Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX66

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX66 18.2 MP Exmor R CMOS Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 3.3-inch OLED (White) (2012 Model)

 

 

The Sony TX66 does not offer the robustness of the TX20, but has several strengths,starting with the design record: thickness, in fact, is only 12.2 mm.
Then there's the new Exmor R CMOS sensor with 18.2 megapixels, flanked by a very fastautofocus system, which under optimal light promises a time of focus of only 0.13 seconds.
The 5x zoom, this stabilized, equivalent to a 26 to 130 mm, f/3.5-4.8.
On the back of the machine an OLED touchscreen even bigger and more defined in theprevious year: 3.3 inches diagonally and 1.23 million pixels.
The functions are the same as the TX20 

Technical Details

Color: White

• 18.2 megapixels "Exmor R" CMOS sensor for superior low-light performance
• 5X optical zoom
• 3.3-inch OLED
• High speed AF improves focus speed
• Photo Creativity allows easy photographic expression

Product Features and Technical Details

Color: White

Product Features

• 18.2 megapixels "Exmor R" CMOS sensor for superior low-light performance
• 5X optical zoom
• 3.3-inch OLED
• High speed AF improves focus speed
• Photo Creativity allows easy photographic expression

Technical Details

• Brand Name: Sony
• Model: DSCTX66/W
• Optical Sensor Resolution: 18.2 MP
• Optical zoom: 5 x

Product Description

Color: White

From the Manufacturer

 

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX66 18.2 MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and 3.3-inch OLED

 

• 18.2 MP Exmor R CMOS sensor
• Large 3.3-inch OLED
• High speed AF improves focus speed
• Full HD 1080/60i with dual record of stills and movies¹
• 5x Optical zoom plus 10x Clear Image zoom
• Capture the decisive moment with up to 10fps
• Optical Image stabilization with improved active mode⁴
• 3D Still Image and 3D Sweep Panorama mode³
• Picture Effect for more expressive photos
• Photo Creativity allows easy photographic expression

 

Experience the super-thin design and colorful 3.3-inch OLED touchscreen Sony DSC-TX66. Its 18.2MP sensor and 5X optical/10X Clear Image zoom lens capture sharp pictures and Full HD 1080/60i videos. High Speed AF improves focusing speed and accuracy, while Picture Effects and 3D Sweep Panorama modes expand creativity. 

Key Features

18.2 Megapixel Back-illuminated Exmor R CMOS Image Sensor

The 18.2MP Exmor R CMOS sensor captures ultra-high definition images that take full advantage of the camera’s sharp Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens. The sensor enables advanced processing that reduces noise levels up to 6 times more than other sensors, resulting in stunning low light images with incredible details.

Slim and stylish design

At just over 1.5-inches thin and only 3.3 oz, the DSC-TX66 is the perfect size to take with you almost anywhere. Slip it into a pocket, purse, or backpack and be ready to shoot memorable moments. The 3.3-inch (1,229K dots) OLED Xtra Fine touch screen with wide viewing angle delivers brilliant-quality still images and movies while enabling easy focusing operation. 

High speed AF

To improve focusing speed and sensitivity, the Exmor R CMOS sensor uses its rapid throughput to deliver high-quality image signals to the camera’s BIONZ processor, which provides intelligent response data to a new high speed actuator motor in the lens. The result is fast, DSLR-like focusing speeds even in low light.

Full HD 1080/60i

Record crystal clear movies at the highest resolution available with capabilities for 60i in 1080 AVCHD video.¹ This provides stunning, fast motion video with less distortion for playback on your HD TV.² With dual record of stills and movies, you can shoot both at the same time.

Capture the decisive moment with up to 10fps

Capture full 18.2 megapixel resolution images at up to 10 frames per second, helping to ensure that the decisive moment is captured such as the soccer ball flying into the goal. In addition, a mechanical shutter helps reduce distortion when continuously shooting moving subjects.

Optical SteadyShot with Active Mode

Optical SteadyShot with Active Mode for blur-free movies even while walking.⁴Camera-shake compensation using Optical SteadyShot/Active Mode has been improved with the addition of new electronic image stabilization. Now it’s easier than ever to obtain sharp, blur-free movies even when zooming in unsteady situations, such as shooting with one hand while walking. 

3D still image and 3D Sweep Panorama mode³

Produce awe-inspiring images with 3D still image and 3D Sweep Panorama capabilities.³ Photos will take on a new dimension of creative capabilities for viewing the world in a whole new way.

Optical zoom plus Clear image zoom

Most digital zooms use electronic cropping to get closer to the subject, resulting in unsharp images. With Clear Image Zoom the powerful processor compares patterns found in adjacent pixels and creates new pixels to match selected patterns, resulting in more realistic, higher-quality images. Clear Image Zoom doubles optical zoom for closer photos.

Background Defocus

DSLR photographs are often beautiful because they blur the background, putting the emphasis on the subject. Now the DSC-TX66 can deliver this signature DSLR benefit. The system takes two shots, identifies the background and applies a defocused background keeping the subject crisp and clear.

Picture Effect for more expressive photos 

Picture Effect adds a new level of expression to photos, making ordinary landscapes and portraits come to life by heightening mood and emphasizing certain attributes. Select camera models have up to nine different effects. 

Photo Creativity

Photo Creativity allows you to fine-tune your exposure settings, such as brightness, color, and vividness, and quickly choose the right enhancement for your subject. Now you can view Picture Effects and Photo Creativity effects in real time on the camera’s monitor or in the viewfinder before shooting.

Superior Auto mode

Get cleaner, more dynamic pictures and fewer missed shots. The DSC-TX66 automatically recognizes the correct scene mode, then quickly shoots and combines up to six shots to produce images with greater clarity, optimum dynamic range using Backlight Correction HDR technology and lower image 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.  

Face Detection technology 

Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and adjusts focus, exposure, and white balance to help deliver crisp, properly lit images of family and friends.

Smile Shutter technology 

Smile Shutter technology captures a smile the moment it happens. Simply press the Smile Shutter button and the camera does the rest. You can also select adult and child priority andindicate the degree of Smile Detection sensitivity. Intelligent Scene Recognition can now be used together with Smile Shutter mode when the Intelligent Auto mode is on. This means that beautiful smiles can be captured with settings optimized for the particular scene, even in difficult conditions such as twilight and backlighting. 

Anti-blink Function 

It’s frustrating to capture the perfect shot, only to review it later and discover subjects blinked during the photo. The Anti-blink function works to help counter blinking and squinting. When the camera is set to Soft Snap, the Anti-blink function captures two images, recording only the photo with less squinting. If a blink is detected in other shooting modes, a warning will be displayed after you take the shot.

Soft Skin mode

Portrait subjects will love the results. Soft Skin mode recognizes skin tones and reduces the appearance of blemishes and wrinkles without affecting the rest of the shot.

Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode

Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode automatically detects 36 different types of scenes and selects the appropriate camera settings. In Auto Mode, the camera takes a single shot using the optimal settings. In Advanced Mode, the camera takes a photo with the optimal settings and, if in difficult lighting (low light or back light) immediately takes a second photo with another optimized setting so you can choose which to keep.

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 correct the color, for far more lifelike images.

Motion Detection

Motion Detection, along with Face Motion Detection adjusts ISO sensitivity and increases the shutter speed when movement is detected, reducing blur in moving subjects and faces.


<sub>1. Records in 29 minute segments 
2. Requires HDTV and HDMI cable sold separately
3. Requires 3D HDTV, HDMI cable (at least 10.2 Gbps) and active 3D glasses sold separately.
4. Combined with electronic stabilization</sub>

 

Product Description

5x Optical Zoom / 3.3" OLED Touchscreen Display / Exmor R CMOS Sensor / Full HD Video 1920 x 1080/60p / 24mm Wide-angle Lens / Ultra-slim design