This camera is integrated with 5 megapixel CCD, a 3x optical zoom lens, a huge 2.5-inch LCD screen, and a full complement of options such as variable ISO settings, color saturation, contrast, and sharpness adjustments.It has Automatic exposure control offers point-an-shoot ease, with a handful of scene modes for more difficult shooting situations.
Noticeable feature of this camera is its large, 2.5-inch color LCD monitor, which takes up most of the camera’s rear panel. It is well equipped with a Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar 3x, 6.7-20.1mm lens, equivalent to a 38-114mm lens on a 35mm camera which is a fairly standard zoom range, going from an average wide angle to a good telephoto.
Normal focus ranges from approximately 1.6 feet 0.5 meters to infinity, with a Macro setting that lets you get within 3.25 inches 8 centimeters when the lens is zoomed to its wide angle position, and 9.8 inches 25 centimeters at its telephoto setting.It offers a range of fixed focus settings through the Record menu, as well as Center AF, Spot AF, and Multi AF focus area options.In Movie exposure mode, the camera captures either 640 x 480-, or 160 x 112-pixel resolution moving images with sound for as long as the memory card has available storage space.
Key specs
• 5.1-megapixel CCD.
• 2.5-inch color LCD monitor
• Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar 3x zoom lens .
• Maximum aperture of f/3.5 - f/4.4
• Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Snow, Beach, High Speed Shutter, Fireworks, and Magnifying preset scene modes.
• Movie mode with MPEG VX Movie option.
• Full Auto and Program AE exposure modes.
• Shutter speeds from 1/1, 000 to one second.
• Built-in flash with four modes.
• Memory Stick Duo and Memory Stick PRO Duo image storage
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