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CNET editors' rating:
3.5 stars
Very good
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Product summary
The good: Good color reproduction; solid performance; light and compact.
The bad: The DSC-W35 has a tiny screen.
The bottom line: For the price, this camera offers very good performance and image quality.
Specifications: Digital camera type: Ultracompact; Resolution: 7.2 megapixels; Optical zoom: 3 x; See full specs
CNET editors' review
- Reviewed on: 02/02/2007
- Released on: 02/15/2007
Don't judge a book by its cover, and don't judge a camera by its body. While the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W35 looks exactly like last year's lackluster Cyber-shot DSC-W30 and sports similar features, it performs better and takes better photos than its predecessor.
Though identical in size and shape to the DSC-W30, the 0.9-inch thick DSC-W35 is a full ounce lighter than its predecessor. With battery, the W35 weighs a scant 5.3 ounces compared to the W30's significantly heftier 6.8 ounces. A much lighter battery accounts for some of this weight difference, as the metal cameras respectively weigh 4.2 and 4.5 ounces without battery or memory card. Fortunately, the battery doesn't sacrifice any power with its weight; the W35's battery is a 3.6-volt, 960 mAh lithium-ion pack, just like the W30.
From the mode dial in the upper-right corner to the USB jack just below the LCD, the two cameras' designs are almost exactly the same. The controls are responsive and comfortable to handle, so we can't really find any fault in Sony recycling their design. The only problem we found was the anemic 2-inch LCD screen. We're glad that it leaves enough room on the back of the camera for an optical viewfinder, but these days a 2-inch screen just feels too small.
The W35 sports all the features you'd expect in a budget-minded snapshot camera, including a 7-megapixel sensor and the almost obligatory 38mm-to-114mm (35mm equivalent) 3x zoom lens. Though you won't find manual exposure controls, the camera has a handful of scene presets for shooting in different situations, including an ISO 1000 sensitivity mode for shooting in low light. It also has 56MB of internal memory, enough for taking 16 full-resolution photos without a memory card. If you want to shoot more than a handful at any given time, you should invest in a Memory Stick Duo card.
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