The Sony Cybershot DSC W210 is a 12 megapixel digital camera. It offers 4x optical zoom. It also has a feature called smart zoom. This can increase the amount of zoom available to up to 25x when shooting at lower resolutions. 2x digital zoom is also available. The focal length of the lens is equal to 29.7 - 118.8mm in 35mm format.

• Special resolution for widescreen television playback
• Special resolution for 6 x 4 inch prints
• Self timer 2 or 10 seconds
• Macro Focusing: 4cm
• Filter Diameter: 46mm with Lens Adapter
• Conversion lens compatibility
• Sensor Size 1/2.3 inches
• Face Detection
• Smile Shutter
• Colour options - Vivid, Sepia, Black & White
• Dynamic Range Enhancer

The LCD monitor is 2.7 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,400 dots.

Flash Modes: Auto, Forced Flash, Slow Syncro, No Flash

Flash Range: 3.9m (wide), 1.9m (tele)

Red eye reduction can be turned on. The power of the flash can be adjusted.

There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a tripod, Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Portrait.

You can shoot movies with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. The top recording speed is 30 frames per second. Sound can be recorded and zoom can be applied before shooting.

Among the more advanced features are:

• Burst Mode: Up to 100 shots at 0.6 second intervals
• Aperture Size: f/2.8 - f/5.8 - set automatically
• Shutter Speed: 1/4 - 1/1600 seconds - set automatically
• Exposure Compensation: +/- 2.0 EV, 1/ 3 EV step
• White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent1, Fluorescent2, Fluorescent3, Incandescent, Flash
• Light Metering: Multi Pattern, Centre weighted, Spot
• ISO Sensitivity: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200

All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Sony Cybershot DSC W210 to a computer, television set and compatible printer.

Description:	12 megapixels and a 4x optical zoom
Ease of Use:	8
Features:	8
Colour:	8
Macro:	7
Indoors:	8
Value for Money:	8
Style:	8
Movie Mode:	8
Image Quality:	8
Build Quality:	8
Total:	79
Verdict:	This camera does a solid job without being outstanding. Compared with some cameras in this class it has one or two extra features. These include being able to adjust flash levels and the ability to increase lens capacity with conversion lenses.
Review Date:	March 2009
Related Pages:	Sony DSC W210 Specification Sony DSC W210 Sample Images Sony DSC W210 Features
Comparisons:	Panasonic Lumix DMC FS7 vs Sony Cybershot DSC W210

	GBP 116.33
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Canon IXUS 120 IS	86
Sony DSC TX1	86
Canon IXUS 110 IS	86
Canon IXUS 100 IS	86
Panasonic DMC FS62	85
Samsung ST550	85
Nikon Coolpix S570	85

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Sony DSC W210