Cyber-shot Digital Camera TX200V

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DSC-TX200V

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Model Highlights: 18.2 megapixels, certified waterproof and dustproof, 3.3" OLED touch screen, Full HD 1080/60p video, high speed AF, up to 10 fps, Clear Image Zoom, Optical SteadyShot™ with Active Mode

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Splash of sophistication.

The TX200V doesn't look waterproof. But it is. And dustproof too. Sure, it sports a sleek glass-panel face and a slim, stylish body backed by a 3.3" OLED touchscreen display, but it's as up for adventure as you are. Beneath its chic exterior lies a beast of an image sensor for capturing high-resolution 18.2MP photos and Full HD video. And with ultra-fast focusing speeds and up to 10 fps shooting, you'll never miss a moment of the fun—whether snorkelling in Hawaii, or heading out for a night on the town.

Pixel Power

With a massive 18.2MP Exmor^® R CMOS sensor, capture ultra-high resolution images that take full advantage of the camera's sharp Carl Zeiss^® lens. More pixels means you can enlarge, zoom in and crop your photos without losing detail. Advanced processing technology reduces noise and graininess for incredibly crisp, clear images—even in challenging low-light conditions.
Waterproof and Dustproof

Want a camera you can take anywhere—worry-free? One that keeps up with your active lifestyle, plus delivers high-quality photos and Full HD video? The TX200V is it. It's waterproof to a depth of 16 ft, completely dustproof yet slim and stylish enough to take anywhere—from underwater escapades, to a night on the town.
Glass Panel Design

The TX200V features a full-flat glass panel face, making it one of the thinnest cameras in its class, and endowing it with a sophisticated look rare in the world of waterproof cameras. The 5x optical zoom extends internally so the front of the camera remains streamlined. Compose your shots on the big, bright 3.3" OLED touchscreen display, which features a whopping 1,229K dots for ultra-high resolution and extreme clarity.
Focus Fast

Get super-fast, DSLR-like focusing speeds—even in low light—so you never miss a shot. Combining a high-performance Exmor R CMOS sensor with a powerful BIONZ processor, auto focus and sensitivity are greatly improved for beautiful, blur-free shots.
Amazing HD Movies

Record crystal-clear, Full HD 1080/60p movies of all your adventures (records in 29-minute segments). Capture stunning, fast-motion video with reduced distortion that looks great when played back on your HDTV². Notice a perfect photo op while shooting video? With dual record of stills and movies, you can shoot both at the same time.
10x Clear Image Zoom

Zoom in close for great travel, sports and wildlife photos. The TX200V boasts 5x optical zoom plus 10x Clear Image digital zoom technology to bring you near enough to capture distant details. A powerful image processor reduces graininess for crisper, more realistic, higher-quality images—even in close-ups.

TV sold separately. All screen images simulated.

It's as up for an adventure as you are. Certified waterproof and dustproof, your TX200V Cyber-shot® camera is practically impervious to water, dust and grime. Get ultra-high definition 18.2MP images and Full HD 1080/60p video, even in low light. Navigate menus with ease and view picture effects on the sharp 3.3" OLED touch screen. Zero in on your subjects faster with high speed AF (auto focus) and shoot at up to 10 fps to ensure you'll capture them at the exact moment you'll want to remember forever, even in low light. Clear Image Zoom captures realistically detailed images while Optical SteadyShot™ with Active Mode combats camera shake for blur-free movies⁴.

18.2MP Exmor^® R CMOS sensor

The 18.2MP Exmor^® R CMOS sensor captures ultra-high definition images that take full advantage of the camera’s sharp Carl Zeiss^® Vario-Tessar^® lens. The sensor enables advanced processing that reduces noise levels, resulting in stunning low light images with incredible details.

High speed AF

To improve focusing speed and sensitivity, the Exmor R CMOS sensor uses its rapid 240fps throughput to deliver high-quality image signals to the camera’s BIONZ^® processor. The result is fast, DSLR-like focusing speeds, even in low light.

Capture the decisive moment with up to 10fps

Capture full 18.2 megapixel resolution images at up to 10 frames per second, helping to ensure that the decisive moment is captured such as the soccer ball flying into the goal. In addition, a mechanical shutter helps reduce distortion when continuously shooting moving subjects.

Photo Creativity

Photo Creativity allows you to fine-tune your exposure settings, such as brightness, color, and vividness, and quickly choose the right enhancement for your subject. Now you can view Picture Effects and Photo Creativity effects in real time on the camera’s monitor or in the viewfinder before shooting.

Face Detection technology

Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and adjusts focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.

Anti-blink function

It’s frustrating to capture the perfect shot, only to review it later and discover subjects blinked during the photo. The Anti-blink function works to help counter blinking and squinting. When the camera is set to Soft Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two images, recording only the photo with less squinting. If a blink is detected in other shooting modes, a warning will be displayed after you take the shot.

Natural Flash

Conventional point-and-shoot camera flash shots just don't capture colors the way the eye sees them. Natural Flash controls the white balance of both the background and main subjects.

Slim glass design plus a 3.3" OLED touch screen

This camera features a sleek, polished glass camera front without protruding lenses or control buttons, making it one of the thinnest cameras in its class, and adding to its water- and dust-proof design. The 5X optical zoom extends internally, and scenes can be composed or played back on the camera’s bright and colorful 3.3" OLED touch screen.

Optical zoom plus Clear image zoom

Most digital zooms use electronic cropping to get closer to the subject, resulting in unsharp images. With Clear Image Zoom the powerful processor compares patterns found in adjacent pixels and creates new pixels to match selected patterns, resulting in more realistic, higher-quality images. Clear Image Zoom doubles optical zoom for closer photos.

Picture Effect

Picture Effect adds a new level of expression to photos, making ordinary landscapes and portraits come to life by heightening mood and emphasizing certain attributes. Select camera models have up to nine different effects.

Superior Auto mode

Get cleaner, more dynamic pictures and fewer missed shots. The camera automatically recognizes the correct scene mode, then quickly shoots and combines up to six shots to produce images with greater clarity, optimum dynamic range using Backlight Correction HDR technology and lower image noise using 6 shots layering technology. Superior Auto intelligently detects 33 scenes for still images and movies, making it easy to get the best shot.

GPS and Compass

GPS and compass record location data and camera direction as you shoot movies and photos. GPS Log lets users track a photographic journey and later view the path and images on a map. Map View in “PlayMemories Home” software, allows users to view images on a map showing where they were taken. The logged path and images can also be displayed on Google Earth.

Intelligent Scene Recognition mode

Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode automatically detects 36 different types of scenes and selects the appropriate camera settings. iSCN has two modes: Auto and Advanced. In Auto Mode, the camera takes a single shot using the optimal settings. In Advanced Mode, the camera takes a photo with the optimal settings and, if in difficult lighting (low light or back light) immediately takes a second photo with another optimized setting so you can choose which to keep.

Waterproof and dustproof

The sleek and stylish camera fits the slimmest pocket or purse. Thanks to its airtight construction, it is dustproof as well as waterproof to a depth of 16 feet.

Full HD 1080/60p

Record crystal clear movies at the highest resolution available with capabilities for 60p in 1080.¹ This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your HD TV.² With dual record of stills and movies, you can shoot both at the same time.

Optical SteadyShot™ with Active Mode

Optical SteadyShot™ with Active Mode for blur-free movies even while walking.⁴ Camera-shake compensation using Optical SteadyShot/Active Mode has been improved with the addition of new electronic image stabilization.Now it’s easier than ever to obtain sharp, blur-free movies even when zooming in unsteady situations, such as shooting with one hand while walking.

Background Defocus

DSLR photographs are often beautiful because they blur the background, putting the emphasis on the subject. Now our point-and-shoot cameras can deliver this signature DSLR benefit. The system takes two shots, identifies the background and applies a defocused background keeping the subject crisp and clear.

Smile Shutter™ technology

Smile Shutter™ technology captures a smile the moment it happens. Simply select Smile Shutter™ and the camera does the rest. You can also select adult and child priority and indicate the degree of Smile Detection sensitivity. Intelligent Scene Recognition can be used together with Smile Shutter™ mode when the Intelligent Auto mode is on. This means that beautiful smiles can be captured with settings optimized for the particular scene, even in difficult conditions such as twilight and backlighting.

Soft Skin mode

Portrait subjects will love the results. Soft Skin mode recognizes skin tones and reduces the appearance of blemishes and wrinkles without affecting the rest of the shot.

Motion Detection

Motion Detection, along with Face Motion Detection adjusts ISO sensitivity and increases the shutter speed when movement is detected, reducing blur in moving subjects and faces.

Product Specifications

Recording

Media Type : optional Memory Stick Micro, Memory Stick Micro (Mark 2), microSD Memory Card, microSDHC Memory Card
Still Image Mode : JPEG
Still Image Max Effective Resolution : Approx. 18.2 Megapixels
Still Image Size 16:9 : 13M(4896�2,752) / 2M(1,920 x 1,080)
Still Image Size 4:3 : 18M(4896�3,672) / 10M(3,648 x 2,736) / 5M(2,592 x 1,944) / VGA
Panorama Still Image Size : Sweep Panorama:HR(10,480 x 4,096) / Wide(7,152 x 1,080/4,912 x 1,920) / Standard(4,912 x 1,080/3,424 x 1,920)
Sweep Multi Angle Image Size : 2M (1,920 x 1,080)
Video Mode : AVCHD 60i:28M PS(1,920�1,080/60p)/24M FX/17M FH(1,920�1,080/60i)/9M HQ(1,440�1,080/60i),MP4:12M(1,440�1,080/30fps)/6M(1,280�720/30fps)/3M VGA(640�480/30fps)
Photo Capture from Movie : Yes
Dual Record : Yes
Audio Format : AC3 (Stereo)
Microphone/Speaker : Stereo/mono
Wind Noise Reduction : Off/on

Focus Control

AF Modes : Multi Point AF / Center Weighted AF / Spot AF / Flexible Spot AF / Tracking Focus / Face Tracking Focus / Flexible Spot AF(Tracking Focus) / Flexible Spot AF(Face Tracking Focus)
AF Illuminator : Auto / Off

Flash

Flash Modes : Auto / Flash On / Slow Synchro / Flash Off
Flash Coverage : ISO Auto: Approx.0.08m to 3.1m(3 1/4 inches to 10 feet 2 1/8 inches)(W) / Approx.0.6m to 2.3 m(1feet 11 5/8 inches to 7 feet 6 5/8 inches)(T), ISO3200: up to Approx.6.1 m(20 feet 1/4 inches)(W) / Approx.4.6 m(15 feet 1 1/8 inches)(T))

Interface

Memory Card Slot : MS Micro, Memory Stick Micro (Mark 2) and Micro SD/Micro SDHC Compatible
HD Output : Micro HDMI
USB Port(s) : Micro USB, Hi-Speed USB(USB2.0)

Camera

Camera Type : Touch screen

Optics/Lens

Lens Type : Carl Zeiss^® Vario-Tessar^®
Aperture : f 3.5-4.8
Optical Zoom : 5x
Focal Length (35mm equivalent) : Still 16:9: 28-140mm / Still 4:3: 26-130mm / Movie 16:9: 28-140mm(Optical SteadyShot Standard), 30-150mm(Optical SteadyShot Active) / Movie 4:3: 35-175mm(Optical SteadyShot Standard), 37-185mm(Optical SteadyShot Active)
Lens Construction : 12 elements in 10 groups(including 6 aspheric elements, 1 prism)
Minimum Focus Distance : iAuto:AF(W:Approx.3cm(1.18'') to Infinity, T:Approx.60cm(1.97') to Infinity) / Program Auto:AF(W:Approx.8cm(0.26') to Infinity, T:Approx.60cm(1.97') to Infinity)
Aspheric Elements : 6
Clear Image Zoom : 10x
Macro Mode : Yes
Steady Shot Mode:Active : Yes

Exposure System

Metering Modes : Multi Pattern / Center Weighted / Spot
Exposure Compensation : Plus / Minus 2.0EV, 1 / 3EV step
Scene Mode(s) : High Sensitivity / Soft Snap / Soft Skin / Landscape / Night Portrait / Night Scene / Handheld Twilight / Gourmet / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / Pet Mode / Anti-Motion blur / Backlight Correction HDR / Hi-speed Shutter / Underwater
D-Range Optimizer : Standard
ISO : Auto / 64 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 / 6400 / 12800
White Balance Mode : Auto (Intelligent) / Daylight / Cloudy / Fluorescent 1 (White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 2 (Natural White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 3 (Day White Fluorescent Lighting) / Incandescent / Flash / One Push, One Push Set / Underwater

Convenience Features

Red-Eye Reduction : Auto / On / Off
Erase/Protect : Erase: Single / Select / Date / Folder / AVCHD, Protect: Single / Select / Date / Folder / AVCHD

Weights and Measurements

Dimensions (Approx.) : 3 7/8" x 2 3/8" x 21/32" (95.5 x 58.3 x 16.0mm)
Weight (Approx.) : 4.6 oz. (129g)
Weight(Approx) (Main unit only) : 4.0 oz. (114g)

Imaging Sensor

Imaging Sensor : 1/2.3" Exmor^® R CMOS Sensor
Processor : BIONZ^®
Pixel Gross : 18.9MP
Effective Picture Resolution : 18.2MP
Color Filter System : RGB primary color filters

LCD Display

LCD Type : 3.3” Xtra Fine™ TruBlack™ OLED touch screen (1,229K dots)
Brightness Control : 5(Bright) / 4 / 3(Normal) / 2 / 1(Dark)
Grid Display : Yes (Off / On)
Touch Panel : Yes

Drive System

Self-timer : Off / 10sec. / 2sec. / portrait1 / portrait2
Shutter Speeds : iAuto(2" - 1/1600) / Program Auto(1" - 1/1600)
Burst Mode : Approx 10 fps at 18.2MP (Maximum 10 shots)

Advanced Features

Anti Motion Blur : Yes
Sweep Panorama : Intelligent Sweep Panorama / 3D Sweep Panorama / Underwater Sweep Panorama
Face Detection : 8 Faces (Auto / Off / Child Priority / Adult Priority / Selected Face Memory)
Smile Shutter™ technology : Yes
Image Stabilization : Optical SteadyShot™ with Active Mode Image Stabilization⁴
In-Camera Editing : Trimming / Red-Eye Correction / Unsharp Masking
Intelligent Auto : Yes
Shooting Tips : Yes
Background Defocus : Yes
Waterproof : Yes
Dustproof : Yes
Superior Auto : Yes
Tracking Focus : Off / Auto
Blink Detection : Yes
Picture Effects : HDR Painting / Richtone Monochrome / Miniature / Toy camera / Pop Color / Partial Color / Soft High-key / Watercolor / Illustration

Power

Battery Type : LITHIUM ION NP-BN 3.6V
Battery Capacity : typical: 2.3Wh (630mAh), minimum: 2.2Wh (600mAh)
Power Consumption (in Operation) : Approx. 1.0W
Power Requirements : AC 100V to 240V, 50/60 Hz, 18W

In the Box

AC Adaptor AC-UB10
Cleaning Cloth

Battery (NP-BN)
Micro USB Cable
Paint Pen

Battery Charger
Wrist Strap
Instruction Manual

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A nice and expensive piece of junk I bought this camera as a gift for my wife and it turned to be a huge fiasco. 70% of the pictures we took in the 3 days we had this camera came up with a blue flare in the upper right corner. When the flash was used we had very white faces and very dark backgrounds. We thought that this would be a nice upgrade to our previous TX20 but we were wrong. Don't waste your precious moments and money buying this camera. January 14, 2013

LOVE IT! Everything about this camera is great. Love the smile shutter setting. The picture quality is amazing, pictures come out bright and clear. December 27, 2012

My Best Action Camera 100% from this camera: http://youtu.be/feY2w2BML2g If mounting isn't an issue this camera offers double the HD speed than any consumer action camera on the market. 60fps@1080p. This camera is my staple. It bridges the gap when weather/ size don't allow me to use my A77 or NEX-7. Once you compare these feature to any action camera out there. they don't compare. The handheld shot were taken with the TX200 in this vid: http://youtu.be/6PM3mS0gRkQ September 9, 2012

best cam u can get for out door May 10, 2012

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VIEW FOOTNOTES

1. Records in 29 minute segments

2. Requires HDTV and HDMI cable sold separately

3. Requires 3D HDTV, HDMI cable (at least 10.2 Gbps) and active 3D glasses sold separately.

4. Combined with electronic stabilization.

5. Waterproof certified to IEC60529 IPX8 standard and dustproof certified to IEC 60529 IP5X standard.

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