The Sony DSC T100 Digital Camera
I did not want to include any Sony digital camera for my choice of digital camera and the reasons being the price and Memory Stick PRO Duo.
Sony cameras are usually at the higher price range if you compare other camera with similar or close features. If you compare the price between Memory Stick Pro Duo with SD card, the memory stick pricing will always beat the rest. A quick glance at Amazon.com, SanDisk 2 GB SD Memory Card - $21.99, Sony 2 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo - $39.99, SD card is 45% cheaper than the Memory Stick!
However despite the cost for the Sony DSC T100, the reviews from forum.digitalcamerareview.com and www.imaging-resource.com for this digital camera have been good. Is a bit disappointing that www.dpreview.com does not have a full review on this camera. However the comments made other users have been very positive.
No doubt the DSC T100 has only a x5 optical zoom compared with the Lumix TZ3 x10, Samsung L77 x7 and Ricoh Caplio R6 x7.1, but the features of the camera is worth considering. The optical zoom can be operated during video mode. I can take about 30 fps at 640 x 480 during the movie recording mode.
The battery life is reasonably good. You can take about 340 shots with its lithium-ion rechargeable battery.
As for the image size, the camera is capable of taking 8 mega-pixels type of pictures. That will be a bonus for me as I am just looking for something a 6 mega-pixel camera.
The Super SteadyShot optical image stabiliser should be a great help for my hand movements.
The other features will be the high sensitivity mode, scene selections, quick processing speed and built in camera editing. The reviews have mentioned much about this digital camera and I will not go into unless I owned one. I will come to a decision soon on which camera to buy. At the mean time is still researching on the other user comments, reviews and comparisons.
