Suhit Gupta
07-22-2004, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.dpreview.com/news/0407/04072105sonydscp150.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.dpreview.com/news/0407/04072105sonydscp150.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Sony’s new Cyber-shot ® DSC-P150 is the world’s first compact point-and-shoot digital camera in the marketplace loaded with 7.2 megapixels, putting breathtaking, near-professional-quality photos in your shirt pocket or handbag ... The P150 has also been empowered with Sony’s own recently introduced Real Imaging Processor™ circuitry that ensures fast start-up and shot-to-shot times, and puts extra speed and performance behind automatic features such as auto focus and auto exposure."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/sonyp150-001.jpg" /><br /><br />It is cool to see a device of this caliber in a point and shoot small form factor. According to the press release, it will be available in September for less than $500. By coming up with an image size of 3072 x 2304, it the first pocketable camera capable of capturing enough pixels to make 300-dpi 8” x 10” enlargements.