Sony does it (yet) again
Ain’t capitalism wonderful? It looks like my search for a fast, carry-everywhere digital camera is over. Today DPReview published Sony’s announcement of the four megapixel ultra-compact fixed lens DSC-F77 and DSC-FX77 (Bluetooth) models.
Measuring 92.6 x 71.0 x 27.0 mm (3.65 x 2.8 x 1 in), the DSC-F77 has about the same dimensions as the credit card sized Casio Exilim EX-S2 that was previously at the top of my list (admittedly the Sony camera is significantly thicker but it’s still a light, pocketable camera).
More importantly, the combination of four megapixels and a Carl Zeiss lens ensures that the Sony’s image quality will eat that of the Casio, or the Minolta Dimage X.
Trust Sony. This news comes a couple of days after their announcement of the DSC-F717, an update of their DSC-F707 which is generally regarded as the best five megapixel prosumer digital camera. And they’ve promised a raft of new models between now and Christmas. Sometimes I wonder why the other manufacturers bother. (Though, if they didn’t, it wouldn’t be capitalism.)
If Sony made cameras that had options other than memory sticks for storage I would buy one in a second, but until then, I'm going with something I can slap a MicroDrive into.
Posted by John on 7 September 2002 (Comment Permalink)