Sony Cyber-shot W300 Compact Titanium HD Digital Camera

Following on from the news of Sony’ new 15X Zoom DSC-H50 Cyber-Shot Camera, Sony have also announced their new W300 Cyber-shot compact digital camera, the newest in their range of W Series cameras which offers 13.6 megapixel resolution Carl Zeiss 3x optical zoon lens for HD image capture.

Billed as being the toughest Cyber-shot W Series camera so far produced by Sony, thanks to the camera’s titanium, scratch proof coating, the Cyber-shot W300 sports Sony’s Clear RAW Noise Reduction and Super Steady Shot image stabilisation as well as an EX High-speed burst mode allowing for high speed image capture at up to five frames per second.

Naturally the Cyber-shot W300 also comes with Face Detection Technology which has been improved to be capable of automatically distinguishing between the faces of adults and children which is also paired with Sony’s Smile Shutter feature (which will wait until people are smiling before taking the picture).

The Cyber-shot W300 comes with a bright 2.7” LCD screen as well as an optical viewfinder and can be connected directly to Sony’s HD Bravia systems for direct viewing of HD slideshows.

Sony Cyber-shot W300 Key Features:

• 13.6 effective megapixels for superb picture quality
• Scratch-resistant titanium coating
• BIONZ processor powers Smile Shutter, improved Face Detection and D-Range Optimiser
• Intelligent Scene Recognition
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 3x optical zoom
• Extremely High Sensitivity ISO 6400 and Super SteadyShot image stabilisation for clearer low-light shots
• 2.7-inch (230k dot) Clear Photo LCD
• HD Output compatible with PhotoTV HD BRAVIA television

Sony’s Cyber-shot W300 is due for release throughout Europe towards the end of April though, at the time of writing, no pricing information has been made available.