Sony's Cyber-shot T200 gets its first review

You may remember Sony's new Cyber-shot T200 from way back at IFA, where we had the great and terrible pleasure of getting our grubby mitts all over it. Well, CNET Asia has gotten their mitts on the device for a thorough review, and we thought we'd bring you the many, many highlights. Overall, they seem to like the design, but aren't crazy about the loss of some buttons, which they say makes the camera feel a little cramped, though the large, 3.5-inch touchscreen display makes up for it. The camera's smile detection -- which is one of its more novel features -- is reported to be inaccurate and touchy, and the speed of startup and first shot on the T200 apparently leaves something to be desired. CNET says that the camera's image quality is "decent," but that they detected noise at ISO 400, and anything past ISO 800 was a nasty mess. Overall, they're not in love, but they do seem to be feeling a strong "like." Browse on over and catch the whole review.

[Thanks, emuROM]

[Ted @ Oct 4th 2007 3:04PM]

just don't take any pictures of music - that's stealing, right Sony?

[Wolfticket @ Oct 4th 2007 3:25PM]

Eh??

[Deputy Doffoos @ Oct 4th 2007 3:55PM]

sony bmg IS another thing


(another division)

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Oct 4th 2007 11:56PM]

A relative of mine has this camera and it tends to have major shutter lag.

[Wolfticket @ Oct 4th 2007 3:27PM]

Er... a 5 times internal optical zoom is pretty nice I spose.

[Deputy Doffoos @ Oct 4th 2007 3:57PM]

So wacha say T100 or T200 love?

[Jimmy @ Oct 4th 2007 3:57PM]

I like sony cyber shots, but fuck you sony, i will put all the songs i want on my i-pod! Mother fuckers.

[Dan @ Oct 4th 2007 4:37PM]

Smile detection actually works better for me then I expected. I didn't seem to have any problems with it, it takes the pictures automatic in that mode just as advertised.

Personally, I like the new touch screen interface then any touch screen ever before. It is very easy to use, and the screen looks great.

Unless you can find a great deal on the T100, spend the extra for the T200, it's an excellent compact.

[Chris Macdonald @ Oct 4th 2007 4:42PM]

I'm getting one of these and I was under the impression that they were coming out in November. Anybody know where you can get one of these in Canada?

[eddie_nutritious @ Oct 14th 2007 2:27AM]

The Sony Store has had it for a few weeks now.

[chris fredette @ Oct 4th 2007 5:02PM]

does it use the memory stick? Then nothing to see here.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Oct 5th 2007 4:16PM]

Yes, it does use Sony Memory Stick.

[Cagrino @ Oct 4th 2007 5:16PM]

I bought the T100 when it came out. It works great. I don't see anything worth upgrading to the T200.

[David McGraw @ Oct 4th 2007 5:43PM]

I thought the smile detection feature worked like a charm. It was a pretty darn accurate when I used it.

[Paul @ Oct 4th 2007 7:12PM]

Meh. I like my Pentax Optio T30 touchscreen.

[Cal @ Oct 4th 2007 9:52PM]

Every new compact camera has noise at iso 400 and is a mess at anything higher.

[shaliron @ Oct 5th 2007 6:09AM]

Except Fujis. They're the best at low light - spotless till around 800, when it's better than most compact's 200.

And Cnet makes some of the worst camera reviews on the net. I don't understand how you can write a camera review and not include some samples of the photos taken.

And spending half the review talking about the design of the camera is a waste as well.

[tintastic @ Oct 5th 2007 4:16AM]

Own a T100 and tried the T200 - definitely prefer the T100 - seems more responsive (plus I hate fingerprints on my LCD!!).

[Sams @ Oct 10th 2007 12:29PM]

This wasn't the first review. You can see a decent video review from September 25th over here http://www.mipsscan.com/2007/09/a-demo-of-the-s.html