The good: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V is a powerful and relatively fast-performing ultracompact camera capable of taking some high-quality snapshots and movie clips.
The bad: The TX200V is very expensive and its body collects fingerprints and the door covering its battery and ports seems insubstantial given its waterproofing.
The bottom line: If you're looking for the ultimate ultracompact point-and-shoot, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V is probably it. Too bad its price tag is ridiculously high.
Editors' note: Several of the design, features, and shooting options are identical between the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V and the Cyber-shot TX66 we reviewed earlier, so readers of the earlier review may experience some deja vu when reading the same sections below.
The bad: The TX200V is very expensive and its body collects fingerprints and the door covering its battery and ports seems insubstantial given its waterproofing.
The bottom line: If you're looking for the ultimate ultracompact point-and-shoot, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V is probably it. Too bad its price tag is ridiculously high.
Sony's T-series cameras have always been showpieces. Ultraslim, ultrasmall point-and-shoots that you whipped out at a party or a night out that made people stop and take notice. Its top-of-the-line 2012 model, the TX200V, still elicits that response, but the "oh, wow, that looks cool," comments are now punctuated with a "but it looks like my smartphone." And looking at it, that response is understandable.
However, the TX200V is more powerful than most -- if not all -- current ultracompact cameras, and a smartphone can't compete with all of its capabilities. At just barely more than half an inch thick, the TX200V features an 18-megapixel Exmor R backside-illuminated sensor, a 5x f3.5-4.8 26-130mm Carl Zeiss lens, and a 3.3-inch 1.2-million-dot-resolution touch-screen OLED display. It's also waterproof to 16 feet as well as dustproof and freezeproof to 14 degrees Fahrenheit.
Apparently putting all of that into a very small body is a costly undertaking. The suggested retail price for the TX200V is $500, which elicited one response from everyone I told: laughter.
| Key specs | Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX200V |
|---|---|
| Price (MSRP) | $499.99 |
| Dimensions (WHD) | 3.9x2.4x0.7 inches |
| Weight (with battery and media) | 4.6 ounces |
| Megapixels, image sensor size, type | 18 megapixels, 1/2.3-inch backside-illuminated CMOS |
| LCD size, resolution/viewfinder | 3.3-inch OLED, 1,229K dots/None |
| Lens (zoom, aperture, focal length) | 8x, f3.3-5.7, 28-224mm (35mm equivalent) |
| File format (still/video) | JPEG/H.264 AAC (.MP4) |
| Highest resolution size (still/video) | 4,896x3,672 pixels/1,920x1,080 at 60fps (progressive, 28Mbps, AVCHD), 1,440x1,080 at 30fps (MP4) |
| Image stabilization type | Optical and digital |
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