Sony DSC-S70 CyberShot

Here's a typical Record mode screen with most all of the overlay data displayed. Left to right: Battery condition and time remaining, flash (redeye mode), macro mode, image size, image number, graphical representation of space left on the memory stick, selftimer on. Across the bottom is the popup menu, see the following frames for menu items.

Record screen when in the Aperture priority mode. Arrow indicates that you change the aperture value. The display is the same in shutter speed priority mode except the arrow points at the shutter speed value.

Pressing the Focus button lets you select Macro mode or one of five preset focus distances: 0.5m, 1.0m, 3.0m, 7.0m or infinity.

Menu options left to right: Selftimer on/off. Effects menu lets you turn on the time and date stamping or choose from one of the four special picture effects shown above.

The File menu lets you Format the memory stick, enable the position sensor (this automatically rotates portrait mode shots during playback), File Number lets you name the files in series or reset whenever a new memory stick is inserted. See the next two frames for Image Size and Record Modes.

Available images sizes in the still picture mode are: 2048x1536, 2048(3:2) is specifically for printing, 1600x1200, 1280x960 and 640x480.

Recording Modes are: TIFF (uncompressed), TEXT mode produces a black & white GIF file (good for black or white board shots or copying text out of a book), VOICE lets you add up to 40 secs of voice annotation to accompany a picture, EMAIL produces a 320x240 image as well as one in the currently selected size, NORMAL is what you'd use for most average picture taking situations.

Shooting in either TIFF or EMAIL modes creates two image files. If you shoot a 2048x1536 TIFF, it occupies 9.5MB but it also creates a 2048x1536 JPG file that consumes another ~1.7MB. Guess you're going to need those big 64MB Memory Sticks afterall huh?

The Camera menu options are: Conversion on or off (used in conjunction with the MHG07 wideangle conversion lens), Digital Zoom on or off, Sharpness values +2 to -2, White Balance (Indoor, Outdoor, Hold, Auto), Flash Level (High, Normal, Low), Exposure values +2 to -2.

Setup menu options: Video Out (NTSC or PAL), Language (English or Japanese), Clock set (time and date), Beep (Shutter, On, Off), LCD Bright (onscreen adjustment of the LCD backlight illumination).

Typical Movie recording screen. Currently displaying high-quality 320x240 mode and set for a recording time of 10 seconds.

Available sizes for recording MPEG movies: 320x240(HQ) high quality, 320x240 standard mode, 160x112 email mode. The 320x240HQ mode clips playback fullscreen on the 2-inch color LCD.

Movies are recording in 5, 10 or 15 second clips. You just press the shutter release to start recording and let it go until it stops and then stores the clip.