Sony DSC-P92

DSC-P92 Digital Camera

Manufacturer
Sony
SKU
DSC-P92K
07-06-2005
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."
This model is equipped with 5 million effective pixels and a 3x optical zoom lens. The DSC-P92 combines outstanding picture quality with uncompromising ease of use and is the perfect point-and shoot camera for the newcomer to digital photography. The new model is one of the first new generation cameras that is compatible with Memory Stick Pro which delivers up to 1GB storage capacity. All of the new generation cameras are also compatible with the standard Memory Stick generation.
Five Megapixel resolution allows users to zoom and crop images to get just the shots they want, as well as increase the size of images to make large format prints. In addition, zoom without quality sacrifice is now a reality with the new Smart Zoom function, which intelligently adjusts the zoom ratio according to the image resolution and achieves zoom ratios of up to 12x. Shots in difficult conditions are now worry-free with a bigger assortment of Scene Selection modes that automatically adjust the camera settings for a range of environments. In addition to "Twilight", "Twilight Portrait" and "Landscape," "Snow" lessens the greyness of images containing a large amount of white by adjusting colour temperature and enhancing luminance, and "Beach" emphasises blue and extends depth of field to make sea more vivid. A new exposure warning means users always have the right exposure, as the camera detects the exposure level before taking the shot and a warning blink appears if it is not enough. In addition, Slow Synchronized Flash operates at a slow shutter speed for shooting foreground objects in twilight backgrounds, giving clarity to the background as well as to the foreground and, in daylight conditions, Auto Daylight Synchronised Flash automatically measures the exposure level for foreground objects, which have light behind them. Flash White Balance helps to make colour tones as realistic as possible in shots that contain a lot of reflective surfaces, such as under water.
Many improvements have been made to make the cameras more easy and quick to use so that shots can be taken swiftly with minimum fuss.

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

Interface 
USB
Colour of product 
Silver
ISO sensitivity 
100, 200, 400, Auto
Weight 
260.5g
Aperture range (F-F) 
2.8 - 5.6
Focal length range (f-f) 
8 - 24 mm
Lens focal range 
100 - 500mm
Aspect ratio 
3:2
Auto Exposure (AE) lock
N
Auto focusing (AF) modes 
Centre weighted Auto Focus, Monitoring Auto Focus, Multi Point Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus
Bundled software 
PIXELA ImageMixer 1.5<br />USB Driver
Camera file system
DPOF 1.1
Camera shutter speed 
2 - 1/2000s
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
N
Internal memory 
16 MB
Light exposure correction
± 2EV (1/3EV step)
Megapixel 
5 MP
Memory slots 
1
Optical sensor size 
1/0.0709 mm (1/1.8 ")
Optical zoom 
3x
PictBridge 
-
Scene modes 
Portrait, Self-portrait
Self-timer 
10s
Sensor type 
CCD
USB connector type 
Mini-USB B
Video capability 
Y
White balance 
Auto, Cloudy, Daylight, Fluorescent, Incandescent

Ports & interfaces

Built-in microphone 
-

Power

Power source type 
Battery
Battery type 
NH-AA-DA
Battery life (max) 
2.15h
Number of batteries supported 
2

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 
12x
Focal length (35mm film equivalent)
39 - 117 mm
Image stabilizer 
-

Camera

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

Focusing

Macro focusing range (tele)
0 - 0.1m

Light exposure

Light exposure modes 
Auto

Battery

Battery life (CIPA standard)
270 shots

Packaging content

Battery technology 
Nickel–Metal Hydride (NiMH)
Cables included
AV, USB
Hand strap
Y
Batteries included
Y
Battery charger included
Y

Picture quality

Image sensor size
25.4/45.7 mm (1/1.8")
Maximum image resolution 
2592 x 1944 pixels
Image formats supported 
JPG,GIF
Still image resolution(s) 
640 x 480, 1280 x 960, 2048 x 1536, 2592 x 1728, 2592 x 1944
Supported aspect ratios 
3:2

Weight & dimensions

Width 
12 cm
Depth 
3.3 cm
Height 
5.8 cm

Other features

Video out
AV
Lens system 
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar