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The Sony W230 is yet another stylish offering from one of the leading names in digital photography. A 5x optical zoom, 30 mm wide-angle Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with Optical SteadyShot image stabilization and high quality 12.1-megapixel resolution ensures that you can get close to the action without sacrificing picture quality. Additionally, MPEG Movie VX Fine Mode allows you to capture those moments to important to keep on just one photo. Finally, Face Detection and Smile Shutter technology lets you get the perfect picture, every time, while a 3.0-inch LCD display makes taking and reviewing pictures easier than ever. The W230 comes with 15 MB of built-in memory and utilizes Memory Stick Duo/PRO Duo Media for easy storage and sharing.
One of a pair of near identical twins (the other being the DSC-W290), the DSC-W230 was part of the new ('09) generation of unassuming 'W' series compacts and features Sony's latest intelligent auto features, a slightly wider than normal 30-120mm (4x) zoom, 3.0e" LCD, optical stabilization and a 12MP sensor. The slightly less run of the mill DSC-W290 adds a more useful zoom range and HD movie capture.
The latest entry-level model in the company's W-series, the Sony W230 is closely related to the W220 model which was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show a few weeks ago. The Sony W230 looks to be a fairly straightforward LCD upgrade of the previous camera. Based around a 1/2.3m" SuperHAD CCD image sensor with 12.1 megapixel resolution coupled to a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar branded 4x optical zoom lens, the Sony W230 offers equivalent focal lengths will range from 30 to 120mm, while the maximum aperture varies from f/2.8 to f/5.8 across the zoom range. Macro focusing will be possible down to a minimum of four centimeters. The W230 will forgo any optical viewfinder in favor of a 3.0
The Sony Cybershot W230 will offer ISO sensitivity ranging from 100 to 3,200 equivalent, and will include both true mechanical image stabilization, as well as Digital Image Stabilization which functions by raising the camera's sensitivity (and along with it, the noise levels) so as to achieve a higher shutter speed and reduce motion blurring. The Sony W230 will also include face detection capable of differentiating between children and adults, and will take into account the locations of detected faces when calculating autoexposure and autofocus variables. The Sony Cyber-shot W230 will feature in-camera retouching capabilities, with soft focus, fish eye effect, cross filter, partial color, retro, radiation, red-eye correction, trimming, unsharp masking and smile effects being on offer.
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