The W's color performance was consistent from ISO 80 to 3, and while its noise suppression made subjects look painterly, the photos were still usable for small prints when sensitivities above ISO were used. With the W, these higher ISOs yield poor results with noticeable shifts in color and a lot of noise. Ideally, a megapixel resolution should buy you a fair amount room for cutting down your images. Despite not having a wide-angle lens, the W's images have some barrel distortion when taken at the lens' widest position.
Having a slight pincushion distortion when the lens is extended is common, but there was no sign of it from the W The camera's center sharpness is pretty good, though my test camera is softer on the left side, particularly in the upper corner.
The amount of fringing around high-contrast subjects is average to above average for its class. At small sizes, it's easy to overlook, but anything larger than a 4x6, and your eye will likely be drawn to it.
The W's color performance is very good and reasonably accurate. Reds tended to look oversaturated, but otherwise subjects looked bright and natural.
The camera's exposure is generally good, but blown highlights are frequent. Its white balance is also good. The camera's video quality is respectable, too, on par with an HD minicamcorder. You can use the 7x zoom while you're recording, but the lens movement is jerky and you will hear the lens motor on your recordings--though this is common for compact cameras. However, Sony makes trade-offs to get the low price such as using its lowest-quality lens and a less capable image processor than its Bionz Engine.
As is the case with most models in its class, the W is at its best in bright conditions for portraits and landscapes. Regardless of the resolution stamped on its body, the photos will generally not be great viewed at their full size from a foot away on your computer screen. However, they will look fine on prints at 8x10 inches or smaller, when viewed on a TV from a proper distance or when viewed on your favorite photo-sharing site.
That's slow even for a long zoom. Sharpness : The wide-angle end of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W's zoom is very blurry in the corners of the frame, as well as along the outer edges. Blurring also extends quite far into the image area, and is very noticeable. At telephoto, results are a little better, but the lower right corner of the frame is significantly soft. Results here are well below average, particularly at wide-angle.
This is an unusually poor performance. Geometric Distortion : There is a moderate level of barrel distortion at wide-angle 0. Chromatic Aberration : Chromatic aberration at wide-angle is high in terms of pixel count, and quite bright. However, some strong blurring is also at play here, which definitely intensifies the effect. At telephoto, chromatic aberration is again high in terms of pixel count, with bright blue pixels extending far into the black target areas.
Chromatic aberration is noticeable closer to the edges, as is strong blurring. Minimum coverage area is 3. The camera's flash throttles down for the macro area, though it does produce vignetting in the corners and a bright hot spot on the brooch. Color : Color is a little oversaturated in the strong reds and blues, but not any worse than average.
Bright yellows are actually a little muted with a greenish tint, as are oranges and cyans. Aside from those shifts, hue accuracy is fair. Dark skintones are strongly oversaturated and warm, while lighter tones lean toward a warmer, orange-ish cast. Watch out for that yellow shift in particular. Chroma color noise is mostly controlled at all ISOs up to about 1,, where color balance shifts. Luminance noise begins to really interfere by ISO See Printed results below for more on how this affects printed images.
Printed : ISO 80 and printed results look good at 13x19 with fairly good color, with the exception that some yellows look greenish. Some low-contrast red areas are also almost completely formless blurry , which is rare at this low an ISO. ISO images are usable at 13x19, but the strange artifacts mentioned in the review have an effect on certain high-contrast edges at this size. Printing at 11x14 inches makes these less noticeable. ISO shots are usable at 11x14 inches, though shadows deepen somewhat and yellows start to lose detail as reds did from the start.
All but the yellow detail improves when printed at 8x ISO files produce a soft but usable print at 8x10, but colors continue to lose detail at this sensitivity. Prints look much better at 5x7. ISO 3, shots are also usable at 4x6, but expect colors in clothing to appear oversaturated and without detail. Overall it's a middle-of-the-road performance from the Sony W, except in the reds, where there is so little detail at such a low ISO setting.
Print sizes are relatively large, but noise-suppression artifacts are too prominent and colors become increasingly oversaturated as sensitivity rises, and detail falls, again thanks to noise suppression and a noisy sensor. Shutter lag : Full autofocus shutter lag is sluggish, at 0.
Prefocus shutter lag is 0. Cycle time : Cycle time is relatively fast, capturing a frame every 1. Sony rates the W's continuous mode at 1. As much as I liked the compact size and feel of the Sony W, the more I used it, the more its limitations cramped my style. Sure, it's better than a cellphone and it can take those cool Sweep Panoramas.
But it took some lousy pictures see the Gallery. I've gotten such better quality images with other Sonys that I was very discouraged. Landscapes and sunsets were usually disappointing while macros were generally out of focus. Even when images are in focus, high contrast details are ringed with sloppy noise that just doesn't look good, even at ISO Very strange.
And that's the bottom line on the Sony W it's nowhere near as good as it should be. Neither has the long lens that the W does, but they take a better picture more often. DSC-W vs W DSC-W vs A DSC-W vs DSC-W vs G Navigate Review Jump to review page Imaging Resource rating 2. Intelligent Auto. Playback Index. Record Menu. Compatible PC with internet capability required. The installation of the software starts. Select from pre-loaded tracks on the camera or transfer your own from your compatible computer sold separately.
Be aware that by sending the camera for repair, you give consent that the contents of the internal memory, music files may be checked. Folder Changes the folder in the memory card that is currently used for recording images.
Troubleshooting 3 Initialize the settings page Delete Allows you to select unwanted images for deletion. Copy Copies all images in the internal memory to a memory card. Page 49 Focusing on subjects near the edge of the screen If the subject is out of focus, do as follows: The computer does not recognize the USB connection from a Sony digital camera.
Displaying the control panel Displaying the control panel, you can dsf-w slow movie playback and adjust the volume. Support by Sony mobile app: Especially when you print an image shot with the image size set to [ In this mode, easy-to-understand basic instructions are displayed on the LCD screen and the camera switches to all automatic settings, removing several function choices and allowing you to focus on just your subject. Printing still images You can print still images using the following methods.
In Program Auto, the camera analyzes the shooting scene and automatically corrects the brightness and contrast to improve the image quality. When the currently set area differs from your home area, you must make the Area Setting. When you use a memory card with this camera for the first time, it is recommended to format the card using the camera for stable performance of the memory card before shooting.
Using size and weight, the portability rating of the ZS80 and W is 86 and 94 respectively. Usually, it can be hard to picture the contrast between sensor dimensions only by reviewing specs. The image here will give you a clearer sense of the sensor sizing in the ZS80 and W As you can plainly see, both of these cameras come with the identical sensor size but different MP.
You should anticipate the Panasonic ZS80 to offer more detail having its extra 6 Megapixels. Greater resolution will enable you to crop pics a good deal more aggressively.
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