Hands-on with Sony's new T, S, and H series Cyber-shots

While it's always great to see your consumer point-and-shoots get a decent spec bump or two, Sony's not really offering too many breakthrough new features in the latest refresh to its T, S, and H series Cyber-shots. Still, it was nice to check out the updated DSC-H3, DSC-S700, and DSC-T200 at Sony's PMA booth in the form of the DSC-H10, DSC-S750 / S780, and DSC-T300, respectively. Ranging from $150 to $400, and from 7.2 to 10.1 megapixels, the four cameras in this gallery seem like they'd be a fine upgrade to folks already hooked on their MemorySticks.

Gallery: Hands-on with Sony's new T, S, and H series Cyber-shots

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[Yipcanjo @ Jan 31st 2008 4:28PM]

Note to Sony:

Stop with the MemoryStick crud. We don't want it. There are better technologies to use.

Sincerely,

The Public

[StrangeBum @ Jan 31st 2008 4:30PM]

The brushed metal on that think looks horrible, at least in my opinion. I prefer a more traditional look to my camera. I don't want my camera to look like a piece of sheet metal I got from Home Depot or something.

Plus, I'm a bit biased against Sony's cameras. The whole memory stick pro/duo ordeal just bothers me. I want it to use SD media like almost every other device I own with upgradable memory.

[Ryan @ Jan 31st 2008 4:39PM]

Can someone explain to me the way the lens is covered on the T300, it's like, when the lens cap is closed, it's in the middle of the unit, so where the hell does the lens and stuff go. I don't know if you know what I mean.

[Ryan @ Jan 31st 2008 4:38PM]

Can someone please explain where all the lens and flash stuff goes when the T300 front is closed, this is really baffling me. Look at this picture to know what I mean

http://www.sony-europe.com/res/attachment/file/54/1200495038054.jpg

[Tony @ Jan 31st 2008 8:16PM]

@ Ryan

The slider or "lens cap" slides up and covers the lens and other stuff.
Your picture is deceptive, it actually looks more like this:
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2663/cybershotdsct2001na1.jpg

PS. Engadget, why doesn't the reply button work today?

[Armen @ Jan 31st 2008 8:57PM]

I've tested Sony-Ericsson's BestPic feature on their K800i cellphone and it's amazing. It takes 9 shots in a second and you can save the ones* which you think 'is the right' moment(s). Is there a stand-alone digital camera that has such a feature? (not 2 or 2.5 shots per second, 9 shots per second).

* On the contrary to a lot of reviews of the device which tell you that you can only save one of the 9, you can actually save many and not just one. And the user-interface puts a little green check-mark to remind you which of the 9 you've already saved!

[Ryan @ Feb 1st 2008 6:30AM]

Tony, since the reply button is broken, hope you see this.

Thanks for the reply but that is the T200 and the lens cap works different on that, the T200 cap moves up the whole unit and then covers the lens.

On te new T300 however, you can see that whilst open, the lens cap does not drop to the bottom of the unit, there appears to be some other flap behind it though if you look closely at these engadget pictures, so it just begs the question what is the proceedure to shut the camera. Sorry about such a boring subject but this is doing my head in looking at the pictures and trying to work out how it actually operates.

[torqueo @ Feb 1st 2008 7:41AM]

Ugh! My eyes! How does Sony do it? Their ultra-compact VAIO's are beautiful, but their cameras are almost the ugliest ever (I think Samsung is King in that arena).

[lou @ Feb 18th 2008 11:35PM]

The cybershots are sexy little cameras especially the T series. I have the T200 and my only grip is the shutter speed is not fast enough. I wonder if they were able to change that in the T300?

[Ryan @ Feb 1st 2008 8:00AM]

What the...

You can't be real, just take a look at the T300 my friend, what a gorgeous camera. The screen on the rear is enough to sell it for me, and widescreen shooting, something I'd never seen before the T200 (the predecessor). (I do realise some camera probably did do it before the T200 but I didn't know about it).