Sony DSCTX5B Cyber-shot Black
Cyber-shot® TX5 Digital Camera
Amazing things come in this small package. The Cyber-shot® TX5 has it all, from a stunningly thin 3/4" body to advanced technologies that make it easy to shoot gorgeous photos and videos. Aside from its remarkable intelligence, the TX5 is also built extremely tough. Its airtight construction is waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, and freeze-proof. Just slip it in your pocket and you're prepared to capture the world in style, no matter where you are.
Exmor R CMOS Sensor
TX5 has 1/2.4-type “Exmor R” CMOS sensor with 10.2 effective megapixels. This sensor is twice as sensitive to light* as conventional CMOS sensors** thanks to back-illuminated technology that places metal wiring beneath the photo diode instead of above it. This design also contributes to a 50% reduction* in noise. This dramatic improvement in sensitivity lets users enjoy cleaner and higher definition images with less noise when shooting in dark environments such as night scenes.
Dual Memory card slot
DSC-TX5 now accepts two types of memory cards so that everyone can fully enjoy the benefit of the Cyber-shot experience but still enjoy the flexibility to select the type of memory cards depending on their needs.
Stylish looks with take-anywhere durability
Always renowned for superb styling and outstanding functionality, Cyber-shot now offers enhanced durability. A new design provides resistance to water, dust, shock and extreme temperatures, letting you take Cyber-shot where other cameras fear to tread. Whether at the beach, on a mountaintop or anywhere in between, you’ll always be assured of flawless performance even in harsh environments.
Intelligent Sweep Panorama
Sweep Panorama has evolved into Intelligent Sweep Panorama, which now recognises faces and subject movement. This new functionality gives Intelligent Sweep Panorama the ability to stitch together photos - even those containing people - to create extremely natural looking panoramic shots. Users simply swing the camera in a tight arc to obtain stunning landscapes and vertical shots of tall buildings with faces or moving subjects. Panorama settings, selectable from the menu while shooting, are swing direction (up/down/right/left) and image size (Standard/Wide).
Burst Shooting
Lightening-quick continuous shooting up to 10 frames per second* at 10.2 megapixels, enabled by the Burst button on top of TX5, means users will never miss a precious moment. Sequences of continuous shots are automatically grouped to simplify playback. The camera also analyses each group in order to locate and display the best shot as “Best Picture”**, which helps users quickly organise and pick out the best photo from numerous sequences of continuously shot images. In addition, the mechanical shutter eliminates distortion common to images of moving subjects shot with electronic shutters.
BIONZ™ image processor
Sony’s “BIONZ” Imaging Processor delivers high-resolution images and fast performance. When shooting in dimly lit environments, the higher maximum ISO setting and enhanced noise reduction improve image quality. Speed and precision have been increased for AF, AE, and AWB (3A). Moreover, Backlight Correction HDR contributes to excellent image quality through outstanding colour reproduction and less colour noise.
Backlight Correction HDR
Backlight Correct HDR makes it easy to obtain more evenly exposed photos in backlit situations. This advanced function takes two photos at different exposures, then automatically overlaps them. The end result is a photo exhibiting a wide dynamic range that more closely resembles what the human eye sees. Backlight Correct HDR reduces whiteout and blackout, reproduces more details in dark areas and preserves delicate gradations in highlights. Now users can take photos that faithfully recreate the scene even in difficult backlighting.
Hand-held Twilight mode
The highly sensitive “Exmor R” CMOS sensor coupled with “BIONZ” makes it possible to calculate the positions of objects in six superimposed frames to create a single optimised image with noise reduced by approximately 50%. The result is cleaner, sharper images when compared to twilight shots using only a high ISO setting. This mode also allows users to shoot blur-free twilight scenes without a tripod.
Advanced Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar zoom lens
A retractable Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens enables close-up shooting and zooming when shooting movies. TX7 is the first T Series Cyber-shot to be equipped with a wide-angle 25 mm lens, and offers 4x optical zoom that extends focal length coverage to 100 mm. In addition, this remarkable lens enables users to focus as close as 1 cm from the subject in Close Focus mode and offers superior visual acuity for a compact camera.
25mm Wide angle lens
A retractable Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens enables close-up shooting and zooming when shooting movies. TX7 is the first T Series Cyber-shot to be equipped with a wide-angle 25 mm lens, and offers 4x optical zoom that extends focal length coverage to 100 mm. In addition, this remarkable lens enables users to focus as close as 1 cm from the subject in Close Focus mode and offers superior visual acuity for a compact camera.
Extend your reach with 4x optical zoom
Enjoy the breathtaking quality of 4x optical zoom in a slim, compact camera. Smooth, seamless zooming from 1x to 25x expands your photographic possibilities. You can capture magnificent scenes at the 1x setting, zoom closer with perfect clarity using 4x optical zoom, attain 8.3x zooming at high-definition quality with HD Smart Zoom (16:9) or focus on minute details like faraway flowers with 25x Smart Zoom (VGA). Whether you’re photographing natural scenes or capturing the facial expressions of distant loved ones, the DSC-TX7’s powerful zooming capabilities let you make the most of memorable shutter opportunities.
Optical SteadyShot
Combining the benefits of “Optical SteadyShot” optical image stabiliser with High Sensitivity mode, Sony’s Double “Anti-blur” Solution helps reduce camera shake blur for telephoto shots. A built-in gyro sensor in “Optical SteadyShot” detects camera shake and automatically activates a shift lens unit to compensate for it. High Sensitivity mode has an ISO of 3200 to allow faster shutter speeds, making it especially useful for eliminating subject blur when shooting indoors or at twilight. Additionally, Sony’s original Clear RAW Noise Reduction algorithm suppresses noise, a typical drawback of shooting at the higher end of the ISO scale, to deliver clean, high-resolution images. The end results are extremely natural looking photos of just about any subject or scene.
Face Detection technology
Sony’s Face Detection technology detects faces in a scene and adjusts focus, exposure and white balance accordingly. It is renowned for high performance features such as quick subject tracking, excellent skin-colour. With Face Detection technology, the TX5 can automatically distinguish between children and adults. Setting the camera to either type (children or adults) provides beautiful, accurate images.
Smile Shutter™ Technology
Sony’s Smile Shutter, which automatically detects and captures smiling faces, is easy to activate thanks to the addition of a Smile Shutter icon on the MENU screen. Users can prioritise adults or children and indicate the degree of Smile Detection Sensitivity to capture desired smiles perfectly. Moreover, by using the Selected-face Memory, smiling faces of a registered person can be captured.
Intelligent Auto Mode
Intelligent Auto mode, quickly accessed via the MODE icon on the Touch Screen, enables the camera to automatically determine the optimal settings for nine scenes, easily capturing the moment without having to bother with difficult adjustments. Motion Detection ensures carefree shooting even for moving subjects. Working together with Intelligent AF (Auto Focus), Intelligent Auto mode makes it a snap to get sharp, beautiful photos. Users can tell at a glance when Intelligent Scene Recognition* is enabled via a flashing icon at the top left of the display.
* Advanced mode is selectable from the MENU as before.
Easy Shooting Mode
The renowned Easy Shooting mode is now available while previewing. It simplifies camera settings to aid operation and displays simple instructions on the LCD in large type so that even beginners can easily understand advanced settings. This mode works together with Intelligent Scene Recognition*, which automatically selects optimum settings for each scene to greatly simplify operation.
Scene Selection
Convenient Scene Selection modes let users easily capture beautiful images of subjects in almost any type of setting. Users can simply select the suitable mode, depending on the scene, and the camera will automatically adjust the settings for optimal results.
Flash
“BIONZ” Imaging Processor technology enables higher ISO settings and more powerful flash illumination for better light coverage - even with subjects that are not near the camera. This improved flash performance opens up new opportunities for flash photography, helping you obtain more evenly illuminated photos when the light is low.
Response/Stamina/Internal memory
Sony’s highly efficient “BIONZ” Imaging Processor accelerates start-up time and reduces power consumption. Thanks to the convenient combination of quick start-up time, improved shutter time lag and long-lasting battery power, you miss fewer photo opportunities when travelling, at sporting events and everywhere you go.
Self-portrait Timer
Self-portrait timer lets users take in-frame self-portraits more easily than before. Two options are available: Self-portrait One Person and Self-portrait Two People. Once the camera confirms the number of faces in the frame, the two-second timer automatically starts. Now users can take beautiful self-portraits without having to check the display.
3.0-type Clear Photo LCD Plus
Featuring outstanding luminance, superb colour reproduction, excellent contrast and a high-resolution 230,400-dot screen, Clear Photo LCD Plus is ideal for precise composition and viewing of photos. Thanks to a wide viewing angle and AR (anti-reflective) coating, the screen produces richer blacks and provides optimum visibility even when shooting outside in bright sunlight.
Touch-Screen
Cyber-shot’s Wide & Touch Screen allows unsurpassed simplicity in shooting and sharing your pictures. The greatly enhanced Touch Screen integrates Touch Icons and on-screen buttons for easier, faster, more intuitive operation, while the 16:9 aspect ratio wide screen ensures easy visibility of all controls. Moreover, a simple uncluttered on-screen menu streamlines operation - showing just what’s needed for convenient operation without confusion. Only icons and buttons needed for the shooting situation are displayed, allowing fast, stress-free operation without any hesitation. You can see all information at a glance, then just touch the screen to instantly choose from a wide range of camera and movie shooting modes, change settings and displays, or select from three display modes. In fact, it’s never been simpler to capture and enjoy beautiful photos. Beginners and experts, youngsters and adults - anybody can take great shots effortlessly!
HD Viewing
Photos can be viewed in glorious high definition on a BRAVIA or similar HDTV simply by connecting the camera via optional HD output adopter cable (VMC-MHD3/MHC3). It’s the perfect way to show photos to friends and family members. Now the 1080i, 720p HD snap movies shot by TX5 can also be viewed in HD quality, too.
PHOTOMUSIC
PHOTOMUSIC (HD Slide Show with Music) is a built-in application that combines still images with music to produce fun, entertaining slideshows. Users can enjoy four kinds of slideshow effects (Simple, Nostalgic, Stylish, Active) with any of four music tracks* stored in the camera’s memory. Slideshows can include all stored images or users can limit playback by simply selecting a face type or date on the screen.
Easy Image Management
Easy Image Management takes the hassle out of sorting through large volumes of image data, so you can quickly select and view your desired photos. Photos can be browsed in four convenient ways: by Standard Folder view, Date view, Event view, and Favorites showing only user-selected images. You can also harness the power of Face Detection technology to filter by face type (choices include All People, Children, Infants, and Smiles).
Paint
The bundled Paint Pen enables decorating of photos with words and drawings. There are also more than 30 stamps, 15 types of picture frames, and two sizes for saving images: VGA and 5 Mega.
In Camera retouching
Still images captured with the TX5 can immediately be touched up and edited in the camera. There are three editing functions available: Trimming, Red-Eye Correction and Unsharp masking.
What's Included:
- Cyber-shot® Digital Camera TX5
- Rechargeable Battery Pack NP-BN1
- Battery Charger BC-CSN
- Wrist Strap
- Multi Connector Cable
- Paint Pen
- CD-ROM