Op DPReview staat een zeer uitgebreide review van de Sony CD1000 camera. Zoals in een eerdere nieuwsposting al duidelijk gemaakt werd is dit een camera met een ingebouwde CDWriter. Voor de exacte specificaties kun je hier even kijken.
Conclusion - ProsGood image quality, typical 2 megapixel Cheap storage Ease of image transfer (once finalised disc will work in almost any CD-ROM drive) Big image stablised 10 x zoom lens Excellent available controls on outside of camera Interesting LCD viewfinder Silent focus & zoom mechanism One-push manual white balance Fly-by-wire manual focus ring on lens barrel Good selection of program modes: Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Night, Spot etc. Excellent InfoLithium battery pack & in-camera charging Camera settings stored between power-ups (even without the battery...) No need for additional AC adapter Good internal flash USB connectivity Audio with movie recording & Voice recording
Conclusion - ConsPrice ($1299) (relative) Design, Size & Weight (subjective) Slow startup, focusing and shutter lag Auto Focus lack of "focus priority" (random focusing problems) Poor LCD frame cover (86%) Aperture priority crippled by minimum 1/30s shutter speed Tripod Mount Barrel distortion at wide angle Fairly nasty chromatic aberrations at full zoom A few other reviewers have been as brave as to say that mini CD-R will be the future of storage in digital cameras. I'd have to place myself on the other side of that fence. Don't get me wrong, there's a place for it and I'm sure the CD1000 will sell well, but there's lots of things holding mini CD-R back, not least the physical size of the CD-R mechanism (and thus the camera), its speed and battery usage. It'll be interesting to see how many more products Sony release using mini CD-R.
From a storage cost point of view it's amazing value if you buy your mini CD-R's from the right places. As a camera the CD1000 performs well, that big zoom will keep even the most avid bird watcher happy and image quality is on par with the best 2 megapixel digital cameras.
Overall conclusion
Here's my rating of the Sony MVC-CD1000: (2 megapixel ultra zoom class)
Detail Rating (out of 10)
Construction 8
Features 8
Image quality 8
Lens / CCD combination 7
Ease of use 7
Value for money 7
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