The Sony Cybershot DSC-W7features a Carl Zeiss 3x optical zoom lens, a 7.2 megapixel sensor, and a large 2.5″ screen. The W7 is available from around £235 | $359, making the W7 extremely good value for money. The camera offers full manual controls and is quite compact - the 3x optical zoom lens is equivalent to 38-114mm on a 35mm camera. The camera is enclosed in a silver aluminium body (and is available in black as the W17). It records unlimited 640 x 480 / 30fps videos with sound when you use Memory Stick Pro memory cards. The camera’s quite compact (it will fit in trouser pockets), takes AA batteries and measures: 91 x 60 x 37.1mm (without protruding parts), and weighs 197g (without batteries and memory card)
Image quality is quite good, the images have good colour, saturation, contrast and good detail - however there is some purple fringing, and some images were quite soft. Images tend to come out of the camera looking quite good, however exposure of the clock towere wasn’t excellent, and blown highlights occured in the shops photo. The camera did a good job focusing the majority of the time, only slightly struggling in low light. Noise was fairly well controlled but resulted in loss of detail. I did not notice vignetting in photos. There is a good range of image sizes and a good choice of compression options. The macro mode is good, allowing you to be as close as 6cm away from the subject, this provides good (but soft) detail. Auto white balance and metering seemed to be good, however manually setting the white balance may often help acheive better results, and it could be worth checked the exposure mode. Red-eye was noticable. The movie mode is good, at 640×480 / 30fps with sound when using a Sony Memory Stick Pro card, the framerate is slightly reduced when using a normal Sony memory card.
The 7 megapixel Sony Cybershot W7 is a good digital camera. The easy to use camera is capable of good results, however you may have to work with the image(s) to get the best out of them - for example to produce sharper images, or alter exposure etc. The camera gives you a lot of control through manual settings, but is equally suited to beginners. The macro mode is good. The camera is very good value for money at around £235, and whilst the camera is good, due to the slight image quality issues I had with the W7 (soft, exposure, white balance, blown highlights) I would be much happier recommending the Fuji FinePix F10 to my friends and family over this camera.
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Along with superior resolution, the DSC-W7 mirrors the trend in cameras with huge, 2.5-inch LCD screens to frame and review your shots. We love the bigger screens; they make reading menus much easier, and you have a larger palette on which to compose your photographs. That said, the DSC-W7 is not without its flaws, especially when it comes to focusing in certain available light situations. And that Picture Package software is just plain awful.
This camera is as easy to operate as a light switch. Once you charge and load the two AA NiMH batteries and the flash memory, it’s time to start taking photos. Here’s where the large LCD comes into play: The screen is so big that you can easily read the clear onscreen menus and set the camera as you’d like—or simply start shooting in Auto or one of the scene modes. Even though the menu is very understandable, I’d like Sony to follow the lead of HP and Casio by using in-depth descriptions of what each scene mode does. Again, it would be a nice plus for the point-and-shoot photographer, but it doesn’t really detract from the camera.
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Sony’s 7.2-megapixel DSC-W7 has the same great 2.5-inch LCD, metal-alloy body, and 3X Carl Zeiss zoom lens as those of its predecessor, last year’s DSC-W1, but the W7 improves on it with 2 more megapixels and plenty of extra speed.
This compact digital camera shoots and processes its bigger images in less time, making it easier to get that fleeting shot of baby’s first step or your boss taking a spill after too much eggnog at the holiday office party. Keen-eyed photographers might find the photos a bit too flawed, and enthusiasts will miss the manual controls, but it’s a fairly quick and responsive camera with very solid automatic settings and respectable image quality, making it perfect for mainstream users looking to point, shoot, and make large prints with minimum fuss.
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The Sony DSC-W7 is a seven megapixel digital camera. It is aimed at anyone who is looking for a good all round digital camera that will take care of all the usual photo opportunities you are likely to find on holiday, at social get togethers as well as shots for the family album. Compared to standard point and shot models the DSC W7 is a step up in terms of features and overall quality. Despite the extra features it remains easy to use. It is likely to appeal to someone looking for a straightforward point and shoot model that is prepared to pay that bit more for the extra quality.
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The Cyber-shot DSC-W7 is an affordable yet high-performance 7-megapixel digital camera that offers a Carl Zeiss 3x optical zoom lens, large 2.5-inch color LCD, automatic simplicity and advanced features that you can “grow into” later, housed in a very compact, stylish and durable metal body about the size of a deck of playing cards.
The Cyber-shot W7 is the perfect camera for photographers desiring to step-up to a higher resolution and faster performing camera or for those who are just beginning to explore the wonders of imaging in the 21st century. Sony’s new Real Imaging Processor was specifically designed for fast camera response time and extended battery life. The Cyber-shot W7 is powered by two AA type cells with an average life of up to 380 shots when using the supplied high-capacity NiMH rechargeable.
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