Sony continues to encourage customers to view photos on their televisions with a second line of cameras featuring HDTV slideshow capabilities.
Sony's newest superzoom digital camera features an impressive 10x optical zoom lens in a relatively compact form, but Sony has bigger things in mind for its 8-megapixel Cybershot DSC-H3.
In addition to the 2.5-inch LCD screen and your computer, photos on the H3 can be viewed in full 1080 high-definition resolution on an HDTV. Connected to an HDTV set via the optional HD component cable or HD cradle, the camera's slide show function allows you to view photos with transitions to programmed or personal music clips. Sony has also developed "Photo TV HD" mode, for when the cameras are connected to a Sony BRAVIA HD television, which optimizes the photos for television viewing. This mode reproduces high-quality digital photos by fine-tuning image parameters like sharpness, gradation and color specifically for photographs.
The H3 has all the bells and whistles we've come to expect from a high-end superzoom digital camera, including face detection technology, optical image stabilization and high sensitivity (up to ISO 3200), to capture well-exposed photos in low-light conditions. Sony also included an advanced sports shooting mode, which combines a high shutter speed and continuous auto-focusing, quickly focusing on fast-moving subjects by predicting where they will be in the frame. Rounding out the in-camera functions are red-eye correction and photo retouching effects, all controllable without using a computer.
The Cyber-Shot DSC-H3 will ship in September for about $300. The VMC-HD1 high-definition component cable--for viewing photos on HD televisions--is currently available for about $40.
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