Sony reveals Cyber-shot cameras with 3D capabilities

14th July, 2010 by adina
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Sony started to unveil three Cyber-shot cameras, the T99, WX5 and TX9.

The T99 is a conventional camera with a touchscreen-driven body and uses a 14-megapixel CCD. It supports 2D sweep panorama. The camera is priced at $250 and will ship in September this year.

The WX5 and TX9 use the sweep panorama mode to create 3D images viewable on a computer or TV, through an HDMI output. A sweep multi angle, composes fifteen different angles in order to create a complex 3D image able to simulate 3D even on the 2D display of the camera.

They both have 12.2-megapixel CMOS sensors, back-illuminated, able to improve their sensitivity when the light is low and playing a key role in certain multi-shot photo effects. There is a new automatic mode which is capable of recognizing whether multiple shots are necessary or not in order to improve the final quality of the image. It is able to shoot twice for natural flashes that use a shot for reference to reduce the so-called “washed-out” effect, and the pseudo-bokeh effect which compares two shots in order to defocus the image’s background like a lens with wide aperture. Both cameras are able to shoot up to ten frames per second in bursts, although a lower resolution is possible.

Both cameras will shoot widescreen 1080i (equivalent to 4:3 1080-pixel) AVCHD/H.264 video. They differ mostly by bodies and lenses. The TX9 camera is the ultra-compact model of Sony and has a 4X (or 25-100mm equivalent) lens and also exclusively touchscreen control. The WX5 comes back to manual controls but has a 5X lens (24-120mm equivalent) with an f2.8 maximum aperture, which is relatively wide.

The WX5 and TX9 will be available this year in September. The price of the WX5 will be $300, while the TX9 will cost $400.


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