New Digital Cameras from Sony for the Fall

Autumn is just around the corner... just in time for the Chrismas/holiday shopping season, Sony Electronics announced couple of new digital cameras; it's no surprise that one of them is a compact camera with 10-plus megapixels. (It's just further evidence that 10+ megapixels is becoming the new baseline for digital cameras.)

The Sony DSC-N2 is an evolution of the DSC-N1, and keeps the 3-inch touch screen display, the "pocket album" capability (which allows you to store up to 500 VGA-resolution images in the camera itself), the "slide show" display mode, and the Carl Zeiss zoom lens. The main upgrade is the CCD sensor, which is rated at 10.1 megapixels, up from the 8.1 of the DSC-N1. Another feature of note is the ISO 1600 capability of the Sony N2, which will help remove the blur when taking photos of moving subjects or for taking pictures without a flash in a low-light environment.

The DSC-T50 was also announced today, which is a sleek and very stylish compact camera that looks like it will fit nicely into a small handbag or shirt pocket. It also offers image stabilization, which is always useful in a compact camera.

Both models should ship sometime in October, and be available for pre-order a little later this month.

Tags: Digital Cameras, Sony DSC-N2, Sony DSC-T50,Sony Cameras, 10 megapixel cameras