Sony Cybershot DSC-N2 10.1MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.8 x 2.4 x 0.9 inches ; 5.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000DZKNM2
• Item model number: DSCN2
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,111 in Camera & Photo (See Bestsellers in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 6, 2007

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Shoot, save, search, and share up to 500 VGA photos with the 10.1-megapixel Cybershot DSC-N2. Enjoy your photos as slide shows set to music with family and friends on the huge 3.0-inch LCD screen with touch-screen operation. Featuring high-ISO sensitivity, the DSC-N2 captures gorgeous shots without a flash where flash is not permitted or might disrupt the mood. Equipped with precision Carl Zeiss 3x optical/2x digital zoom lens and 25MB internal memory, the DSC-N2 is perfect for capturing images without a flash memory card.

10.1-Megapixel Super HAD CCD
Over 10 million pixels provide incredible high-resolution detail and definition for making big prints and cropping in on your subject. Plus, the advanced Sony 1/1.7-inch Super HAD (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD design allows more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise.

Higher Sensitivity
Because flash can sometimes change the mood, the DSC-N2 features higher sensitivity (ISO 1600) for excellent low-light shots at higher shutter speed and for capturing images in museums or religious sites where flash may not be permitted.

Carl Zeiss 3x Optical/6x Digital Zoom
3x Optical Zoom helps the DSC-N2 bring distant subjects closer and lets you frame shots for better composition; Sony's precision 6x Digital Zoom lets you enlarge image areas without jagged edges.

Wider D-Range
Some compact digital cameras "wash out" color in brightly lit areas, but the Sony DSC-N2 controls the light level received by its CCD imager to reduce washout and improve color reproduction.

Huge 3.0-Inch Clear Photo LCD Plus Touch Screen
This huge screen makes it easier to read camera menus, compose shots, and share results. The Sony Clear Photo LCD Plus design reduces reflection from the LCD surface for excellent visibility outdoors, while the wide-angle viewing lets you entertain a crowd with slide show and pocket album functions.

Slide Show with Music
The DSC-N2 lets you combine images in Slide Show sequence, adding any of four transition effects (simple, nostalgic, stylish, or active) plus four kinds of background music--or viewing your Slide Show without music.

Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 3x Optical/2x Digital Zoom
With precision lens design and 3x optical zoom, you can capture dramatic long shots and frame images for better composition--and the precision Sony 2x digital zoom function lets you enlarge image areas without jagged edges.

Pocket Album Function
You can store and share up to 500 photo images at VGA resolution--and manage your album photos using simple touchscreen images to select favorites, delete shots, and search your photo archive by date or year.

Touch-Screen Operation
Convenient touch-screen operation of many camera functions replaces small, hard-to-read buttons--so it's easy to adjust camera setup and catch quick candid shots in the field.

Free Spot AF
In addition to normal autofocus mode, the DSC-N2 lets you focus on a subject by just touching it on your LCD screen--a fast and simple way to adjust focus for complex scenes or moving subjects.

25MB Internal Memory
You can capture images in-camera, without using a flash memory card, or use optional Memory Stick Duo media for ultra-compact, high-capacity shooting and recording.

High-Quality Video Clips
In MPEG VX Fine Mode, the DSC-N2 captures VGA (640 x 480) audio-video clips at high frame rate of up to 30 frames per second with length limited only by the capacity of your media. Video Mail Mode lets you capture smaller file sizes suitable for e-mail.

Stamina Battery Power
A high-stamina NP-BG1 Lithium Ion battery lets the DSC-N2 shoot up to 300 images, giving you plenty of power when traveling or shooting on location.

Picture Motion Browser Software
Supplied software makes it easier to upload, organize, and search photos on your PC--and provides a convenient map view function to sort photos by location and display their origin on a world map by using an optional GPS unit. GPS-CS1 unit (not included--must be purchased separately) needed during picture capture; computer with Internet access and access to Google Map service required for GPS functionality.

Paint Function
You can stamp graphics and trace drawings or letters on your photos with the Paint function. Decorated images are saved as separate VGA-size files so your originals won't be affected.

What's in the Box
Sony Cybershot N2 digital camera, rechargeable battery (NP-BG1), battery charger (BC-CSG), AV/USB multi-connector cable, wrist strap, stylus paint pen, software/driver CD-ROM (NOTE: No Memory Stick media or adapters are included.)

Product Description
Successor to the N1, the DSC-N2 enriches image quality further by incorporating a 1/1.7 inch CCD to produce a high resolution of 10.1 effective megapixels. With an improved sensitivity of up to 1000, you're guaranteed clear, blur-free images! Like the N1, the DSC-N2 employs easy-to-use touch screen operation, making managing your settings simple. Touch screen allows unique features such as the Flexible Spot AF function, which lets you focus on a subject by just touching it on your LCD monitor. The large 3-inch Clear Photo LCD Plus allows you to view your images in great detail.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

137 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This was a good choice for me!, November 15, 2006

By	Dirk Steel (California) - See all my reviews

I JUST received this camera yesterday, and have had very little time to play with it.

However, since there were no reviews here, I decided to share my first impressions to help others.

I choose this camera because of its small size, 10 megapixels, and large viewing screen.

The battery came partially charged. I also had ordered a 4-gig card to go in the camera, so I was ready to go.

The camera turns on almost instantly. It turns off just as quickly.

I was able to figure out most of the basic features of the camera right away. It is all pretty intuitive, and the large, sharp touch screen works well.

I took pictures indoors and out. I tried the flash and the optical zoom and they worked fine.

I was easily able to take movies with it. They are in the mpeg format that the PC windows media player handles. It seems that in high quality 640 my 4-gig card can hold one hour of movie, and in the lower 640 quality it can hold three hours. I base that on the countdown indicator that shows up on the screen when in movie mode.

There is an attachment that hooks the camera up to a TV and the pictures and movies play FROM THE CAMERA in great definition on the TV. The movie sound when played on the camera is a little tinny because of the small speaker, but when played from the camera on the TV, the sound on the TV speaker was loud and clear!

I hooked the camera up to my computer without using the additional software, and was able to copy pictures and videos from the camera to the PC and back to the camera. The resolution was perfect and everything worked well.

The quality of the photos in ten megapixels is super, as is the quality of high quality movies.. the lower quality movie isn't that bad, but it is noticeable.

That is all I have done so far. I am VERY pleased with the camera, and my fiancée thinks my choice was brilliant.

I will come back with more as I play with it.

((I have had the camera for one year now. It is really a great camera. The pictures are perfect almost everytime. The touch screen controls are easy to understand and use, and I carry the camera with me everywhere I go. I have a 30 inch apple monitor and the pictures look PERFECT in high resolution as my wallpaper. I even took a picture of an accident with it that the local paper used for the article! So far, I am very pleased.))

(((I just purchased some more toys for the house and thought I would share how they are working with the camera. We now have a PS3 and a 73'' DLP television. I can stream the camera photos from my office PC through wifi to the PS3 hooked up to the DLP. The movies taken with the camera are ok that big, but the 10 megapixal photos are FANTASTIC at 73'' and you can even zoom in more! WOW)))

66 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for taking and sharing pictures, November 24, 2006

By	J. McCarthy (Twin Cities, MN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this camera to replace an older Sony DSC-S75 digital camera. That camera had performed well for many years, and indeed still works the same as when it was new. We wanted something a little smaller and with higher resolution. Turn on time was also a problem- often by the time I had the camera powered up and ready to shoot the moment had passed!

I looked around a LOT and was ready to purchase a Canon, but then a visitor from China showed me his Sony DSC-T50 (which had just been released in the US at the time) and I was convinced it was the way to go. While I was reading up on the T50 I found a lot of references to the N2. From what I could tell, the N2 had the same great touchscreen plus a few more advanced features and a higher resolution. The lower price was icing on the cake.

This is a "family" camera- nearly all our pictures are of our kids. The great thing about this camera is the large screen and the ability to easily and clearly show off your pictures to the rest of the family without having to gather around a computer.

I think the touch screen is great. I like not having a camera full of more buttons than I'll ever figure out how to use. For someone that wants full manual control over all the shots I suspect an SLR type camera is the way to go. For someone who will be taking 95% of their shots in the default "auto" mode, I think this is the way to go.

I've taken some shots at night with mixed results. I took some pictures of a house during Halloween which was decorated with orange string lights. Holding the camera by hand produced one clear image out of three. I've found the best thing to do is set the camera down and use the 2 second timer to take pictures in extremely low light conditions. In dim light (not twilight) it does better, and in normal cloudy to daylight conditions pictures are great.

Overall I'm most pleased with the small size of the camera and the large touchscreen. The turn-on time is fast too. I've taken some movies of the kids playing and dancing and they turned out excellent. I purchased a gigabyte of memory for the camera, particularly for use with the movie mode. Battery life is good too, even with such a large screen.

I'd recommend this camera to anyone wishing to catch a growing family on "film".

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Compact Digital!!, November 23, 2006

By	SJH AZ (Arizona) - See all my reviews

I choose this camera because of its small size, 10 megapixels, large bright screen and previous good luck with Sony. I also bought the 4 gig card as I wanted capacity for a lot of high resolution pics.

The touch screen is GREAT!! You can figure out most of the features of the camera right away just using the touch menu.

I hooked the camera up to my PC without additional software and it worked instantly with windows. The picture quality, resolution and color are nothing short of AMAZING on a pc monitor, Photo quality in ten megapixels is incredible....

I have had several other Nikon & Sony digital camera's but nothing like the picture quality of this one in 10.1 mode.

The camera actually lets you build photo slide shows with built in special effects and music (downloaded or already on the camera).

Ease of use, picture quality, large bright screen, small size and touch menu system make this a true "Best in Class".

Cant go wrong with this one.