Battery life was very good, enough juice for a couple hundred shots. A nice feature is the live histogram when capturing images to let you know if a shot is under- or over-exposed. There is a hand grip for your right hand that makes it comfortable to hold. Along the top of the camera is the power button, which is very small, and the shutter release button in the middle of the shooting mode dial.
To the upper right of the LCD is the rocker-type zoom control. Image Quality The image quality of the S90 surprised me. The camera handles low light well and the flash seems to be a lot more powerful than Sony claims. Indoor shots turned out well. The colors were accurate but maybe a tad too vibrant see the macro flower shot below and the picture of John Deere tractors.
In some shots, especially where the foreground and background were lit at different ends of the spectrum, the Sony had a little trouble with overexposure see the grass in the sunny area of the chair picture. Also, purple fringing in high contrast situations seemed a bit higher than average. User Recommendation Beginning through intermediate users will be right at home with the Sony DSC-S90, and advanced users will enjoy its excellent portability and manual exposure control option.
The Sony S90 has a lot of creative options and enough image adjustments to handle a wide variety of shooting situations. So, while it's designed to relieve you from complicated exposure decisions with its preset shooting modes, advanced amateurs and business users will appreciate it for its quality, portability, and varied shooting options. Accessory lenses make it more versatile for wide or telephoto use. The Sony DSC-S90 is compact, stylish, and ready to go anywhere, with a boxy body style similar to other rangefinder digital cameras on the market and similar to but a bit more curvy than the seven-megapixel W7 model.
Its silvery plastic body is just a little wider than a typical business card, and just a little taller, top to bottom. Measuring just 3. When not in use, the telescoping zoom lens retracts neatly inside the body, and a small plastic leaf shutter automatically closes over the lens to protect it. Outfitted with the accompanying wrist strap, it's quick on the draw and easy to hold. Despite its small size, the Sony S90 has just enough room for a good grip up front and one small spot for your thumb on the back.
The 3x, 6. This lamp also blinks less brightly when the self-timer is in use, flashing faster to let you know when the camera is about to snap the picture. The flash and window for the optical viewfinder are both above the lens.
The right side of the camera as viewed from the rear has a soft plastic door that opens to reveal a small opening into the battery compartment, which accommodates the AC adapter cord. Also on this side is the eyelet for attaching the wrist strap. The camera's top panel includes the Shutter button surrounded by the Mode dial. To the left is the small Power button and seven tiny holes for the microphone. The Sony S90's rear panel holds the remaining camera controls and function buttons, along with a big 2.
As noted earlier, the S90's LCD is amazingly readable in bright light, even direct sunlight, due to a special anti-glare coating. The LCD display reports a variety of camera and exposure settings, including the aperture and shutter speed settings a nice bonus for those interested in how the camera will expose the image and a three-stage battery gauge. The optical viewfinder is located above the LCD monitor, and has two LED lamps along the right edge of the window, each of which reports the current status of various camera functions.
The optical viewfinder has no dioptric adjustment, but eyeglass wearers will be pleased with the high "eyepoint," allowing plenty of room for an eyeglass lens between the camera body and your eye. On the left of the viewfinder are two small holes for the camera's speaker. The camera's Zoom control is in the upper right corner, conveniently located right above six raised bumps for better thumb traction when holding the camera.
Each serves multiple functions, navigating onscreen menus scrolling between captured images in playback mode, or activating different camera functions Flash, Self-Timer, Quick Review, and Macro. While most users of the S90 probably won't care, it is impossible to change the batteries while the camera is mounted on a tripod.
Operating the Sony DSC-S90 in any of its automatic modes is very straightforward, with only two additional controls when you enter Manual mode. In all image capture modes, the DSC-S90 provides an onscreen LCD menu activated by the Menu button , with a variety of options for adjusting image quality or adding special effects.
The four arrows of the Five-way arrow pad are used to scroll through menu options, while the button in the center of the pad functions as the OK button to confirm selections. In Manual mode, pressing the OK center button on the Five-way arrow pad switches the arrows from adjusting flash, macro, and self-timer, and quick review modes to adjusting aperture left and right and shutter speeds up and down.
When in Manual mode, information on the LCD to the right of these values tells you by how many EV units it thinks your exposure is off, up to plus or minus 2EV. The four arrow buttons also serve as external controls when the camera's menus are turned off, or they can be used to scroll through captured images in Playback mode. An Image Resolution button calls up the available resolution settings, removing this item from the main menu system, thereby making it much quicker to access when needed.
The Zoom control in the top right corner of the back panel adjusts both optical and digital zoom when the latter is activated through the Setup menu. Overall, I was impressed by Sony's judicious use of space, especially with the large number of external controls provided, the extremely large LCD, and the relatively short learning curve the S90's user interface entails.
Along with Sony's other recent cameras, the S90 has one of the cleanest user interfaces I've seen, and will present few challenges to even the most novice user. Half-pressing the Shutter button causes the camera to display the shutter speed and aperture setting it has chosen for the current lighting conditions.
Pressing the Display button beside the LCD once adds a small "live" histogram display to the information, pressing it again removes the information overlay, and pressing it a third time turns the LCD off entirely. Pressing it a fourth time restores the default display. In Manual exposure mode, pressing the center button of the 5-way controller switches the four arrow keys to controlling the shutter speed and aperture settings, highlighting those settings in yellow on the LCD display, and placing small arrows above them.
Pressing the center button again reverts the arrow keys to their normal functions. Playback-Mode Display In playback mode, the default image display shows the most recently captured image, with a modest information overlay present. Pressing the display button once adds the exposure information and a small histogram to the overlay, pressing it again removes the information overlay entirely, and pressing it a third time turns the LCD off altogether.
Pressing the wide-angle side of the zoom lever takes you to a display showing images on the Memory Stick or internal memory in groups of nine small thumbnails, while a second press pulls up a image index.
You can navigate a yellow outline cursor over these thumbnails by using the four arrow keys. Pressing the OK button will bring the currently-selected image up full-screen. Pressing the telephoto side of the zoom lever when viewing an image full-size on the LCD screen will zoom in on the image, in 17 variable-sized increments up to a maximum magnification of 5x. Power Button : Located just left of the Shutter button on the camera's top panel, this button turns the camera on and off.
See menus and descriptions below. Shutter Button see image above : Surrounded by the Mode dial, this button sets focus and exposure when halfway pressed, and fires the shutter when fully pressed. Zoom Control : Positioned in the top right corner of the rear panel, this two-way rocker button controls optical zoom and, when enabled via the Setup menu, Sony's "Smart Zoom" or Precision Zoom options.
In Playback mode, this button controls the digital enlargement of a captured image, which can go as high as 5x. Very handy for checking focus or the expressions on people's faces in group shots. Also in Playback mode, the wide-angle end of the button activates the Index Display mode, which displays either nine or 16 thumbnail images on the screen at one time. Pressing the "W" end once calls up the nine-image display, and a second press calls up the image display.
Five-Way Arrow Pad : Located just to the right of center on the rear panel, this control pad features four arrows, each pointing in a different direction up, down, left, and right , and a Set or OK button in the middle Sony describes it by its shape: a dot.
In all settings menus, these arrow keys navigate through menu options. Pressing the center button confirms selections. The Right arrow turns the Macro close-up mode on and off, and the Left arrow accesses the Quick Review mode, which displays the most recently captured image on the screen. The Down arrow accesses the Self-Timer mode. In Playback mode, the Right and Left arrows scroll through captured images, while the Up and Down arrows adjust playback volume.
When Playback zoom is enabled, all four arrows scroll around within the enlarged view, while pressing the center button returns to the normal, 1x display. Menu Button : Upper left of the Five-Way Arrow pad, this button activates the settings menu in any camera mode. Next page. We are retrieving offers for your location, please refresh the page to see the prices.
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