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Capturing summer memories on the beach or at a nightclub just got more fun with the new Cyber-shot® U-60 digital camera. The DSC-U60's ruggedized and waterproof design brings picture taking to places users would be cautious in taking a conventional camera: the ski slope, the beach, the side of a mountain, even up to 5 feet underwater.

Fully weatherproofed with O-ring sealing closures, the new Cyber-shot U60 unit is a digital camera designed to meet the rigors of an active lifestyle. Its unique vertical orientation (designed for one-handed operation) and fast start up time (less than a second) ensure that the user remains a part of the activity even when taking a picture.

Adding to that experience, the Cyber-shot U60 model's buttons are laid out to be easily accessible with the thumb. With a few clicks of the Scene button, users can switch between seven different scene modes, including an underwater setting (noted by a fish icon) to adjust for the blue hue of water and an action setting (noted by a running man icon) to capture fast moving subjects.

For one-step USB photo transfer from the camera to a PC, the camera comes bundled with Sony's new Image Transfer software - a completely automated, plug-and-play program that offers quick downloading and storing of all digital photos.

DSC-U60 features:

• 2.0 Megapixel CCD for up to 1632x1224 images
• Waterproof to a depth of five feet
• 1.0-inch, backlit reflective color TFT LCD;
• MPEG video recording (w/o audio) in 15-sec 160x112 clips;
• Soft Snap Scene Mode for warmer skin tones;
• Underwater Scene Mode to counteract the blue hue of water;
• VGA Burst mode captures up to five 640x480 frames at 2 frames/second;
• 4 Mode Intelligent Flash with TTL Pre-flash metering and Red Eye Reduction;
• Picture Effects: Negative Art, Sepia, Black & White, and Solarize;
• Flash Modes: Auto, Auto Red Eye Reduction, Forced Flash, and No Flash;
• USB 1.1 connectivity
• "AAA" Rechargeable NiMH Batteries and Charger included,
• Sony Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro media
• OS Compatibility: Microsoft® Windows® 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000, Professional, XP Home and Professional, Macintosh® OS 8.5.1 / 8.6 / 9.0 / 9.1 / 9.2, Mac OS X 10.0 / 10.1

Supplied Accessories: "AAA" Rechargeable NiMH Batteries, Battery Charger, USB Cable, MSA-8A(8MB Memory Stick media), Wrist Strap, Software CD-ROM.

The DSC-U60 is available now for about $249 (July 2003).

Physical Views

The super-compact DSC-U30 and the DSC-U60.