Product Description

Add a touch of technology to your lifestyle when you accessorize with the DSC-T20 Cyber-shot digital camera. Boasting 8.1 megapixel resolution for greater detail in big prints and tight comps, the DSC-T20 delivers superb clarity to group photos and snapshots. The innovative Carl Zeiss 3X optical zoom lens design brings the action close while the Face Detection feature optimizes natural tones in faces. With HD (high definition) output, photos can look even more spectacular when you share them with friends and family on HDTV screens.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27148 in Camera & Photo
• Color: Silver
• Brand: Sony
• Model: DSCT20
• Released on: 2007-04-21
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 2.50" w x 4.00" l, 1.00 pounds
• Display size: 2.5

Features

• 8.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
• Carl Zeiss 3x optical zoom lens; 2.5-inch LCD display
• High Sensitivity Mode (ISO 3200) allows for shooting even in low-light conditions
• MPEG Movie VX Fine mode captures VGA (640 x 480) audio/video clips at high frame rate
• HD output; HD slide show with music feature

Manufacturer Description
Ultra-slim dimensions, sleek design and four fashion color choices make the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T20 camera a brilliant style accessory to capture and relive the magic of life. Its 8.1-megapixel resolution captures more detail for big prints and tight comps. The advanced Bionz processor powers new capabilities like Face Detection, in-camera retouching and red-eye reduction, D-Range Optimization, and 9-Point AF. The Sony Double Anti-Blur Solution lets you shoot sharp, clear low-light images without flash to preserve the mood -- and new HD output lets you share memories with family and friends with spectacular high-definition clarity and impact on compatible HDTV screens.

Cyber-shot DSC-T20 Highlights

8.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD More megapixels give you more detail and definition when you make big prints or crop in tight on your subject. The advanced Sony Super HAD (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD design allows more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise.

Carl Zeiss 3x optical zoom lens An ingenious Carl Zeiss lens design provides 3x optical zoom in amazingly compact dimensions -- and even at full zoom the lens doesn’t project beyond the camera body, preserving its ultra-slim styling.

Face detection By automatically controlling focus, exposure, color and flash, this new Sony feature reveals faces in shadow, makes skin tones look more natural and eliminates harsh facial glare -- to help bring out every expression on every face in every shot, so you’ll capture the personalities and emotions that make memories come alive.

Sony Double Anti-Blur Solution. With Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization and high sensitivity (ISO 3200), the DSC-T20 compensates for shaky hands, minimizes blur, brightens images and allows flash-free shooting to preserve the mood -- and Sony Clear RAW Noise Reduction reduces the picture noise that can ruin low-light shots.

HD output Thanks to Sony, your photo album can go high-def -- with direct HD output to compatible HDTV screens, so you can view DSC-T20 still photos in spectacular high-definition clarity and detail. Your life never looked so exciting!
_{Note: HD output requires an optional Sony HD connector cable; HDTV sold separately}

HD slide show with music. It’s the high-definition viewing experience that makes photos come alive on HDTV screens, accompanied by your choice of visual effects and any of four preset musical selections stored in memory or your favorite MP3 tunes downloaded from PC to your camera for use as background music.

9-point auto focus. Because an off-center subject can make your shot more interesting, the DSC-T20 can measure auto-focus precision at 9 points on your screen -- giving you greater creative freedom to compose your image.

D-Range Optimization Powered by the exclusive Sony Bionz high-speed processing engine, D-Range Optimization preserves image data in bright highlights and reveals more detail in shadows or backlit areas -- for great results even in difficult lighting conditions.

In-camera retouching The DSC-T20 lets you add creative effects to photos after you shoot -- including soft edge filter to soften backgrounds, cross filter to place starry "dazzles" at highlight points, partial color filter to mute surrounding colors, even fish-eye filter to create interesting fish-eye lens effects.

In-camera red-eye reduction Irritating "glowing eyes" can ruin even the most creative photos -- so the DSC-T20 provides in-camera correction at the touch of a button to reduce lingering red-eye effect that other systems might miss.

2.5-inch Clear Photo LCD Plus screen With its Clear Photo LCD Plus design, the big, bright 2.5-inch screen of the DSC-T20 makes photos look more natural when you’re sharing on location -- and gives you adjustable brightness for viewing even in bright sunlight.

Simple setup controls A touch of the Home button opens your user-friendly GUI -- and you can select functions by simply moving a cursor vertically or horizontally to the appropriate icon. Function names and the on-screen Function Guide display make it easier to learn camera setup operations.

31 MB internal memory The DSC-T20 allows you to capture a large number of images without a flash memory card, so it’s great for traveling or for quick candid snapshots.

Memory Stick Duo media convenience A built-in slot accepts optional Memory Stick Duo media or Memory Stick Pro Duo media -- the compact, high-capacity storage media that make it easily to upload photos to your computer or make lab-quality prints at home on your Sony Picture Station digital printer (sold separately).

15x Smart Zoom feature The Sony Smart Zoom feature intelligently "crops into" the central portion of interest in your photo, avoiding the image degradation of other digital zooms.

MPEG Movie VX Fine mode Captures VGA (640 x 480) audio/video clips at high frame rate (up to 30 frames per second), with length limited only by the capacity of your media.

Stamina battery power The DSC-T20 provides up to 380 shots with a fully-charged NP-BG1 Lithium-ion battery -- enough shooting capacity to cover a long weekend or a whole vacation.

Picture Motion browser software Supplied software makes it easier to upload, organize and search photos on your PC -- and provides a convenient map view function to sort photos by location and display their origin on a world map by using an optional GPS unit.

Customer Reviews

T20 v.s. T100
I just purchased two pink T20s and one black T100 as gifts. Before I gave them away, I did a few tests for myself.

I originally thought these two models were identical except for the different lenses and LCDs, so their photos should be similar. My test results didn't support with my assumption, though. While T100 surprised me a little bit by producing very clear photos, T20 had problems producing consistent clear images.

Like the N1 I have, T20 seems to have the trouble of focusing the object correctly indoors. About half of the photos are more or less out of focus. On the contrary, 90 percent of the photos produced by T100 are correctly focused. In addition, although I set both models in the same way (ISO to 80, face detection to ON, SteadyShot to ON, and illuminator to AUTO) photos taken by T20 seemed nosier than that by T100. I cannot be sure if the lens, the processor, or whatever else caused that.

My suggestion: choose T100 over T20 whenever possible. I am convinced that T100 is superior to T20 in producing good photos and worth the extra money.

Good camera in general, don't buy for the High ISO option
We have had this camera about 2 months, since nearly the debut on Amazon, late April. What intrigued me was this is a reasonably-priced ultra-compact with image stablilization (Sony Super Steadyshot). What also intrigued me was the secondary "anti-blur" and low-light solution, which is High ISO (ISO 3200). Well, kudos to Sony for the Super Steadyshot, but the High ISO setting is a huge disappointment. If you are buying this camera for primarily low-light, without flash situations, then look elsewhere. If you are buying it as a 8 megapixel ultracompact with the Steadyshot image stabilization, then it is worth the price.

In typical outdoor situations or indoors with flash, the photos are great. If like me and my kids, you have a natural tremor in your hands, the image stabilization will make you love digital cameras. The shutter lag is reasonably short too, which for me is a welcome relief from 2 prior generations of Olympus cameras in the family. In fact, shutter lag is what kept me from buying Olympus again.

Back to the high ISO (3200). There is a reason this is hard to pull off in any camera line. I'm surprised Sony went this high, as the results are quite annoying. The "grain" is atrocious, reminding me of photos taken with a VGA web-cam! Were I Sony, I would have optimized for ISO 1600 before going to market, as 1600 is still 2 to 4 times greater than most consumer-market cameras. I also wish Sony had an option between 400 ISO and 3200, but I can't find it.

I'm a bit annoyed with the features menu as well. I don't necessarily see a rhyme or reason why they divided the features as they did. I don't pick this camera up every day, or every week for that matter, and I have to traverse two separate features tree to find what I'm looking for.

Just a few other thoughts, the movies look great on a standard definition TV. I don't yet have HD, so I can't speak about the HD mode.

Would I buy this camera again, knowing the High ISO mode is a disappointment? I think so.

Awesome Camera & Looks great too!!
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this camera! It takes great pictures no matter what the conditions! I purchased a 2gig memory for it and can take tons of great pics and video. The battery lasts a really long time and its easy to charge. The charger doesn't have a cord so I leave it plugged in the kitchen and just put in the battery every few days. The different settings & menus are easy to get to and easy to see even without my glasses on that big screen. I cannot say enough good things about this camera. If you need a pociet sized good quality camera, buy this!