Digital Camera Review - Sony Cybershot DSC V1 - Photo Gallery, Specification

Friday, May 1, 2009




Sony's new Cyber-shot DSC-V1 includes some of the most advanced features of the DSC-F717 such as the 5.0-megapixel effective imager, Nightframing, NightShot and Hologram Laser AF-Assist and puts them into a compact body style closely resembling the DSC-S85. However the DSC-V1 is 25% smaller and 30% lighter and wrapped up in a highly durable metal body. It features a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 4x optical zoom with Sony's new 4x "Smart Zoom" digital zoom that now uses the full CCD image and avoids the usual image degradation of other digital zooms.    The DSC-V1 caters to the needs of the more advanced photographer with a full range of exposure control that includes: Auto, Program AE w/Shift, Shutter-speed priority, Aperture priority, Full Manual and 8 pre-programmed Scene modes. In addition it also offers the Sony exclusive Nightframing and NightShot modes using built in infrared illuminators for image capture in total darkness up to 15 feet. To insure that the zoom lens is always sharply focused the DSC-V1 is equipped with Hologram AF illuminator that "paints" the subject with a safe Class 1 laser pattern. Low-light shooting is further enhanced by slow shutter noise reduction that uses a dark-frame subtractive method to produce the clearest possible image.      .