Sony Cybershot DSC-T70 8.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Silver)
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Customer Review: Im stuck with this camera
Summary: 3 Stars
The camera is for someone who has small fingers because everything in it has tiny buttons, the only thing that it has big is the display, this is why I bought it in the first place but I didn't know what I was getting into. The thing is that to zoom the image it's terrible, you have to be an expert to know how to use it to the point that if you ask someone to take you a picture they're going to have a hard time figuring where the button is. I don't recommend this camera, I found it at a very attractive price and because of the 8.1MP, but I will return it if I could!Customer Review: Poor Picture Quality
Summary: 3 Stars
I also own a similar older Sony Cybershot camera and the picture quality was much better on it. It seems this camera is about style over substance. I like how the cover slides down and the large touch screen, but the picture quality is sub-par. As stated in earlier reviews, artificial lighting pics are not good at all.Customer Review: Sony Cybershot SAC-T70
Summary: 3 Stars
For a small camera it works well, but I am older and the Image Stabilization really doesn't seem to help me much. I have a lot of out of focus pictures.
Over all it is a good little camera.
Customer Review: Awesome style, features, but bad pics
Summary: 2 Stars
I want to love this camera, but just can't for the simple fact that indoor/lower light pictures just look terrible. This is for two reasons. One the camera bumps the ISO settings too high, causing noise. Two, this causes the noise filter to try to correct the problem, but it just winds up making everyone looked smeared.
The face detection seems to work well, tracking up to 8 faces as long as they are looking at the camera directly. Smile detection on the other hand was pretty spotty, and I could only get it to work reliably with very cheezy smiles.
The huge touchscreen on the back is definitely a wow factor when people see this camera. It's bright and clear, and is very impressive as it takes up the entire back of the camera. The touchscreen itself made me nervous because when you press on it, the LDC below is squished, causing the screen to momentarily change colors. You would never see this on a PDA. Perhaps a better choice would have been a glass backing for the screen, or even better, use the same technology as the iphone's screen. For the most part the interface is pretty good, but simple tasks such as turning off the flash, or switching to macro mode take too many touches.
Pros:
- Great styling
- Face detection
- Touchscreen is nice, screen is big and bright
- Image stabilizer works well
Cons:
- Image quality is terrible
- Smile detection needs some work
- Too many touches to get complete simple tasks
- Zoom button is hard to get to, impossible for one handed operation.
- Only takes memory stick, SD would have been better (granted this is a Sony so I really don't expect anything less)
- Would have been nice if it took AA batteries.
Bottom line:
I love the look of this camera, and the touchscreen allows for the camera to have very few physical buttons. However, the gimmicks wears off quickly.
Ultimately, I took this camera back to the store for a Canon SD850(see my other review) because the image quality was unacceptable. If you shoot any pictures in low light or indoors picture quality will suffer.
Customer Review: DO NOT BUY IT! WASTE OF MONEY
Summary: 2 Stars
Very bad picture Quality.. I am not a pro, i just need some camera that i can take
out from my pocket, take the picture and keep it back. and at the end of the day
when i go back to my house, upload the pics and expect to relive every moment of it.
But, this camera does not serve the purpose. The picture quality is bad.
THis is my first Sony camera and i am sure that this vll be the last. I lost trust in sony..
THey are just expensive for no reason.. Looking to buy a panasonic now.