Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S700

For additional information on Digital Cameras and product reviews, please visit our Digital Cameras product guide.

Respectable performance for its class

Unfortunately, it has some issues with photo quality

In the highly competitive low-end camera market, it takes a bit more work to stand out from the crowd. Unfortunately, the frill-free Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S700 can't quite keep up with better same-priced models like the Canon PowerShot A550 or Sony's...

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S700 has respectable performance for its class.

Unfortunately, it has some issues with photo quality.

Other models do budget better than the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S700.

Metal body ; Good heft ; 7.2 megapixel sensor ; High ISO sensitivity to 1,000 ; Up to 460 shots on two AA NiMH batteries ; Maximum aperture of f/2.8

Lack of detail in most shots, regardless of ISO ; Memory Stick Duo (not included) requires an adapter for many card readers ; Batteries not latched in compartment, easily fall out when removing card ; High chromatic aberration

Like other recent Sony models, the S700 uses Memory Stick Duo memory cards and comes with 24MB of internal memory. The Sony DSC-S700's interfaces include USB 2.0 (Hi-speed), A/V (NTSC or PAL), and DC input with multi-jack. Power is provided to the Sony...

It features a 2.4 inch LCD screen (with 112,000 pixels), an aperture range of f/2.8 to f/9.7, 24 megabytes of internal memory, macro focussing down to 2 inches, ISO range of 100 - 1000 and a shutter speed range of 1 to 1/2000 second

ordentliche Performance ; praktische Abmessungen

bescheidene Fotoqualität ; dürftiger Funktionsumfang

Die DSC-S700 bietet eine respektable Performance für ihre Klasse, bleibt aber hinter anderen Modellen zurück.