Digital Trends

Another week, another T-series digicam from Sony! At least that’s how it seems as the company continues to turn out variations of its best-selling, sleek digital cameras. The latest is the DSC-T50, a 7.2MP model with a 3x zoom and optical image stabilization. What makes it really stand out is its 3-inch touch screen LCD. Instead of loads of buttons, you make all your adjustments by tapping the screen with the supplied stylus. Very cool. We reviewed the older DSC-T9 about six months ago and liked it enough to dub it an Editor’s Choice.

 

Before we get into details, we must note the camera used for this review was not a final production model; however Sony said the only thing missing from the real deal was a blue box that holds the camera and its supplied accessories. The camera—in a blue box—will be available around October 13^th. Sony also stressed the DSC-T50 is great for indoor photography and invited the press to try the camera in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City—which is how we got our hands on it. As with any museum, the Met doesn’t allow flash photography so we had to shoot the great works of art with the camera set in the High Sensitivity mode that shuts down the flash and adjusts shutter speed/ISO for best results. How did it perform with this great backdrop? Let’s start clicking away…