Sony DSC-P8 compact camera

Sony DSC-P8 compact camera

DSC-P8 Digital Camera

Manufacturer
Sony
SKU
DSC-P8
26-06-2005
Sony's range of six new Cyber-shot® digital still cameras (DSC-P32, DSC-P52, DSC-P72, DSC-P92, DSC-P8, and DSC-P10), announced today (Feb. 24, 2003), is a reflection of the consumer boom in digital photography.
"While we're seeing incredible growth in the first-time buyer market, we know there are millions of consumers who are upgrading to get better picture resolution and more features," said Steve Haber, senior vice president of Sony Electronic's Digital Imaging Products Division. "Our new 2003 P-series Cyber-shot camera line-up now starts at 3.2 megapixels, a resolution threshold that will provide even novices with confidence in their photography results."
The size of the new DSC-P8 is ultra-compact with a metal construction. The digital camera is using a 14-bit DXP and a Clear Color/Luminance Noise Reduction function to make this end result as high quality as possible. The DSC-P8 features a Tracking Auto-Focus System to maintain continuous focus lock on moving subjects, a live histogram, and adjustable color saturation and contrast. The new Cyber-shot model is also able to handle with video clips with the new MPEG VX movie function that also records audio. The new Smart Zoom option replaces digital zoom, and intelligently uses the full resolution of the camera's imager at lower resolution settings to zoom into the portion of interest by cropping the image size.

Video

Maximum video resolution 
640 x 480 pixels
Video resolutions 
320 x 240, 640 x 480 pixels
Video formats supported 
MPEG1
Motion JPEG frame rate
16.6 fps

Technical details

Material 
Aluminium
Colour of product 
Silver
ISO sensitivity 
100, 200, 400, Auto
Weight 
200g
Aperture range (F-F) 
2.8 - 5.2
Focal length range (f-f) 
6 - 18 mm
Auto Exposure (AE) lock
N
Auto focusing (AF) modes 
Centre weighted Auto Focus, Continuous Auto Focus, Monitoring Auto Focus, Multi Point Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus
Camera file system
DPOF 1.1
Compatible memory cards 
Memory Stick (MS), MS PRO
Display 
LCD
Flash modes 
Auto, Flash off, Flash on, Forced off, Forced on, Pre-flash, Red-eye reduction, Slow synchronization
Histogram
Y
Internal memory 
16 MB
Light exposure correction
± 2EV (1/3EV step)
Megapixel 
3.2 MP
Optical zoom 
3x
Scene modes 
Beach, Fireworks, Landscape, Portrait, Self-portrait, Snow, Twilight
Self-timer 
10s
Sensor type 
CCD
USB connector type 
Mini-USB B
Video capability 
Y
Viewfinder type 
Optical
White balance 
Auto, Cloudy, Daylight, Flash, Fluorescent, Incandescent

Ports & interfaces

Built-in microphone 
N

Power

Power source type 
Battery
Battery life (max) 
1.4h
Number of batteries supported 
1

Display

Display resolution (numeric) 
123200 pixels
Field of view
100%

Technical details

Display diagonal 
3.81 cm (1.5")

Lens system

Focus adjustment
Auto
Digital zoom 
9.6x
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
39 - 117 mm

Camera

Camera type 
Compact camera
Camera playback
Movie, Single image, Slide show
Multi burst mode 
Y
Playback zoom (max)
5x
Image editing
Resizing, Trimming
Image quality adjustment
Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness
Languages support 
DEU, ENG, ESP, FRE, ITA, POR
Start-up time
2.5 ms

Light exposure

Light exposure modes 
Auto

Flash

Built-in flash 
Y
Flash range (tele)
0.5 - 3.5m

Battery

Battery life (CIPA standard)
200 shots

Packaging content

Battery technology 
Lithium
Cables included
AV, USB
Hand strap
Y
AC adapter included
Y
Batteries included
Y

Picture quality

Image sensor size
25.4/50.8 mm (1/2")
Maximum image resolution 
2048 x 1536 pixels
Still image resolution(s) 
352 x 288, 480 x 480, 640 x 360, 640 x 424, 640 x 480, 720 x 400, 720 x 480, 1024 x 768, 1200 x 1200, 1280 x 720, 1280 x 960, 1280 x 1280, 1536 x 1536, 1600 x 1064, 1600 x 1200, 1696 x 1280, 1712 x 1712, 1728 x 1152, 1728 x 1296, 1728 x 1728, 1792 x 1344,
Supported aspect ratios 
3:2

Weight & dimensions

Width 
10.5 cm
Depth 
3.6 cm
Height 
5.2 cm

Other features

Video out
AV

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