Sony Cyber-shot T300 is a 10.1 megapixel compact point-and-shoot digital camera that features a 3.5 LCD, 5x optical zoom, dynamic range optimization, face detection, and an ISO range up to 3200.
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Read More Reviews - (updated 10 September’08)
DPInterface“While the Cyber-shot T300 is a good performer in terms of speed and image quality, there are some issues between those lines; which include some redeye and vignetting as well as the lack of a more capable burst more.”
Overall, Review was Favorable: 
LetsGoDigital
“The concept is successful as far as we’re concerned, however, in relation to the image quality, the camera performs averagely and no more than that.”
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Cameras.co.uk
“The Sony DSC T300 takes a good picture and in my opinion has a stunning design. Picture quality does not quite match up to the very best, but if your main consideration is design, as long as the camera can still take a decent snap, then the DSC T300 is well worth considering.”
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LaptopMag
“Althought the Sony Cyber-shot T300 has a snazzy, slim design and an innovative 3.5-inch touchscreen, the camera’s designers might want to go back to the drawing board and improve image quality and overall ease of use. For a camera with as many sophisticated features as the T300 has, it’s a shame that it takes such subpar pictures.”
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GoodGearGuide
“Speed is another area the T300 seems to struggle. It takes roughly three seconds from start-up to first shot and shot-to-shot time can be a little fickle. In our indoors timed tests it took just over two seconds, but outside we often had a ‘processing’ message pop up and the shot took considerably longer to write. Fortunately shutter speed was very speedy at 0.05 seconds.”
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DPReview
“Image quality was disappointing due primarily to Sony’s detail destroying noise reduction. Look, it has a small sensor that’s crammed with lots of pixels and to pull it off Sony has had to ad noise reduction systems to balance everything and it just plain does not work all that well. On the positive side it does have image stabilization and dynamic range optimization which should help for better pictures.”
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CNET
“Lots of features and very good performance are not enough to save the T300. The reviewer found the menu system cumbersome and difficult to figure out. In the end the final judge of any camera is the quality of its pictures and in the case of the T300 it flat did make the grade.”
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DigitalCameraInfo - 04 February’08 - has a first impressions review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T300 and feels it’s autofocus has been improved over the T200. Here’s a summary of their review -
“Granted some of the “features” Sony has incorporated into the T300 are on the gimmicky side they might be the kind of things that can persuade camera owners to lay down their hard earned cash. Like the T200 the T300 has an easy to use touch screen menu system that makes finding thing pretty easy. It’s stylish, slim and offers a ton of post shooting editing options.”
Actual Owner Feedback
“Another issue is with Sony - it’s so apparent they are getting ever so stingy, in that they are including less and less in the box. The biggest insult to consumers in my opinion is the MISSING smart battery!”
Portion of user comment on Amazon.com
“I purchased this camera a month ago and so far it’s been a great purchase. The camera has great focus and the pictures never come out blurry, battery life is quite good and the big LCD is nice for displaying the pictures.”
Portion of user comment on Amazon.com
“!!Heres a big one. Device does not power through USB!! All other devices I have run on USB power when you plug them in…NOT SONY. And guess what, they have a solution, you can buy a power adapter for $39.99.”
Portion of user comment on Amazon.com
“It is an excellent camera. It deserve a 5 stars but it only have 15M internal memory and T2 has 4G. It is a turn off… big one…”
Portion of user comment on Amazon.com
“The reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because it is not as user-friendly as the other Sony T models - everything is through the touch screen and not on knobs on the outside of the camera, but I assume that’s because there are so many features they had to do it that way.” Portion of user comment on Amazon.com
“First of all the sony looks sexy ( I bought the red). I tried different settings and most work as predicted.Color representation is accurate. Macro auto feature is good. The smile maker, where it makes straightfaced subjects appear smiling was cool, the kids thought it was awesome.”
Portion of user comment on Amazon.com
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Specifications & Camera Profile
Press Release
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 23, 2008 – Sony is taking the wraps off a new 10.1-megapixel Cyber-shot® DSC-T300 digital camera, featuring a stylish, ultra-compact design and intelligent functionality to help reduce the risk of taking a bad photo.
The new model incorporates Sony’s new intelligent scene recognition (iSCN), a technology that allows the camera to analyze shooting conditions and automatically select the optimal settings for the best photo results. In iSCN mode, the camera can automatically detect up to five scenes, and choose the best setting for the situation.
In advanced iSCN mode, the camera will shoot using the user’s settings and then will automatically step in and take a second shot with optimized settings. If the camera determines that the user’s settings are best, then a second photo is not taken.
“We’re aiming to make cameras smarter,” said Phil Lubell, director of marketing for digital cameras at Sony Electronics. “The T300 camera shows goes beyond face detection to other functions that help customers capture their best photos automatically.”
The unit integrates a wide (16:9), 3.5-inch touch screen Clear Photo LCD PlusTM LCD screen for easy navigation and framing; a Carl Zeiss® 5x optical zoom lens; Super SteadyShot® image stabilization and high sensitivity settings up to ISO3200 to help combat blurry photos; and a powerful Bionz™ processing engine.
More Intelligent Features
The camera’s updated face detection technology can differentiate between the faces of children and adults. Simply select “child priority” or “adult priority,” and the camera will automatically detect up to eight faces in the camera frame, adjusting focus, exposure, white balance and flash for the subjects that matter most.
Lubell said Sony has applied a similar advancement to its “smile shutter” technology, an intelligent camera function that captures smiles automatically by searching for facial movements related to smiles and laughs. Capable of detecting multiple smiles instead of only one, users can apply “child priority” or “adult priority” in smile shutter mode to capture photos only when the intended subjects smile.
New controls on this model include: semi-manual focus, which lets the user set the focus range; improved auto focusing system to cover macro ranges in auto mode; and the addition of Sony’s D-Range Optimizer Plus mode that uses a higher image correction algorithm to retrieve more picture detail in bright highlights and dark shadows caused by high-contrast shooting.
Organize and Playback Images in Style
As storage capacities on Memory StickDuo™ and Memory Stick PRO Duo media cards increase, Lubell said, options for easily organizing, accessing and playing back photos is more of a priority. The new camera’s internal database allows for advanced filtering to later search for photos by date and smile. Images can be viewed in chronological order or displayed in a helpful calendar view, and organized in the camera’s “favorites” folder.
To view your images in stunning 1080 HD resolution slide shows, just connect the DSC-T300 camera to a compatible HDTV set. Slide show includes your choice of background music, including up to eight tracks (a total of five minutes in length) you can upload via USB, and use multiple tracks to create longer slideshows set to music.
The DSC-T300 camera replaces the DSC-T200 model. It will be available in red, black and silver in March for about $400.
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Stan 05.07.08 at 7:02 pm
SONY DSC-T300 is very BAD screen=
it is a LCD screen : liquid crystal display
any temperature increase/hot /cold?
and the screen goes black-opake
untill the temperature drops past 82F’, and
ages prematurely severaly,
Very bad choice for screen/display
Camera good, but the screen gives
this T300/T200/P200/P150 the
death punch.+
There are comparable price
TFT/DSTN or STN screens, SONY
chosen not to use it, too BAD=
premature death for the screen,
and very serious mechanical
damage= total LOSS of screen
Look at the old 365 IBM lap top
computers, no fade whatsoever
since 18 years ago, full BRITHness
even today, as if the screen is NEW..
Look at the TOSHIBA what a disaster,
the screen faded away into near total
darkness, all models,
due to use of LCD.
TFT=Thin film Transistor
DSTN=Super twisted nematic
diveonz@yahoo.com
Stan, Ph.D. IEEE.
DSC-T300 is the worst.
DSC-P200 a disaster.
LSC screens are subject to heat/cold
temperature cyclings, Atomic
radiation damage, RFI, NEUTRON
burnout, Solar RADIATION EXPOSURE,
Mech damage, Magnetic reversals,
Voltage fluctuations, Solar HEAT
(INFRARED damage) etc.
McCoullack, Ph.D. Electrical 05.07.08 at 7:10 pm
Very BAD choice of screen= LCD.
Too bad for SONY.
DSC-T300 very bad screen,
no deal.
Some reports give LCD life time
terminus at 1200 hours exposure.
That is less than 3 years, normal use.
Crystals do age, no recovery.
Cam 07.17.08 at 5:33 am
Sony T300- Almost not worth buying. Screen is standard. but the functions is what i am disappointed with. Cant even print out photos with date and time, simple function but now i cant even use this camera for work. Cant even take black and white photos, yet again a simple function and it can be changed using photoshop etc but still annoying to not have that fucntion.