Suhit Gupta
02-06-2006, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review3385.html' target='_blank'>http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review3385.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Two years ago Sony shook up the digital camera world with the introduction of the DSC-T1, the first 5-megapixel model with a huge 2.5-inch LCD screen and an ultra thin form factor thanks to a non-extending 3x optical zoom lens. Even at $550, it was a smash hit and was followed by many competitors and various iterations by Sony itself. The recently introduced Sony DSC-T9 is the latest edition and it adds some significant improvements including a 6MP imager, higher sensitivity (ISO 640) and Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization, a very important feature for a camera that’s held by your fingertips. Even better the camera is cheaper than the original by a 100 clams. Now is this the pocketable camera of your dreams? Let’s fire it up and see, shall we?"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/20060201_2129301.gif" /><br /><br />The article concludes that the T9 takes solid but not D-SLR level photos yet that’s an unreasonable expectation for a $400 point-and-shoot camera. I love the fact that it has an image stabilizer though, something that should pretty much be a requisite now that cameras are adding higher and higher zoom with every new release.