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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T20

Grace wanted to go to the Orlando Science Center, and I was so excited that I wanted both of us to be able to take lots of pictures. So I got her a pink DSC-T20, so we could take lots of pictures of inside-out people. The camera itself weighs next to nothing, is easily palm-able, has an instant setup time, and takes 8-megapixel pictures. It looks like this:
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So when I got ahold of it, my first instinct was to review it by taking a few pictures of the usual subjects to compare it to my (aging) Nikon Coolpix 5700, which I hope to someday replace with a D-series.

Daisy:

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Note that her color here appears to be a bit washed out; this is due to the T20's flash being a bit on the bright side. 8-megapixel original also has somewhat blotchy background noise, utterly unlike the Nikon.

Oskar:

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And again:

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This masculine beast appears rather ferocious, but is in fact the biggest cuddler of them all. Anyway, the T20 appears to do fine on details and of course does really well when you scale the product down to web-clipping size. Let's try one last subject.

Colby:

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Sheesh, what a ham. Hey pal, let's try it again without the pancaked ear.

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Okay, better. Notice how in all three of these shots, the overall image tends to take on the hue of the background.

Frankly, if we've got infinite setup time and are taking artistic stills, I will still probably tend to use the Nikon. But I'm not hating on the T20 in the least. It's a great AF-only shooting camera, and its instant setup time and monstrous resolution tend to make up for an awful lot.

-Chris