Three LED lamps next to the optical viewfinder report camera status, indicating when focus is set or the flash is charging.
A small speaker is on the left side of the LCD monitor. Two ridges on the outside of the plastic flap serve as a thumb grip while holding the camera. Kudos for the rugged metal tripod socket, many cameras use plastic here. Menu setup is similar to previous Cyber-shot designs, though the DSC-P72 does have a couple of changes relative to prior units. For starters, all of the camera's scene and exposure modes are now accessible through the Record menu, and the mode selection dictates the available menu options.
Previous models employed a separate mode dial position for Scene mode access. Sony also moved the resolution setting to an external control, for quicker access. For standard point-and-shoot operation, the most basic features flash, zoom, and macro and self-timer modes have external controls, while settings like White Balance, Exposure Compensation, etc.
The Mode dial lets you quickly set the camera's main operating mode, with just a turn. When you do need to enter the LCD menu system, you'll find it simple to navigate, with each setting appearing as a separate tab at the bottom of the screen. The arrow keys of the Four Way Arrow pad scroll through the selections, and the OK button in the center of the pad confirms any changes.
The menu system is so simple and intuitive I think even novice users will be able to become completely familiar with it in an hour or less. Record-Mode Display In record mode, the LCD monitor optionally displays just the subject, the subject plus an information overlay, or nothing at all. That is, the LCD may be turned off. Playback-Mode Display In playback mode, the LCD display can show the captured images with or without an information overlay, a thumbnail index showing multiple images at once, or detailed information regarding the exposure parameters for a given image.
The index and detailed information displays are accessed by pressing the "W" side of the zoom control on the camera's rear panel. Pressing the "T" side of the same control lets you zoom in on an image, up to 5x. Once zoomed, the arrow keys let you scroll around the enlarged image.
Power Button : Placed unobtrusively on the camera's top panel, this button turns the camera on and off. Shutter Button : Located on the far right of the top panel, this button sets focus and exposure when halfway pressed, and fires the shutter when fully pressed.
Mode Dial : This dial is on the camera's rear panel, and offers the following settings:. Zoom Rocker Button : Located in the top right corner of the back panel, this rocker switch controls the optical and digital zoom in any record mode. In Playback mode, this button controls the digital enlargement of captured images and accesses the index display mode as well as a detailed information display.
The "T" side zooms in, the "W" side zooms out. Zooming out from the normal-sized single image view brings up an index display of tiny "thumbnail" images.
Menu Button : Beneath the Mode dial, this button displays or dismisses the settings menu in any Record mode or in Playback mode. In both Record and Playback modes, the button cycles through the image and information displays, and turns the LCD monitor on and off. In any still image mode, resolution options of 2, x 1,, 2, , 1, x 1,, 1, x , and x pixels are available.
Movie mode options include x and x pixels. In Playback mode, this button pulls up the single erase menu, letting you delete the currently displayed image.
The arrow keys navigate through any settings menu, and the OK button confirms menu selections. In Automatic Record mode, the up arrow controls flash mode, cycling through Auto, Forced, and Suppressed modes it only activates Slow-Sync in Twilight Portrait mode, and no flash modes are available in Twilight, Landscape, or Movie modes.
The down arrow activates the Self-Timer option, while the right arrow controls the Macro mode. The left arrow calls up a quick review of the most recently-captured image. In Playback mode, the left and right keys scroll through captured images on the memory card. When an image has been enlarged, all four arrow keys move around within the enlarged view. Battery Compartment Latch : Tucked in the center of the battery compartment door, this button unlocks the door, allowing it to slide outward.
Record Mode : In this mode, the camera captures standard still images, controlling aperture and shutter speed. Pressing the Menu button displays the Record settings menu, with options varying depending on the exposure mode selected:.
Playback Mode : This mode lets you review captured images on the memory card, erase them, protect them, set them up for printing, etc. When playing back movie files, you can also opt for "frame-by-frame" playback, which plays back the movie file slowly, several frames at a time.
Pressing the Menu button displays the following options:. Movie Mode : Records short movie clips with sound, for as long as the Memory Stick has available space. The LCD menu system offers the following options:. Recommended Software: Rescue your images! Just as important as an extra memory card is a tool to rescue your images when one of your cards fails at some point in the future. I get a lot of email from readers who've lost photos due to a corrupted memory card.
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I've gotten so many emails about power issues for digicams, that I'm now inserting this standard notice in the reviews of all AA-powered cameras on our site. Despite their being packed in the box with many cameras, they simply don't have the juice to handle typical digicam demands.
Do yourself a favor though, and get a couple of extra sets of high-capacity NiMH AA cells, and always keep one set charged and ready to go while the other is in the camera. See my Battery Shootout page for the latest info on which NiMH batteries have the highest capacities.
Click on one any of the thumbnails below for a larger view. Click on the larger view again to see the original image from the camera. Photos in this gallery were shot by Gibbs Frazeur or Stephanie Boozer. Thanks Gibbs and Stephanie! NOTE: that these are big files, so be aware that a they'll take a while to download, and b they'll chew up a pretty good chunk of bandwidth on us. Read the "support this site" blurb at the top the carrier pages, and think about it while you're waiting for the images to download.
I don't know about others, but IE 5. If the full-sized images appear to be stretched horizontally, you may need to just download them to your hard drive and view them in an imaging application, or possibly try another browser. Specifications See the specifications sheet here. Picky Details Information on shooting speed, battery life, etc.
Test Results In keeping with my standard test policy, the comments given here summarize only my key findings. For a full commentary on each of the test images, see the DSC-P72's "pictures" page. As with all Imaging Resource product tests, I encourage you to let your own eyes be the judge of how well the camera performed.
Explore the images on the pictures page , to see how the DSC-P72's images compare to other cameras you may be considering. Color : The P72's color is very good overall, with good levels of saturation, and generally accurate hue. It did have a tendency to produce slight color casts under a variety of lighting conditions, but the casts generally were pretty minor. Both the Auto and Incandescent settings produced very warm images in the Indoor Portrait without flash, a common issue among the digicams I test.
Outdoors, color was very good, although Caucasian skin tones tended to be a little pink. The large color blocks of the "Davebox" test were about right, though saturation was a bit high in the large red and blue blocks. Overall though, I'm probably picking at nits - The P72's pictures are quite appealing. Exposure : The P72 did pretty well exposure-wise, requiring less exposure compensation than many cameras on the high-key "Outdoor Portrait" test, and generally producing good-looking pictures.
In harsh lighting, its dynamic range is a bit limited, with a tendency to lose highlight detail and plug shadows slightly. On my "Davebox" test though, the P72 distinguished the subtle pastel tones on the Q60 target well, and shadow detail actually looked pretty good. The indoor portraits required about average positive exposure compensation, and exposure looked about right. All in all, exposure performance was on the good side of average.
It started showing artifacts in the test patterns at resolutions as low as lines per picture height in the vertical direction, and around lines horizontally. I found "strong detail" out to at least 1, lines. Resolution is high, with great detail in the dollar bill, coins, and brooch. Details are just a hint soft, but still well-defined. Corner softness is also present, but not terribly strong.
The DSC-P72's flash had trouble throttling down for the macro area, and overexposed the shot. Plan on using an external light source when snapping macro shots with the P With a maximum shutter time of two seconds, however, the camera's low-light capabilities were a little limited. In Twilight mode, images were bright only as low as one foot-candle 11 lux , which is about equivalent to average city street lighting at night.
Even at that level though, the overall image was just a hint dim. Color looked pretty good, though with the slightest red cast in the dimmer shots. Low light shooting is also aided by a bright optional autofocus-assist light, providing good focusing capability even in very dark surroundings. Viewfinder Accuracy : The DSC-P72's optical viewfinder is a little tight, showing approximately 80 percent frame accuracy at wide angle, and approximately 84 percent at telephoto.
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