Sony's CyberShots: 10 megapixel DSC-N2 and 7.2 megapixel DSC-T50

If you've been craving that hot, 3-inches of touchtastic screen riding atop double-digit megapixels then check it pixel junkies, 'cause Sony's here to sate that need. The CyberShot DSC-N2 is just what we expected following those leaked images and specs: 10.1 megapixels from a tiny 1/1.7-inch CCD, 52MB of on-board memory, a massive 3-inch touch-screen LCD, and an all-too-familiar image-stabilized 3x optical zoom lens in a 6.6-ounce followup to the DSC-N1. The DSC-T30 also got a bump with the announcement of a new top-end T, the 7.2 megapixel DSC-T50 which ditches some of the mechanical buttons 'round back by introducing touch-sensitive control to the existing 3-inch LCD. This 4.6-ounce cam still maintains the same Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar 3x optical lens with image stabilization but drops the built-in flash memory by 2MB to 56MB. Get your Sony Style, pre-oder on starting tomorrow or wait for these to go retail in October at $450 for the champagne gold DSC-N2 and $500 for the DSC-T50 in your choice of silver, red, or black. Peep the DSC-N2 after the break.

[Via Digital Camera Review]

[Chuckles McGee @ Sep 11th 2006 7:26AM]

Digital Camera Review says that the DCS-T50 has a 7.2 megapixel sensor, not an 8.2 megapixel sensor as your article states.

[DJKissler @ Sep 11th 2006 7:28AM]

Sweet Jesus, that's huge! What would you do with a 10MP picture?!

[RomanosDiogenis @ Sep 11th 2006 7:34AM]

What will you do with the noise that the stupid 10mp sensor produces?

[Dutchie @ Sep 11th 2006 7:44AM]

Damnz i just bought the T30...... what next sony ? do they launch new camera's every 2 months or what!

when is the PS4 availible then?

greetings from Amsterdam

[Chris @ Sep 11th 2006 7:44AM]

Thinking 1.7" sounded absolutely HUGE for a CCD (SLRs don't even go that big), I did a bit of research...
CCD sizes are specified in a slightly odd way, as a fraction, usually with a decimal fraction in the denominator. So the "1.7" mentioned should probably really be "1/1.7" (which is slightly bigger than half an inch).
BUT, that isn't even the actual size of the sensor either! A 1/1.8" sensor actually has a diagonal of just 9mm.
More comprehensive description (with diagrams) on dpreview:

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/sensor_sizes_01.htm

[giveaphuk @ Sep 11th 2006 8:03AM]

"massive 3-inch touch-screen LCD"

hmm, got me thinking about 6gen ipods.. maybee all these new cameras being released featuring touchscreens points towards ALOT of them being manufactured?

[semi @ Sep 11th 2006 8:23AM]

DPreview also says T50 is 7.2 MP camera..

if you had followed my tip ... ;-)

[semi @ Sep 11th 2006 8:23AM]

..and what a blurry picture of the t50, its killin my eyes!

[KorruptioN @ Sep 11th 2006 8:23AM]

1/1.7" is actually kinda big for cameras of this size.

[David @ Sep 11th 2006 9:23AM]

when the t10 or whatever model was introduced about 3 weeks ago i posted that i don't understand why sony keeps dropping new t-series models that are essentially the same - they've been doing 3x optical, 2.8-3" screen, 6-7.2mp t-series for a while now. why the need to keep releasing them w/o any real updates and why the need to switch from the 30's to the single digits and now to the 50's? (t30, t33, t7, t9, etc.)

i wouldn't buy this camera for the simple reason that it only takes memory cards and by the time i get home from the store a new model will be intro'd

[Thomas Ricker @ Sep 11th 2006 9:44AM]

post updated to reflect comments, source seems to have udpated as well ;-)

Thomas

[teo @ Sep 11th 2006 10:33AM]

Thomas, Sorry the math doesn't add up. You can't have 52MB of onboard memory and drop it by 2MB for the stabilization and come up with 56MB.

From the link
http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/1157947201.html
" It also has 58MB of internal memory."

[Thomas Ricker @ Sep 11th 2006 10:52AM]

The via and read sources each list different memory capacities - 56 and 58MB - I finally dug out the Sony (Japanese) press release which makes translates to:

"Built-in memory: Approximately 56MB (approximately 58MB*)

* Capacity is the numerical value which includes the administrative use file and the like when being 1,000,000 byte, it calculated 1MB."

Er, ok.

http://tinyurl.com/kc66r

[Aram @ Sep 11th 2006 4:06PM]

shouldn't the title of this post say "10 megapixel DSC-N2" instead of "DSC-N1"???

[Ashley @ Oct 30th 2007 4:59PM]

Help! I am looking into getting a new camera. So far this is my favorite when doing my research. However, I want to make sure it is Vista compatible, can anyone tell me if it is?

My current camera is not and it's a pain in the butt!

[Israa @ Oct 6th 2008 11:23AM]

Need price of new SOny cyber shot DSC-N2

[Israa @ Oct 6th 2008 11:25AM]

need price of Sony cyber shot DSC-N2