Product Highlights
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color
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"produced pleasing images with good color"...
CNet
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"reasonably good overall color"...
PCMAG
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"realistic color"...
PCMAG
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aperture
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"The lens is on the slow side, with a maximum aperture of F3.5 - F4.4."...
DcResource
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"it lacks manual aperture and shutter-priority modes"...
CNet
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flash
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"We found both our daylight and flash test shots good to very good overall."...
PCMAG
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contrast
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"Contrast was good, with even illumination and no significant purple fringing."...
PCMAG
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"good contrast"...
PCMAG
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"The daylight photo displayed good contrast, with warm but pleasing color"...
PCMAG
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battery
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"The M1's brushed-black-metal surface feels good in your hand, and at 7.5 ounces with battery and media installed, the camera is hefty enough to not feel cheap but light enough that it won't tire you out during longer shoots."...
CNet
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"The camera's proprietary InfoLithium battery held up quite well in our battery tests, powering the M1 for more than 1,000 shots before it died."...
CNet
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"The whole battery compartment is poorly designed: getting the battery in and out is difficult, and the darn door doesn't like to close easily."...
DcResource
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lcd
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"The 2.5" LCD display is nice, though, and it's viewable even in bright outdoor light."...
DcResource
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"big, bright 2.5-inch LCD screen"...
CNet
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image
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"Images are well-exposed with good color, low noise, and very little purple fringing."...
DcResource
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"the level of detail in the image is acceptable."...
PCMAG
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"The DSC-M1's five-megapixel photo capabilities are very similar to those of the fashionable DSC-T1."...
Laptopmag
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"overall our test images were sharp and meticulously detailed."...
Laptopmag
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"normal mode records a movie before and after the still image"...
DcResource
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"photos are well-exposed with accurate color, they just seemed too soft and fuzzy to me."...
DcResource
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"Image quality on the M1 is just fair."...
DcResource
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"most of my photos were very soft and fuzzy"...
DcResource
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shutter
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"Shutter lag was very low, even at slower shutter speeds."...
DcResource
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"low-light shutter lag"...
CNet
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video
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"excellent movie quality"...
CNet
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"the M1 stands out with the best MPEG-4 movies we've seen so far."...
CNet
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"The 640-by-480, 30-fps video clips we took were also good overall."...
PCMAG
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"Sony has given movie capture equal footing with photo capture on the device's main control area"...
CNet
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"you can use a regular Duo card with this camera and still get the highest quality movie."...
DcResource
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"hybrid video mode"...
CNet
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"the M1 also incorporates a hybrid video mode that uses the camera's recording buffer to store five seconds of video before and three seconds after any image you take"...
CNet
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"you could get a nicer camera (in all respects except for total movie recording time) for less money -- so my advice is to pass on the M1."...
DcResource
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menu
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"We're glad that Sony avoided the confusing 3D menu that comes with its camcorders, instead going with a simple lineup of settings that you can deftly tweak using the four-way selector at the bottom of the camera's grip."...
CNet
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button
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"I found it awkward to hold and use, with poorly placed controls and microscopic buttons."...
DcResource
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"In record mode, you can use the top and bottom buttons for taking a still picture and movie, respectively."...
DcResource
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