Sony releases DSC-WX1 & TX1

These Cyber-shot cameras are the aboriginal to apply Sony’s new “Exmor R” aback aflame CMOS sensor technology to advance cutting in low-light scenarios, acceptable angel accuracy and acutely abbreviation grain.

“With these new “Exmor R” CMOS sensor cameras, Sony has awfully bigger the chump acquaintance for demography pictures with agenda still cameras in low-light scenarios,” said Phil Lubell, administrator of the agenda imaging business at Sony Electronics. “We’ve all taken pictures in dimly lit areas, breadth the after-effects were chapped and unclear. By redesigning the way these cameras abduction light, Sony is arch the industry by creating this accessible way to booty amazingly clear, active photos in low lighting scenarios.”

“Exmor R” Sensor Optimizes Low-Light Performance

Conventional angel sensor architectonics has appropriate affairs and added ambit elements to be positioned aloft the ablaze acute photo-diodes, attached the imager’s ablaze acquisition capability. Positioning these elements abaft the photo-diodes, Sony’s “Exmor R” angel sensors can accumulate added light, consistent in about alert the acuteness compared to accepted sensors.

To added extend low-light cutting performance, the TX1 and WX1 cameras absorb the hand-held afterglow and anti-motion becloud multi-shot modes alien in Sony’s advance Cyber-shot DSC-HX1. Application “Exmor R” CMOS sensor’s aerial speed, these modes abduction six abstracted images in beneath than a additional and advance Sony’s BIONZ™ processor to amalgamate the shots into a distinct angel of amazing detail and low noise.

Combining the “Exmor R” technology with hand-held afterglow and anti-motion becloud modes delivers a advance in low-light photography. Users can now abduction images of beauteous detail and low babble in scenes with no added than candlelight—without beam or the charge of a tripod.

Innovative Ambit Panorama™ and High-Speed Shooting

In accession to their advance low ablaze performance, these new cameras additionally accommodate Sony’s Ambit Panorama and 10 frames per additional admission cutting features, which were alien with the Sony® DSC-HX1 camera. The TX1 and WX1 cameras action these appearance in smaller, added bunched bodies that bout about any different style.

Capturing avant-garde landscapes is as accessible as “press and sweep.” Ambit Panorama approach lets you ability above the acceptable wide-angle lens and abduction amazing shots. Application the accelerated “Exmor R” CMOS sensor, the cameras shoot continuously while you ambit above the scene. Application the BIONZ imaging processor, they automatically stitch the pictures calm to actualize one beauteous across-the-board photo.

The TX1 and WX1 Cyber-shot models can booty up to 185 and 256-degree panorama shots appropriately in one accessible press-and-sweep motion with an angel admeasurement of 7152 x 1080 (ultra avant-garde horizontal).

Advanced Technology and Bunched Design

While the HX1 camera is a ample band-aid for barter who are attractive for high-zoom and acceleration in a abate admeasurement than a DSLR, the TX1 and WX1 cameras are fabricated for an admirers that wants avant-garde technology in an alike added bunched design.

With its abbreviate contour of aloof 16.5mm, the 10.2 mega-pixel TX1 offers streamlined, acclaimed curves for a adult attending ambrosial to the fashion-oriented who are additionally attractive for abundant performance.

This archetypal appearance a new operation on the blow console that lets you annal through images with an effortless “flick” of your feel and anon admission airheaded on the 3-inch Bright Photo LCD Plus™ display.

With a Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens, the TX1 camera lets you focus as little as 0.4 inches from your accountable for amazing close-up shots. The 4x scope zoom is absolute for capturing far-away subjects, and Sony’s Optical SteadyShot™ angel stabilization helps affected camera shake.

The 10.2 mega-pixel WX1 camera has a 2.7-inch Bright Photo LCD Plus affectation and is aloof over three abode of an inch thin—an ideal best for DSLR owners who additionally appetite to backpack a compact, aerial achievement agenda still camera.

The WX1 camera appearance a Sony G lens with an amazing avant-garde bend 24-120mm 5x optical zoom. This lens’ f/2.4 best breach offers about alert the ablaze acquisition adequacy of accepted lenses, and works calm with the “Exmor R” imager and low-light cutting modes to accommodate low-light photography above the abilities of added bunched cameras.

Tech Savvy Cameras

These cameras accommodate the best contempo Sony technology, including, Able Auto (iAuto) approach which, recognizes scenes, lighting altitude and faces, and adjusts settings consistent in clearer images, faces with added accustomed bark accent and beneath blur; Face Detection that detects up to eight faces and optimizes focus, flash, acknowledgment and white antithesis and able Arena (iSCN) that delivers nine Arena Selection modes to bound acclimatize for specific cutting conditions.

Pet approach is a new Sony affection that minimizes becloud back cutting affective pets. This new approach additionally reduces aglow pet red-eye.

Additionally, the cameras accept technologies Sony Cyber-shot barter accept appear to expect. These accommodate Smile Shutter™ technology that automatically captures a smile, activating ambit access (DRO) that improves acknowledgment and contrast, able Auto Focus that captures cursory moments and HD video adequacy that annal HD movies in 720p aerial analogue MPEG4 format.

With HD video capability, these cameras almanac HD movies in 720p aerial analogue MPEG4 architecture for beauteous large-screen home cine playback. You can almanac up to 29 account (or up to 2GB book size) in 720p format.

Pricing and Availability

The TX1 camera will be accessible in silver, gray, blush and dejected this September for about $380. The WX1 camera will be accessible in atramentous this October for about $350. Pre-sales will alpha in August. The cameras and a ambit of accessories will be accessible online

Sensor

• 1/2.4" Exmor R CMOS Sensor

• 10.2 actor able pixels

• 10.6 actor absolute pixels

Image sizes

• 3648 x 2736

• 3648 x 2432

• 3648 x 2056

• 2592 x 1944

• 2048 x 1536

• 1920 x 1080

• 640 X 480

Image sizes

(Panorama) • 7152 x 1080

• 4912 x 1080

• 4912 x 1920

• 3424 x 1920

Movie clips • 1280 x 720 (Fine) Approx. 9 Mbps @ 30fps

• 1280 x 720 (Standard) Appox. 6Mbps @ 30fps

• 640 x 480 VGA @ 30fps

File formats

• Still Angel : JPEG (EXIF 2.2), DPOF v1.1, DCF v2.0, MPF baseline

• Cine Clip : mp4, MPEG4

Lens

• 35-140mm equiv.

• Vario-Tessar 12 elements in 10 groups (including 4 aspheric elements)

• 4x Optical zoom

• f = 6.18-24.7mm

• F3.5(W)-4.6(T)

Focus Ambit Auto: W:Approx.8cm - T:Approx.50cm

Digital zoom Approx. 5.6x

Image Stabalisation Optical SteadyShot

AF breadth modes

Intelligent

Focus Approach • Multi point AF (9 points)

• Centre-Weighted

• Flexible Spot AF (touch)

• Spot

ISO acuteness

• Auto

• ISO 160

• ISO 200

• ISO 400

• ISO 800

• ISO 1600

• ISO 3200

Metering modes • Multi

• Centre

• Spot

Shuttter acceleration • Auto(2 sec- 1/1,250)

• Program Auto(1 sec - 1/1,250)

Aperture F3.5(W)-4.6(T)

Shooting modes

• Able Auto (Backlight & Portrait / Backlight / Afterglow & Portrait / Afterglow / Afterglow with application a tripod / Portrait / Landscape / Macro / Close focus)

• Program Auto

• Movie

• Arena Selection (High Sensitivity/ Soft snap/ Landscape/ Afterglow Portrait/ Twilight/ Gourmet/ Beach/ Snow/ Fireworks/Underwater/Pet）

• Ambit Panorama

• Hand-held Twilight

• Anti Motion Blur

• Easy

• Smile Shutter

White antithesis

• Auto

• Daylight

• Cloudy

• Fluorescent

• Fluorescent 2

• Fluorescent 3

• Incandescent

• Flash

• Underwater 1

• Underwater 2

• One Blow (Manual Preset)

Self timer • Off

• 10sec

• 2sec

Continous Cutting Approx. 10.0 fps(10 shots)

Flash

• Modes :Auto, Beam On, Slow Syncro, Beam Off

• Red Eye Reduction : Auto, On, Off

• Ambit : ISO Auto: Approx.0.08-3.0m(.0.26'-9.84')(W)

Approx.0.5-Approx.2.4m (1.64'-Approx.7.87')( (T)

LCD adviser

• 3.0 inch Bright Photo LCD Plus

• approx. 230,000 pixels

Digital input/output

• USB 2.0 Aerial Speed

• Multi-use terminal

Video achievement • HD(1080i)

• NTSC/ PAL

Storage • Internal anamnesis (Approx. 11 MB)

• Anamnesis Stick Duo/Pro Duo/ Pro HG Duo

Power Rechargeable NP-BD1 array and BC-CSD charger

Weight (no batt) Approx. 119g (4.2 oz.)

Dimensions

94 (W)x 58 (H) x17 (D)