SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC-T700

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1．Overview

The Cyber-shot T700 is a compact digital camera released by Sony in 2008.

It has a 10 megapixel CCD sensor, and the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO sensitivity are basically left to the camera, with almost no room for adjustment. The lens is made up of 12 elements in 10 groups (4 aspherical lenses and 1 prism), which is a common level of complexity for a zoom lens, and the focal length is 35mm to 140mm in 35mm format equivalent, giving it a 4x zoom.

The camera has a generous 4GB of built-in memory, so you don’t need an external storage medium, but if you do use an external memory medium, you will need a Memory Stick Duo. The Memory Stick Duo is Sony’s own memory card standard, and is one of the storage media that was defeated by the SD card alliance.

The battery is a lithium-ion battery NP-FD12 as standard. The InfoLithium version NP-BD13 can also be used.

2．Usage

The T700 is a camera with a particularly solid, sharp, and unique design among the T series. I remember that this was a time when the disadvantages of the extremely small-pitch CCD sensor, which is an almost fully automatic compact digital camera, were being loudly criticized.

The image quality is decent during the day and hopeless at night, which is the standard for compact digital cameras of that era. At ISO 400, noise becomes quite prominent.

The focal length is 35mm starting at 4x zoom, which is the standard specification for that era, and is not wide enough for wide-angle lovers.

I would like to see a successor model that starts at 28mm or 24mm, but the successor cameras that meet the lens specifications are not as well-designed as the T700 and T90, so I don’t feel any desire for it.

The lens is a Carl Zeiss brand, but ghosts appear in backlighting, and due to the limitations of the sensor, the resolution of the captured image is not particularly high, so you hardly get a glimpse of it.

The back is occupied by an LCD display and there are no buttons. The display is a touch panel, and shooting settings are made here, but the poor response of the touch panel makes it seem dated.
The top of the body has a minimum number of buttons: power, shutter, playback, and zoom. The camera is difficult to hold, so it is not particularly easy to use. Pulling down the sliding cover on the front turns the power on and allows you to shoot.

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The year this camera was released I was using the LEICA M8, OLYMPUS E-1, etc. and had little interest in compact digital cameras, but I was attracted to the design and bought this camera.

I got this one towards the end of its life, and it’s still in pretty good condition, including the appearance, so I still like it. Not long ago I would see a scratched one in the junk corner of a camera shop, but I rarely see them these days.
I’m glad I kept this camera rather than selling it. In the 2000s, when this camera was released, it was a scary time when compact digital cameras were changing models every six months. Even so, the perfection of the T700’s appearance shows a design sense that surpasses that of other manufacturers.

Specification

Items	DSC-T700	DSC-T90
Number of pixels	10.1-MP	12.1-MP
Lens	Vario-Tessar f=6.18-24.7mm (F3.5-4.6) 35mm equivalent: 35-140mm	Vario-Tessar f=6.18-24.7mm (F3.5-4.6) 35mm equivalent: 35-140mm
Image sensor	1/2.3-inch CCD sensor	1/2.3-inch CCD sensor
Viewfinder	–	–
Rear LCD	3.5-inch 921,000 dots	3.0 type 230,000 dots
Battery	NP-FD1 NP-BD1	NP-FD1 NP-BD1
Recorded media	Memory Stick Duo 内蔵記録メモリー4GB	Memory Stick Duo 内蔵記録メモリー11MB
Size W x H x D	95 × 58.4 × 16.4	93.6×57.2×15.0
Weight (g) (including memory card and battery)	160	151
Release date	2008	2009
Color	Silver Grey Red Pink Gold	White Brown Pink Blue Black