Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W690 16.1 MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom
- 16.1 megapixels Super HAD CCD image sensor
- 10X optical zoom
- 3.0-inch LCD
- 720p MP4 HD Movie Mode
- Sweep Panorama mode-up to 360°
Product Details
Color: Silver
- Product Dimensions: 3.7 x 2.2 inches ; 1.8 pounds
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
- ASIN: B006K554I2
- Item model number: DSCW690
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #375 in Camera & Photo
- Date first available at Amazon.com: February 27, 2012
Product Description
Color: Silver
From the Manufacturer
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W690 16.1 MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom and 3.0-inch LCD
- 10x optical zoom
- Capture your videos in 720p HD Movie mode
- Take stunning images in Sweep Panorama mode-up to 360°
- 16.1 MP plus a 3.0-inch LCD
- Optical SteadyShot image stabilization reduces blur
- Picture Effect for more expressive photos
- iAuto mode automatically optimizes camera settings
- Face Detection and Smile Shutter technologies
- Anti-Blink, Face Priority and Red Eye Reduction functions
- Soft Skin mode reduces visible blemishes and wrinkles
Shoot beautiful photos and HD 720p video with the slim Sony 16.1MP DSC-W690. Get close to your subject with the stabilized 10X optical zoom lens, use its colorful 3.0-inch LCD to compose and share images, and select the iSCN mode to automatically set the best exposure for tricky scenes.
Key Features
10x optical zoom
The Sony 10x optical zoom G lens brings distant subjects super close for great outdoors, sports, and travel photos. The compact size makes it easy to take with you in a pocket, purse, or backpack.720p MP4 HD Movie Mode
In 720p MP4 movie mode, the DSC-W690 shoots 1280 x 720 high definition movies at 30 fps, a standard format when working with a PC.1 Users will create high quality movies with full use of optical zoom in files small enough to transfer to compatible PC or Mac computer. Once transferred to your computer and connected to the internet, you can effortlessly upload your media to popular photo and video-sharing websites such as Photobucket and YouTube.Sweep Panorama mode-up to 360°
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 up to 360° full circle, the DSC-W690 can take a variety of panoramic shots. Now capturing wide landscapes is as easy as press and sweep.16.1 Megapixel Image Sensor
A powerful 16.1 megapixel Super HAD CCD image sensor helps you capture gorgeous images with superb contrast and clarity down to the finest detail. With 16.1 megapixels, you can create stunning, photo-quality prints up to A3+ (13x19 inch) size, or crop your images and still come away with high resolution shots.3.0-inch Clear Photo LCD display
Generous 3.0-inch (230K dots) Clear Photo LCD display features sharp, natural color that makes it easy to compose shots, read menus, and view photos, even in bright sunlight.Optical SteadyShot image stabilization
Optical SteadyShot image stabilization uses a built-in gyro sensor to detect camera shake and automatically shifts the lens to help prevent blur without sacrificing image quality.Intelligent Auto Mode
Unlike traditional auto mode, Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode thinks for you, recognizing scenes, lighting conditions, faces, and adjusts settings resulting in clear images, faces with natural skin tone and less blur. Take advantage of all the technology without leaving Auto mode. Kids on the playground, landscape shots, a beautiful flower or an indoor birthday party; all result in clear images without leaving auto mode.Picture Effect for more expressive photos
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.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.Smile Shutter technology
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.
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.Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode
Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode automatically detects 33 different types of scenes and selects the appropriate camera settings. 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.
Natural Flash
Conventional point-and-shoot camera flash shots just don't capture colors the way the eye sees them. Natural Flash mode takes a reference shot without flash and then uses that reference to correct the color, for far more lifelike images.Dynamic Range Optimizer
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.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.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
214 of 220 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty good for what it is
June 10, 2012
By The Draconic Nabokovian
Color Name:Red
I just spent the day trying out this camera as
the backup to my Canon SX40 and as a potential toss in the pocket and
go/social outing camera. I've owned several Sony Cybershots before and
in general, they tend to be a great outdoor picture camera and very poor
indoors and in low lighting. After reviewing the day's photos, I've
come to the following conclusions:1. First, let's state the obvious. There's no comparing this quality-wise to the Canon SX40 and nor should there be. This is a budget compact point and shoot, whereas the SX40 is a bridge camera, frankly the best camera I've ever owned. That said, the quality is pretty good for its price range from first impressions (I took 43 photos in a variety of conditions, angles and zoom levels. 30 of the 43 I felt good enough quality to upload to my Japan photoblog on Facebook - a pretty good ratio, considering several of the pictures were duplicate efforts at the same shot).
2. In particular, this camera's indoor and low-light shooting ability is vastly improved over, oh, pretty much every Cybershot I've ever owned in the past. Canon will still, in general, outperform Sony in those two categories, but in my mind, this one's a major leap forward for the Sony Cybershot line.
3. It's perfect for just throwing in my pocket and traipsing around. No need to carry the camera bag like with the SX40. So for that reason and the increased indoor/low-light ability, I'm thinking it will work just fine for going out with friends and all that sort of thing.
4. The 10x zoom isn't going to be easy to find in the sub-$200 range, and that's quite honestly probably the biggest reason I got this as my backup camera. I just wanted a cheap camera that took decent pictures and had at least an 8x zoom.
