approx. 9.0x
Lens	Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
F Number	2.7 - 5.7
Focal Length f = (35mm Conversion)	4.7 - 18.8mm (26 - 105mm)
Auto Focus Range	iAuto (W: Approx. 4cm to Infinity, T: Approx. 60cm to Infinity)
Compatible Recording Media	Memory Stick Duo / Memory Stick PRO Duo / Memory Stick PRO Duo (High Speed) / Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo / SD Memory Card / SDHC Memory Card / SDXC Memory Card
LCD	2.7 (6.9 cm) (230K pixels), Clear Photo LCD
Stamina (Battery Life)	250 shots / 125mins
Battery System	Lithium ION Battery
USB	2.0 Hi-Speed
Photo Mode	Intelligent Auto, Easy Shooting, Program Auto, Sweep Panorama
Scene Selection	Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Landscape / Soft Snap / Snow / Beach / High Sensitivity / Gourmet / Pet
Still Image	Size 14M : 4,320 x 3,240 Size 10M : 3,648 x 2,736 Size 5M : 2,592 x 1,944 Size VGA : 640 x 480 16:9 Mode : 11M(4,320 x 2,432) / 2M(1,920 x 1,080) Panorama (Max. Degree of Sweep Angle) : Horizontal (230deg) / Vertical (163deg)
Movie Recording Mode (AVI)	VGA (640 x 480, 30fps) approx. 8.8Mbps / QVGA (320 x 240, 30fps) approx. 2.4Mbps
Movie Recording Time	Up to 2GB per shoot
Recording Format	Motion JPEG / AVI
Still Image Recording Mode	Normal (JPEG) / Burst (JPEG)
Aperture	iAuto (F2.7 - F8.0) / Program Auto (F2.7 - F8.0)
Shutter Speed	iAuto (1/8 - 1/1,600) / Program Auto (1 - 1/1,600)
NR Slow Shutter	Shutter Speed of 1/3sec or slower
ISO Sensitivity Setting	Auto / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200
Image Stabilizer	SteadyShot
Focus Mode	Multi-point AF (9 points) / Center-weighted AF / Spot AF
Auto Focus Mode	Intelligent
Exposure Compensation	Plus / Minus 2.0EV, 1 / 3EV step
White Balance	Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Fluorescent / Incandescent / Flash
Light Metering	Multi-Pattern / Center Weighted / Spot
Flash Mode	Auto, Flash On, Flash Off, Slow Synchro
Flash Range	ISO Auto: 0.3 - 3.5m (W) / Approx. 0.6 - 1.8m (T), ISO3200: up to 7.1m (W) / 3.7m (T)
Pre-flash	Yes
Auto Daylight Syncro	Yes
Dynamic Range Optimiser	Standard / Plus
Face Detection	Yes
Red-eye Reduction	Yes
Clear RAW NR (Noise Reduction)	Yes
Self-Timer	Yes (10sec / 2sec / off / Potrait 1 / Potrait 2)
Auto Review	Yes
Index Playback	Yes
Playback Moving Image Mode	Play back own recorded movie files only
Slide Show Playback	Yes
Trimming / Resize / Playback Zoom	Yes / No / 8x
Image Rotation / Divide (MPEG) / Cue & Review	Yes / No / Yes
Hand Shake Alert	Yes
LCD Brightness Setting	Yes
Speaker Volume Control	Yes
Internal Memory Data Copy (to Recording Media)	Yes (MS / SD)
Multi-use Terminal	Yes (AV / USB)
USB Connecting	Mass Storage / PTP, MTP
Tripod Receptacle	Yes
Battery Remaining Indicator	Yes
Exposure Warning Indicator	Yes
Recording Media Remaining Indicator	Yes
Start-up	Approx. 1.8sec
Shutter Time Lag	Approx. 0.8sec
Release Time Lag	Approx. 0.1sec
Burst Speed (Maximum)	Approx. 1.0 fps
Burst Interval (Minimum)	Approx. 1.0sec
Dimensions (W x H x D)	92.9 x 52.4 x 19.3mm
Weight	Approx. 97g (Body), Approx. 113g (With Accessories)
Body Material	Metal Face

Face Detection technology Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and adjusts focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.

Soft Skin mode Portrait subjects will love the results. Soft Skin mode recognizes skin tones and reduces the appearance of blemishes and wrinkles without affecting the rest of the shot.

2.7” Clear Photo LCD™ display (230k pixels) Generous 2.7” (230K pixels) Clear Photo LCD™ display features sharp, natural color that makes it easy to compose shots, read menus, and view photos, even in bright sunlight.

SteadyShot™ image stabilization SteadyShot™ image stabilization compensates for camera shake and helps prevent blur through use of digital processing technologies.

Natural Flash Conventional point-and-shoot camera flash shots just don't capture colors the way the eye sees them. Natural Flash mode takes a reference shot without flash and then uses that reference to correct the color, for far more lifelike images.

Self-Portrait Timer Self-Portrait Timer helps take the guesswork out of self portraits by utilizing Face Detection technology to recognize when your face enters the frame. Once the camera detects your face, it triggers a 2-second timer, and then snaps a picture.