Cyber-shot Digital Camera W370

Model number:

DSC-W370/G

Rated 2.7 out of 5 stars

Model Highlights: 14.1-megapixel, 7x optical zoom, 3.0" LCD, iAuto, Smile Shutter™, Face Detection, Sweep Panorama, 720p HD movies, HDMI™ output

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Razor-sharp results.

Prepare to be impressed. Capture breathtaking panoramic images with Sweep Panorama mode, or enjoy reduced blur thanks to Optical SteadyShot® Image Stabilization. There's also a large, 3-inch (diag.) screen that makes taking and reviewing images a cinch. iAuto mode makes capturing scenes in a variety of elements a breeze and 720p shooting and HDMI™ output make recording and playing back HD videos a snap.

Small Camera, Big Zoom

Boasting an impressive 7x optical zoom, it's easy to bring distant sports scenes and far-away faces into view with stunning detail. The high-quality Sony lens with 34mm equivalent wide angle captures the whole scene for amazing outdoor and travel photos.

More about Optical Zoom
- 7x Zoom
Ultra-wide, 243-degree Panoramic Shots

Sweep Panorama Mode reaches beyond the traditional wide angle lenses to let you capture expansive, breathtaking shots of landscapes or skyscrapers. Just press the shutter and shoot the scene with a sweeping motion. The camera does the rest.

Explore Sweep Panorama
- Sweep Panorama
Shoot Movies in HD

Nothing recreates the moment like razor-sharp, high definition video. Your movies will look stunning on YouTube™ and similar sites thanks to the 720p high-definition MPEG4 recording format. Record up to 29 minutes (or up to 2GB) per movie in 720p format.

More about HD Movies
- 720p
A Smarter Auto Mode

Unlike traditional auto mode, Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode thinks for you—recognizing scenes, lighting conditions and faces—and automatically adjusts the settings for you. The results are clear images, faces with natural skin tone and less blur.

More about Auto Modes
- iAuto
Goodbye Blurry Photos

Don't let a not-so-steady hand prevent you from capturing the moment. Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization uses a built-in gyro sensor to detect camera shake and automatically compensates to help prevent blur without sacrificing image quality.

More about Image Stabilization
- OSS
Put Yourself in the Picture

Self-Portrait Timer helps take the guesswork out of self portraits by using Face Detection technology to recognize when your face enters the frame. Once the camera detects your face, it triggers a 2-second timer, and then snaps a picture.
- Face Detection for video & photo

Take impressive, 14.1-megapixel photos with this compact digital camera. The DSC-W370 captures amazingly detailed images with a 34mm equivalent 7x zoom lens. Reviewing your shots is easy on the 3.0" LCD (diag.) and advanced features including Easy mode, iAuto and Optical SteadyShot® image stabilization™ eliminate the guesswork in tricky lighting environments. There's also awe-inspiring 243-degree Sweep Panorama mode and 720p HD movies. For displaying pics in breathtaking HD, use the built-in HDMI™ output (cable sold separately).

14.1 Megapixel Super HAD™ CCD Image Sensor

A powerful 14.1 megapixel 1/2.3” Super HAD™ CCD image sensor helps you capture gorgeous images with superb contrast and clarity down to the finest detail. With 14.1 megapixels, you can create stunning, photo-quality prints up to A3+ (13x19”) size, or crop your images and still come away with high resolution shots.

Self-Portrait Timer

Self-Portrait Timer helps take the guesswork out of self portraits by utilizing Face Detection technology to recognize when your face enters the frame. Once the camera detects your face, it triggers a 2-second timer, and then snaps a picture.

Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode

Unlike traditional auto mode, Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode thinks for you, recognizing scenes, lighting conditions, and faces, and adjusts settings resulting in clearer images, faces with more natural skin tone, and less blur. By incorporating advanced features such as Intelligent Scene Recognition, Face Detection technology, and Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization, iAuto mode lets you take advantage of the latest Sony^® Cyber-shot^® technology without leaving auto mode. Whether you’re shooting landscapes, capturing a beautiful flower, or taking pictures at an in-door birthday party or wedding shower, iAuto mode will optimize your camera’s settings to help ensure you come away with a great shot.

Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization

Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization uses a built-in gyro sensor to detect camera shake and automatically compensates to help prevent blur without sacrificing image quality.

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.

Scene modes

The DSC-W370 features 10 convenient scene modes: High Sensitivity / Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Portrait Snap / Landscape / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / Gourmet / Pet.

PHOTOMUSIC

PHOTOMUSIC combines images with music⁴ (4 tracks, 5 minutes per track) to produce fun and entertaining slide shows with standard visual effects (Simple, Nostalgic, Active, and Stylish). Select from pre-loaded tracks on the camera or transfer your own from your compatible computer (sold separately).

PhotoTV HD

Bring your photos to life and enjoy highly detailed, high definition images with PhotoTV HD-capable Sony^® BRAVIA^® HDTVs.⁶ PhotoTV HD fine tunes settings on your PhotoTV HD enabled BRAVIA HDTV, such as sharpness, gradation, and color to display images that look more like printed

Includes Sony^® PMB Portable software³

With the pre-installed Picture Motion Browser (PMB) Portable software³ the DSC-W370 makes it easy to pre-select videos and images in the camera and conveniently upload them from the camera to a compatible PC and popular Internet sharing sites⁵without the need for any additional software or install.

3.0"¹Clear Photo LCD™ display (230k pixels)

Generous 3.0”¹ (230K pixels) Clear Photo LCD™ display features sharp, natural color that makes it easy to compose shots, read menus, and view photos, even in bright sunlight.

HD MP4 Movie Mode⁹

In 720p MP4 movie mode the camera shoots 1280 x 720 high definition movies at 30 fps, which is the format when working with a PC. Users will create high quality movies with full use of optical zoom in their Cyber-shot^®DSCs in files small enough to transfer to compatible PC or Mac^®. Once transferred to your computer you can effortlessly upload your media to popular photo and video-sharing websites such as Photobucket^® and YouTube^TM. (Compatible computer with internet capability required)

Anti-blink Function

It’s frustrating to think you’ve captured that perfect shot, only to review it later and discover one of your subjects blinked just as you pressed the shutter. When the camera is set to Soft Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two images, recording only the photo with less squinting or blinking. If a blink is detected in other shooting modes, a warning will be displayed after you take the shot.

Face Detection technology

Sony’s Face Detection technology can automatically distinguish between children and adults. Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and adjusts flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.

Dynamic Range Optimizer Standard and Plus

Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) Standard and Plus uses a sophisticated algorithm to help recover shadows and highlights. The result is more natural images with clearer details that more closely match what your naked eye sees. DRO is particularly effective when shooting backlit portraits or any scene with a dramatic contrast between background and foreground lighting. DRO Plus allows for even greater optimization by analyzing each region of an image and performing additional image processing.

Function Guide:

This beginner-friendly optional function helps navigate through the various functions and settings displaying the description of chosen functions or settings on the LCD screen.

In-Camera Retouching Tools

Retouch and enhance your photos on the go with in-camera Trimming, Red-Eye Correction, and Unsharp Masking functions

Includes Sony PMB (Picture Motion Browser) Software ver. 5.0²

Sony Picture Motion Browser software offers a simple, intuitive way to transfer, sort, and view your video and still images on your compatible PC. In addition, multiple output options let you burn your memories to DVD (sold separately), as well as take advantage of one click upload to a number of popular video and photo sharing sites²

Sony Lens with 7x Optical Zoom

7x optical zoom lens brings distant subjects closer for great outdoor, sports, and travel photos.

Sweep Panorama mode

Reach beyond the traditional wide angle lens, and capture more breathtaking shots with Sweep Panorama Mode. Simply press the shutter button and sweep the camera in the desired direction and the camera continuously shoots at a high speed, then seamlessly stitches the images together with automatic position adjustment to create one stunning panoramic image. Available in wide and ultra-wide options, the camera can take panoramic shots of up to 243 degrees. Now capturing wide landscapes is as easy as press and sweep.

Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode

Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode automatically detects eight different types of scenes and, within just 1/30th of a second, selects the appropriate camera settings: Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a tripod, Portrait, Landscape, and Macro. 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.

High Sensitivity Mode (ISO 3200)

High ISO allows for faster shutter speed, so you can take photos indoors or in low light without the need for a flash. In addition to High Sensitivity Mode (ISO), you can select up to seven ISO settings (Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200) when shooting in Program Auto Mode to adjust sensitivity to your shooting conditions.

Smile Shutter™ technology

Smile Shutter™ technology captures a smile the moment it happens. Simply press the Smile Shutter™ button 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 now 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.

Easy Shooting Mode

With Easy Shooting Mode, even beginners can take great photos. In Easy Shooting Mode, easy-to-understand basic instructions are displayed on the LCD screen and the camera switches to all automatic settings, removing several function choices and allowing you to focus on just your subject. Since this mode works together with Intelligent Scene Recognition, the camera selects the optimum setting for each scene. In addition the easy mode simplifies preview mode.

Viewing modes

Find your photos using the simple folder or calendar viewing modes.

Media card slot

For convenient storage and sharing of your images, the DSC-W370 accepts Memory Stick Duo™/Memory Stick PRO Duo™/Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo™ media (sold separately) and SD/SDHC media.¹³

Colors Available:

The Cyber-shot^® DSC-W370 camera is available in silver, red and green.

Product Specifications

Optics/Lens

Lens Type : Sony Lens
Aperture : iAuto(F3.6/F7.1(W) / Program Auto(F3.6/F7.1(W) (2 steps with ND Filter)
Optical Zoom : 7x
Digital Zoom : Smart Zoom / Precision Digital Zoom / Off
Total Zoom : Approximately 14x with Precision Digital Zoom
Smart Zoom® Technology : 10M:Approx.8.3x(Total), 5M:Approx.11x(Total), VGA:Approx.47x(Total), 16:9(2M):Approx.15x(Total)
Focal Length (35mm equivalent) : 6.0-42.0mm
Lens Construction : 9 elements in 6 groups(including 4 aspheric elements)
Macro Mode : iAuto W:Approx.10cm(0.33'') to Infinity, T:Approx.100cm(3.28') to Infinity)

Focus Control

AF Modes : 9 points AF / Center Weighted AF / Spot AF
AF Illuminator : Auto / Off

Flash

Flash Modes : Auto / On / Slow Syncro / Off
Flash Coverage : ISO Auto: Approx.0.2-Approx.5.0m(Approx.0.66'-Approx.16.4')(W) / Approx.0.5-Approx.3.2m(Approx.1.64'-Approx.10.5')(T), ISO3200: up to Approx.7.0m(Approx.23.0')(W) / Approx.4.5m(Approx.14.8')(T)

Interface

SD Output : Yes
HD Output : HDMI / Component (1080i)
USB Port(s) : Yes - USB2.0 Hi-Speed
TransferJet : No
PictBridge Compatible : Yes

Software

Supplied Software : Picture Motion Browser Ver 5.0, PMB Portable 5.0 (for Windows), PMB Portable 1.1 (for Macintosh), Music Transfer
Operating System Compatibility : Microsoft® Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7, Macintosh® OS X(v10.4-v10.6)

Imaging Sensor

Imaging Sensor : 1/2.3" (7.76mm) Super HAD CCD Sensor

Viewfinder

Type : No

Exposure System

Metering : Yes
Scene Mode(s) : High Sensitivity / Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Soft Snap / Landscape / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / Gourmet / Pet
D-Range Optimizer : Plus / Standard / Off
ISO : Auto / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200
Noise Reduction : No
White Balance Mode : Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Fluorescent 1 (White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 2 (Natural White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 3 (Day White Fluorescent Lighting) / Incandescent / Flash / One Push

Convenience Features

Red-Eye Reduction : Auto / On / Off
Date / Time Stamp : Available in the included PMB software.
Erase/Protect : Yes / Yes
Media/Battery Indicator : Yes/Yes
Power Save Mode : Standard / Stamina / Off

Weights and Measurements

Dimensions (Approx.) : W x H x D 4" x 2 1/4" x 1 1/16" (99.6mm x 56.9mm x 25.5mm )
Weight (Approx.) : Approx. 5.6 oz. (159g); Approx. 6.3 oz. (179g) - With battery and Memory Stick media.

Service and Warranty Information

Limited Warranty Term : 1 Year Parts & Labor

Recording

Media Type : 19MB internal Flash Memory, optional Memory Stick Duo™ Media, optional Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Media, optional Memory Stick PRO Duo™ (High Speed), optional Memory Stick PRO HG-Duo™, optional SD/SDHC media¹¹
Still Image Max Effective Resolution : Aprox. 14.1Megapixels
Video Resolution : 1280 x 720(29.97fps, Progressive) (Approx.9/6Mbps) / VGA (640 x 480) (29.97fps, Progressive) (Approx.3Mbps)
Microphone/Speaker : Mono / Mono

LCD Display

LCD Type : 3.0"¹ Clear Photo LCD (230,400 pixels)
Histogram : No

Drive System

Drive Mode : Normal / Burst
Self-timer : Off / 10sec. / 2sec./ portrait1 / portrait2
Shutter Speeds : iAuto(2" - 1/1,600) / Program Auto(1" - 1/1,600)
Burst Mode : Approx. 1.3 fps at 14.1MP (Maximum 100 shots)

Advanced Features

Face Detection : 8 faces (Auto / Off / Child Priority / Adult Priority)
Image Stabilization : Optical
In-Camera Editing : Trimming / Red Eye Correction / Unsharp Masking
NightFraming System : No
NightShot® Infrared System : No

Power

Battery Type : LITHIUM ION K type 3.6V
Battery Capacity : Approx. 115 minutes / Approx. 230 images (when shooting still images)
Power Consumption (in Operation) : Approx. 1.5W

In the Box

A/V Cable
CD-ROM Software

Rechargeable Battery Pack (NP-BK1)
USB Cable

Battery Charger
Wrist Strap

Product Profile

Support

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Product Warranty

Limited Warranty

Soft Carrying Case

$19.99
Soft Carrying Case

$14.99

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DSC W370 I got this camera at NYC store, brand new... The camera just do not work properly since the very beggining... I love trains and this camera cannot capture any quality sound from the enviroment, even wind brakes the sound recording on video... I had had the send this to repair and the camera came back having the same issue... Camera is always looking for focus on video, so the images are not clear all the time... This is not a good product to me... I am totally dissapointed, I have had Sony devices for years FBH sound systems, Trinitron TVs, Dream machines, Betamax, Hi8s Attrac 3 MP3s, but this one makes me think that I will select a different brand next time... December 1, 2011

horrible!!! i am SO disappointed with this camera!!! i wanted to upgrade my 5 megapixel canon camera for a slimmer design. i had done a lot of research and asked for opinions and felt confident in buying this sony camera. IT IS HORRIBLE!!! the shutter is painfully slow... i mis good shots all the time, people hate posing for pics because it takes FOREVER, even in daylight. FORGET about trying to take any kinda of picture in low light. i also think the picture quality and color is extremely poor compared to my old canon. also, as a side note, i attemped to buy and extra lithium ion battery for the camera. i bought a non-sony brand battery and i couldn't believe it when i put the battery in and the camera had an error message that said the battery wasn't compatible withthe camera... and i got this message while i was at a concert!!!! i was furious!!! it's unconscionable that sony would "block" people from using other brands of batteries so that they can charge 10x's the amount!!! i will NEVER NEVER NEVER buy another sony camera! June 27, 2011

Beautiful pictures. I love my camera. It is the easiest camera to work. Small enough to keep in your purse (or pocket) and lightweight. Just love how clear the pics come out! April 22, 2011

Proprietary Marketing Locks Unfair I loved this camera till I needed a battery for it while in Africa. I bought the only thing I could find a BK-1 same number as SONY, when inserted in the camera it says:" battery not compatible"......thanks SONY. We saw the big five Africa but got pics of the big 3! April 17, 2011

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VIEW FOOTNOTES

1.Viewable area, measured diagonally

2. PMB requires Microsoft® Windows® XP SP3/ Windows Vista® SP2/Windows 7. Not supported by Mac® OS.

3. PMB Portable for Windows is pre-loaded. PMB Portable for Mac is available at www.eSupport.sony.com . PMB Portable requires USB cable (included) and PC with internet connectivity. 64-bit environments not supported

4.Uploading directly to the web requires PMB Portable software and USB cable (included), and PC with internet connectivity (not included). PMB Portable for Mac is available at www.eSupport.sony.com . 64-bit environments not supported.

5. Requires compatible wireless access point(s). Some features may rely on Internet services.

6. When fully charged. Actual results may vary based on product settings, usage patterns and environmental conditions.

7. Compatible BRAVIA® HDTV, and HDMI™ or component cable (sold separately) required for PhotoTV HD viewing. Specifications for BRAVIA HDTV shown vary according to market region.

8. Four preset music tracks stored in internal memory. Imported music tracks can be up to five minutes long. When using Music Transfer to download music, tracks longer than five minutes will be reduced to five minutes when uploading to the Cyber-shot® camera.

9. Movie recording is limited to (29min segments for MP4 up to 12Mbps 1440x1080/30p)

10. HD Viewing requires an HD output adapter cable (VMC-MHC1) and compatible HDTV, both sold separately.

11. When using movie mode Memory Stick PRO Duo with MARK2 logo, Memory Stick PRO-HG, Class 4 or higher for SD/SDHC media are recommended.

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