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It was initially declared for launching on March 2011 but was moved for one more month. Now that the Sony Cybershot DSC-TX10 is at long last out in the market, it looks like buyers will face another hurdle as majority of TX10 camera colors have fixed stocks left in online stores. Some say the Japan tsunami has affected the number of electronic productions coming from the devastated country.
In this article, I will give you a review of the Cybershot TX10 camera so you may determine if you'd rather buy it now before stocks run out or just wait for the cameras Sony has yet to release.
Slim Form Factor
If you are intimate with a lot of Sony cameras, you might already know that the TX series models are known for their sleek and stylish form factor - one that you may effortlessly slip in and out of your pocket for spur-of-the-moment shots. I personally prefer these types of cameras than heavy, bulky DSLRs.
Better Picture Quality
You'll be astonished with the picture quality too. While it may not have all the bells and whistles of a DSLR, Sony claims that the light sensitivity of their cameras this year has primarily improved, thanks to the Exmor-R engineering science that captures more light than traditionalisti CMOS sensors. In other words, suppose sharper images even on low light environments.
3D, HD Movie, Panoramic Shots, and a lot more features
Yes, you're reading it right. The Sony TX10 is capable of taking 3D pictures using only one lens. Just follow the on-screen instructions to help you take three-dimensional images. Obviously, you will need a 3D TV to better be grateful for your shots.
You get to receive pleasure from recording in full high definition videos too - and by full, I mean 1080i resolution. This is in all likelihood the most future-proof point-and-shoot camera today. The usual Sweep Panorama feature of Sony cameras is likewise included for requiring little effort capturing of panoramic shots.
For those who take delight in the outdoors, this camera is highly commended as it is freezeproof, shockproof and waterproof. You may in a literal sense take it anyplace without having to worry in regards to where you place it. While numerous older TX versions are likewise outstanding for extreme outdoor use, the TX10 plainly has better shelter - up to 16 feet of waterproofing and it may survive falls from almost 6 feet.
Pros and Cons
So far I've talked only when it comes to the features. But the more important question is, is it worth upgrading to TX10? User reviews have been in general mixed on this one.
On one hand, users reported a more snappy user interface and a more responsive touch screen. But on the other hand, a great deal of persons conveyed disappointment when they found out a good deal of missing features.
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The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX10 camera lets you live life on the edge. This stylish and innovative camera will fit utterly into your active life. Waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, freeze-proof, HD movies, 3D photos, Sweep Panorama, and a touch screen, this powerful tool follows you to the edge and proves you were there. |
| Sony DSC-TX10 Feature Highlights |
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Rugged and Stylish This camera is just as much at home in the water as on a night on the town! The sleek and stylish TX10 fits the slimmest pocket or purse, yet is waterproof to a depth of 16 ft10, shockproof from falls up to approximately 5 ft9 and dustproof12 thanks to it is airtight construction. As well, this lasting camera may even withstand uttermost weather conditions, as it is operable in temperatures from 14- to 104-degrees Fahrenheit11. Seamlessly shifting from underwater marvels to a night on the town, the TX10 always makes it easy to get the best shot! |
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3-inch Touch screen
A big 3-inch touch screen LCD makes it easy for watching and sharing images with simple and fun touch operation. |
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16.2 Megapixel Back-illuminated “Exmor R” CMOS Image Sensor The DSC-TX10 features a 16.2 megapixel “Exmor R” CMOS effigy sensor that brings out the full settling power of the camera’s Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens to deliver exceedingly fast speed, high resolution, and stunning low-light sensitivity with bettered effigy clarity and drasti scaled down grain. In addition, the combined “Exmor R” CMOS sensor and BIONZ effigy processor delivers exceedingly fast 10fps, Anti Motion Blur, Hand-held Twilight and 1080i movie modes7. |
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Full HD 1080@60i
Record crystal clear movies at the most eminent solution available with capablenesses for 60i in 1080 Full HD3. This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your HD TV. |
3D still image
Produce awe-inspiring images with 3D still effigy and 3D Sweep Panorama capabilities. Images will take on a new dimension to view the world in a whole new way5. |
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iSweep Panorama
With iSweep Panorama just press the shutter, pan the landscape and let the camera do the rest. It mechanically links together each frame to create a panoramic image. This model even detects faces and moving subjects to stitch intelligently dissimilar widths to help keep away from subject distortion. |
| Background Defocus DSLR photographs are ofttimes pretty because they blur the background, putting the special and significant stress on the subject. Now our point-and-shoot cameras may deliver this signature DSLR benefit. The scheme takes two shots, identifies the background and applies a defocused background keeping the subject crisp and clear. |
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Superior Auto Mode
Get cleaner, more dynamic pictures and less missed shots. The camera mechanically recognizes the rectify scene mode, then speedily shoots and combines up to six shots to create images with more outstanding clarity, optimal dynamic range using backlight correction HDR engineering science and lower effigy noise using 6 shots layering technology. Superior Auto intelligently detects 36 scenes for still images and movies, making it easy to get the best shot. |
Soft Skin Mode
Portrait subjects will love the results. Soft Skin mode recognizes skin tones and reduces the aspect of blemishes and wrinkles without affecting the rest of the shot. |
| 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 rectify the color, for far more lifelike images. |
| High speed shooting The DSC-TX10 may capture full 16.2 megapixel solution images at up to 10 frames per second, helping to see to it that the decisive moment is captured such as the soccer ball flying into the goal. In addition, the DSC-TX10 employs a mechanical shutter that helps reduce distortion when without disturbance shooting moving subjects. |
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Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 25mm equivalent wide 4x Optical Zoom The high-performance Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 4x optical zoom lens brings distant subjects closer for video recording as well as for outdoor, sports, and travel photos, and Close Focus shoots close-ups up to just underneath ½-inch from the subject. A wide angle of 25mm equivalent wide-angle lens allows you to take wider shots of the scene or group in crowded spaces. |
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HDMI output The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a compact audio/video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams. HDMI connects digital audio/video roots such as a compatible camcorder, Blu-ray Disc player, a personal computer, a video game console, or an AV receiver to a compatible digital audio device and/or video monitor such as a digital television (DTV). Easily connect your Cyber-shot camera thru HDMI cable to any compatible HDMI compatible device to effortlessly take delight in and upload content7. |
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Smile Shutter engineering Smile Shutter engineering captures a smile the moment it happens. Simply press the Smile Shutter button and the camera does the rest. Also select adult and child priority and indicate the degree of Smile Detection Sensitivity. Intelligent Scene Recognition may be used together with Smile Shutter mode. This means that finelooking smiles may be captured with settings optimized for the queer scene, even in difficult conditions such as twilight and backlighting. |
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Face Detection technology Sony’s Face Detection technology may mechanically distinguish amidst children and adults. Face Detection engineering detects up to eight person faces and adjusts flash, focus, exposure, and white remainder to support deliver crisp, the right way lit images of family and friends. |
| Motion Detection Motion Detection, along with Face Motion Detection adjusts ISO sensitivity and increments the shutter speed when motion is detected, reducing blur in moving subjects and faces. |
| Anti-blink Function It’s discouraging and hindering to capture the perfective shot, only to review it later and discover subjects blinked for the duration of the photo. When the camera is set to Soft Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two images, recording only the photo with less squinting or blinking. If a blink is detected in other shooting modes, a warning will be displayed after you take the shot. |
Sweep Multi Angle Mode
In Sweep Multi Angle mode, the camera takes 15 images at dissimilar angles as it sweeps all over the scene. By tilting the camera for the duration of playback, the camera’s Gyro Sensor detects motion and displays the effigy in a 3D-like view on the camera’s LCD. |
| Anti-Motion Blur Mode Capture cleaner and sharper images in low light for non landscape shots. When set in Anti-motion Blur Mode, the DSC-TX10 captures six images in a fraction of a second with higher shutter speed and combines the selective information from all six to invent a single effigy of extraordinary detail and dramatically reduce subject blur, beyond the capability of traditionalisti cameras. |
| Backlight Correction HDR Shooting high-contrast scenes may often times lead to washed out backgrounds and/or details lost in shadow. Backlight Correction HDR helps rectify for this by taking three pictures at dissimilar exposure settings and processing the best elements of all three into a single effigy for more natural looking shots. |
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TransferJet technology TransferJet technology, developed by Sony and progressed and promoted by consortium of 18 other companies, allows the transfer of up to ten files amongst two TransferJet enabled gimmicks just by touching their TransferJet logos together, without the hassle of hunting for cables or the complicatedness of pairing8. |
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Compatible with PC and MAC Systems
The Full HD video captured with the DSC-TX10 may be applied with the provided Picture Motion Browser software1 for PC and iMovie (sold separately) for Mac systems. |
| Includes Sony PMB (Picture Motion Browser) Software ver. 5.51 Sony Picture Motion Browser software offers a simple, intuitive way to transfer, sort, and view your video and still images on your compatible PC. In addition, multiple output choices let you burn your memories to DVD using an external DVD burning device (sold separately), as well as take vantage of one click upload to a number of general video and photo sharing websites (such as Facebook and Sony’s Personal Space). Using the new 5.5 version also enables playback of 3D images taken on the Cyber-shot camera. |
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Includes Sony PMB Portable software2 With the pre-installed Picture Motion Browser (PMB) Portable 5.5 software2 the DSC-TX10 makes it easy to pre-select videos and images in the camera and conveniently upload them from the camera to a compatible PC and general Internet sharing sites8 without the need for any further and added software or install. |
- PMB requires Microsoft Windows XP SP3/ Windows Vista SP2/Windows 7 environments not supported. Not supported by Mac OS.
- Uploading directly to the web requires PMB Portable (ver 5.5 for Windows and ver 1.3 for Mac) software and USB cable (included), and PC with internet connectivity. Windows XP SP3 64-bit and Starter Edition and Windows Vista Starter Edition environments not supported.
- Compatible BRAVIA HDTV, and factor cable required for PhotoTV HD viewing. Specifications for BRAVIA HDTV shown vary according to market region.
- Movie recording is fixed to 29 minute segments.
- 3D watching requires 3D HDTV, a high speed HDMI cable (supporting at least 10.2 Gbps) connection and 3D glasses (all sold separately).
- TransferJet enabled media (sold separately) and TransferJet engineering required in both devices. Interoperability and compatibility among TransferJet enabled appliances may vary.
- HD Viewing requires an HD output adapter cable (VMC-MD3) and compatible HDTV, both sold separately.
- Requires compatible wireless access point(s). Some features may rely on Internet services.
- This camera has been shock-proof Certified to MIL-STD-810F Method 516.5-Shock
- This camera has been waterproof certified to IEC60529 IPX8 standard.
- This camera may operate in temperatures amongst 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 degrees Celsius) and 104-degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius)
- This camera is dustproof certified to IEC 60529 IP5X standard
- This camera has waterproof certified to IEC60529 IPX8 standard, shock-proof Certified to MIL-STD-810F Method 516.5-Shock, dustproof certified to IEC 60529 IP5X standard, and may operate in temperatures amid 14 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 degrees Celsius) and 104-degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius)
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Most helpful client reviews
373 of 406 humans found the following review helpful.
 Sony Cyber-shot TX10 User Review
By Angel_Pen
If you want to read the opinion of a professional photographer, read on...
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The TX10 is NOT Compatible with Sony Marine Pack Enclosures or any other enclosures.
156 of 169 people found the following review helpful.
 Sony falsely advertises that this camera is waterproof
By KW in MA
Sony's warranty is no good. I purchased this camera for my vacation and employed it in a pool. The camera leaked and stopped working. When I sent it to Sony they told me that they found corosion and the warranty was void. I told them that it was warranted to be waterproof and if the seals failed it ought to be covered. They just kept repeating their words and refused to honor their warranty. I will not purch from Sony again. Very disapointed in Sony.
87 of 94 humans found the following review helpful.
Didn't meet high expected values but still a outstanding camera
By Scott Gardner
UPDATED AS OF 5/31/2011: Kept the camera after I thought in regards to returning it and I'm glad I held it. Updated rating from 3 stars to 4 stars
I'm an underwater and rugged camera junkie so when I heard regarding this new camera I had very high expectations. I have owned 2 other Panasonic TS1 waterproof cameras and loved those (other than my last one leaked and destroyed the camera. Thank goodness for Squaretrade)I'm not a Sony 'fanboy' and never have been but have had a few good experiences in the past with quality of build and ease of use with their merchandise so I thought i would percentage ways with Panasonic and undertake out the TX10. On paper... this camera seemed like it was the PERFECT underwater/outdoor camera. I loved the fact that you could slip it in your pocket and take it anyplace due to it is size and it looks right at home even in a imagination restaurant. I expended a week snorkeling, hiking, and adventuring in Kauai so that served as my basi chance to do an in depth review for what this camera was made for: the outdoors... and I wasn't too impressed with real-world usage. The photos and videos were great for such a little point and shoot but the practicality was missing out on multiple fronts to make this the "PERFECT" outdoor camera. However, there are a lot of things I genuinely be grateful for when it comes to this little camera. In classic Pro/Con style, here are my overall thoughts and sensations on the Sony TX10.
Pros:
-Small and compact. Sexy. Take it anywhere. Looks right at home on the beach or in a imagination restaurant.
-Touch screen is "cool". I would love this screen on non-waterproof casual camera... BUT... it is also a con, see underneath
-Cool, useless features like smile detection (takes the picture mechanically when you smile) and 3D... haven't employed 3D. Like I said, Fun, but useless.
-Slide cover to protect lens when closed... BUT again, also a con. See underneath
-Screen display solution is awful
-Takes 1080i videos at 60 frames per second vs 30 frames per second that most point and shoots utilize. This provides "lifelike" motion. I love it and it looks outstanding on my 55" TV
-Great wide angle lens 25mm
-Picture and Photo quality were great... notwithstanding video seemed to struggle at times to focus correctly.
-I in truth like the sweep panorama mode. Very cool pictures and they seem well done and rather seamless. You may take "High Res" panoramas that are up to 43 Megapixels! (UPDATE: This has become
-The waterproofing seemed gorgeous solid. I never found any drops of water in the housing or fog in the lens.
Cons:
-Due to the fact that the video is 1080i (interlacing), videos tend to have lines when played back in media players such as VLC on Mac and PC.(UPDATE: It is the Media Player's fault - I stuck the SD card in my Panasonic Blu-Ray player that may play AVCHD off of SD Cards and the 1080 60i videos taken by the camera look amazing.)
-This was a big one. The startup to photo time is so SLOW (5-7 seconds) and taking a video is 5 seconds on top of that. By time you press record to take movies it takes at least 5-7 seconds to start out taking the movie. So annoying. This is fantastically slow equated to the Panasonic TS1s I owned. (UPDATE: Still annoying.)
-This is speculation here but The little and sleek form factor seems like if I dropped it it would get scuffed up actually bad or might break. Doesn't seem rugged at all. (UPDATE: The black model of this camera will show nicks gorgeous easily... seems like it only has a very thin back coatings on it.)
-The screen was effortlessly scratched by keys or other things in pocket (screen protector!)
-The touch screen is exact when it comes to 80% of the time. Its finicky and now and then inaccurate. Some things need to be tapped 2-3 times to register. It cannot be used while underwater if you want to change settings. Huge CON. Tactile buttons are key if you are going to be using a camera underwater or in the snow with gloves on.
-The shutter button is way too sensible for me. if you without intention even graze it it will take you out of observing mode... The full shutter release is most camera's sensitivity for a half-press to focus.
-I don't know if it was the unit I had or not but the white background noise in those videos is beauteous bad. I tried it in multiple settings, exclusively arid and it was always there. You can't genuinely tell on the playback on the camera itself but once played in any media player, it's overwhelming. If i get an interchange unit, I will update this to see whether or not it was a bad mic. (UPDATE: It was a bad mic. I got a new unit and the audio is fine on it)
-The slide cover is kind of inconvenient to get down. The front is so smooth and the edges so thin, it is from time to time a little clumsy to get it down, also, galore dirt got caught amid the slide and the front of the camera and it made a good deal of fine scratches when opening and closing the camera.)
-I'm worried that sand or dirt are going to get lodged in the hinges of the slide cover and jam it or make it grind. I've heard it is normally not a problem, but stil... (UPDATE: dirt and sand got in the hinges and you could listen it grind while it was in there. After I got back from my trip to Southern Utah a quick freshwater rinse in the sink seemed to fetch it back to normal)
-The slide cover holds water after the camera is dry...
-Battery life is not very good at all and I don't like that you have to plug it in to charge it rather than having it is distinguished charger. I like to have 2 batteries and charge one while I take the other to use. (UPDATE: I purchased the SONY battery charger for this and the aftermarket generic battery from eForcity here on Amazon. The aftermarket battery genuinely has a better life than the Sony battery. Sony battery: 630mah, aftermarket: 900mah. I would commend it)
So there you have it. I love the form factor, but for a rugged outdoor camera I would prefer a more solid build like the Panasonic TS3. Great form factor for daily around the town use. The biggest worries I have that will probably lead to me returning the camera are the touch screen and non-rugged build. The videos and pictures are astounding so when it comes down to it, that is what matters most. If you want a waterproof camera to protect from a spill or just a fun day at the pool then this might be the one for you. If you are going to use this camera on the snow, on the beach, snorkeling, hiking, climbing etc... just be careful with it or I would probably look more into a more rugged camera like the Panasonic TS3 or Olympus TG Tough Series. They all take great pictures and videos in my opinion. Would I commend this camera? Yes.
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