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With this handy digital camera, you can pretend to be a pro lensman! Sony Cybershot DSC-H10 is a high-zoom camera ideal for close-ups from a distance. It combines superior technical performance in a convenient, pocket-friendly shape.

It’s an 8-meg camera, powered by a Carl Zeiss 10x optical zoom lens. Its face detection technology can identify and focus on up to eight faces in a frame, and automatically adjust the focus for correctly exposed photos.

For fun playback of family photos, the unit’s built-in slideshow function helps create slideshows set to your favorite music choices. Up to eight songs can be uploaded via the camera’s USB port. To view your favorite images and slideshows just like you view your favorite TV shows – in full 1080 high definition resolution – you can connect the camera to a compatible HDTV set.

Price: Rs 15,990

Sony DSC-H10 specifications:

Sensor
• 1/2.5 ” Type Super HAD CCD
• 8.3 million pixels total
• 8.1 million effective pixels
 
Image sizes
• 3264 x 2448
• 2592 x 1944
• 2048 x 1536
• 640 x 480
• 3264 x 2176 (3:2)
• 1920 x 1080 (16:9) 

Movie clips
• 640 x 480 @ 30fps
• 640 x 480 @ 16.6fps
• 320 x 240 @ 30fps
• 320 x 240 @ 8.3fps

File formats
• JPEG (Exif Ver.2.21)
• MPEG1 (MPEG Movie VX)

Lens
• 10x optical zoom
• 6.3 - 63.0mm
• 38 - 380mm (35mm equiv.)
• f/ 3.5 - 14.4
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar
• 10 elements in 9 groups (including 1 aspheric element)

Image stabilization
• Super SteadyShot

Conversion lenses (with adapter Ring)
• Wide: VCL-DH0758
• Tele: VCL-DH1758
• Close-up: VCL-M3358

Digital zoom 
• Yes, up to 2x

Focus
• Single AF
• Monitor AF
• Macro

AF area modes 
• 9-point AF
• Center Weighted AF
• Spot area AF
• Focus preset

AF assist lamp 
• Yes, auto or off

Focus distance (From front of lens) 
• Auto: 50cm - 8 (w), 90cm - 8 (t)
• Macro: 2cm - 8 (w), 90cm - 8 (t) 

Metering • Multi-Pattern
• Center-Weighted
• Spot

ISO sensitivity
• Auto
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600
• ISO 3200

Exposure compensation
• +/- 2.0EV in 1/3 EV steps

Exposure bracketing 
• +/- 0.3, 0.7, 1.0 EV

Shutter speed
• Auto: 1/4 - 1/2,000 sec
• Program Auto: 1 sec- 1/1,000 sec
• Manual: 30 sec - 1/2000 sec 

Aperture
• Auto: F3.5/8.0 (w)
• Program Auto: F3.5/F8.0 (w)

Modes
• Auto
• Program auto
• Manual
• Movie
• SCN

Scene modes 
• High Sensitivity
• Extra High Sensitivity
• Extra High-speed Burst
• Twilight
• Twilight Portrait
• Portrait
• Soft Snap
• Landscape
• Beach
• Snow
• Fireworks
• Hi-speed Shutter
• Advanced Sports Shooting

White balance
• Auto
• Daylight
• Cloudy
• Fluorescent 1 (White Fluorescent Lighting)
• Fluorescent 2 (Natural White Fluorescent Lighting)
• Fluorescent 3 (Day White Fluorescent Lighting)
• Incandescent
• Flash

Self timer
• 2 or 10 sec

Image parameters
• Normal
• Vivid
• Natural
• Real
• Sepia
• B&W
• DRO (Dynamic Range Optimizer): Standard, Plus, off

Retouch
• Trimming
• Red Eye Correction
• Soft Focus
• Partial Color
• Fisheye Lens
• Cross Filter

Flash
• Auto
• Flash On
• Slow Syncro
• Flash Off
• Red-Eye Reduction
• Range: 0.2 - 7.0m (w), 0.9 - 5.6m (t) (ISO Auto)
• Range: Up to 14m (w), 11.2m (t) (ISO 3200)

Viewfinder
• No

LCD monitor
• 3.0 in (7.5cm) Hybrid TFT LCD
• Aspect Ratio: 4:3
• 230,000 dots
• Approx. 100% coverage

Connectivity
• AV out (Composite, 1080i component with optional cable)
• USB 2.0 High Speed
• DC input
• All in/out via Multi Use Terminal

Print compliance 
• Pictbridge
• DPOF
• Print Image Matching III
• EXIF Print

Storage
• Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo (High Speed), Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo card
• Approx 31MB internal memory

Power
• Li-ion battery pack NP-BG1
• BC-CSGB / CSGC Charger included
• Optional AC adaptor

Weight (no batt)
• 265 g (9.3 oz)

Weight (With batt)
• 381 g (13.4 oz) 

Dimensions
• 106 x 68.5 x 48.9 mm (4.2 x 2.7 x 1.9 in)

Price: Rs 15,990 

sources: TOI, dpreview.com