Hey, this is Scott of Photography Banzai. Today we're going to look at the Sony Cyber-shot
DSC-WX220. Thanks the Camera Craft in Rockford Illinois for let me try this
out at their shop. The WX220 has a 18.2 megapixel 1/2.3 inch
backlit illuminated sensor. That means it's pretty solid for a small sensor
camera. 10x optical zoom, which is really the biggest feature of this camera. Has a
2.7 inch fixed LCD screen and does not have any type of touch
capability to it. Video wise, it has 1080p 60 frames a second. Which is really
pretty decent for a camera like this. Has all the standard connectivity features,
with the Wi-Fi 802.11 B/G/N with NFC connectivity. So you can connect to the
standard Sony applications on phones. Battery wise, it has the NP-BN Sony battery.
Rated for 210 shots. It is on the low side, but that's pretty standard for
these small cameras. Has a USB multi port, so you can connect to computers and such.
As I mentioned the lens has a 10x optical zoom. The equivalent focal length
is 25 to 250 millimeters. With an aperture of f3.3 to 5.9 through the zoom range.
It's pretty solid range for a small camera like this. It gets you relatively
wide angle, plus a large telephoto lens capability to it. The close focus
distance is 1.97 inches on the wide end. So you can get pretty close. You can get
somewhat macro shots at that wide. And then on long end it is 4.92 inches
for the closest focus. Does have the optical steadyshot capability with the
lens, which is very nice to have on a small camera like this to help stabilize
your shots. The camera has contrast detect autofocus, which probably means
it's not going to focus quite as fast as cameras that have dedicated phase
detection on the sensor itself. Of course you have to spend more to get those
features. This camera has a few interesting features that I tried out.
Has a smile capture feature. It basically tries to look at your face and discern
if you are smiling. Where you go from a straight face to a smile, and then it'll
take a photo automatically. I tried it out a few times. It works relatively well.
It's not perfect takes a little effort to get it working, but it does work. The
camera also has a panorama feature. They called the eye sweep panorama. I didn't
do too well with it. The first one was okay, but you can see where it stitched
the images together. And then the other two attempts that I made didn't even go
through the entire length of the panorama. But still a cool feature to
mess around with. There was a tripod socket on the camera.
It is offset from the lens, which is not ideal. Especially if you're trying to do
those panoramas. But it is what it is and it's good that it does have a tripod
socket at least. One thing I did notice when using the camera is that if you
press the review button when the camera is off it will turn the camera on and
let you look at your photos. You press it a second time it will turn the camera on.
It'll pull the lens out. This camera is relatively quick to start up. The lens
comes out pretty fast, which is nice on these type of cameras that do extend the
lens. Ergonomics wise, it's a very small camera.
But that's good because it'll fit in almost any pocket. It's great to take
around anywhere. It does have that relatively long zoom lens. And of course
the price is low for a camera like this. Now I don't know if it'll be as good as
the cellphones that are super high-end with multiple lenses, multiple sensors...
But in this case you will get that nice zoom lens, and a lot of standard camera
features you won't necessarily get on a cell phone. So I do think it's a decent
option if you want to get a little bit more into photography. You don't want to
always use your phone. This is a little better
ergonomically than a phone, just in general, for photos. And of course it's
one of those lower-cost options. Anyways, that's about it for this little
video. I hope you enjoyed it. That was the Sony Cybershot DSC-WX220. Again thanks
to Camera Craft for let me try this out at their shop. See ya!