Sony's removable lithium-ion battery has the same precise battery-level indicator found on its camcorders, so you know exactly how many minutes of juice are left and how long the cell will take to recharge. Though the software bundle is powerful, it's a hassle to install and a little tricky to use. As a result, some patience is required to extract the full benefits from the NZ Programs such as Photo Editor are nonintuitive and lack simple staples such as drop-down menus, forcing you to click through icons to discover the functions.
Memory Stick Import and Export must be running on both your PC and your CLIE to work properly, and the camera takes an uncomfortably long time to load up and shut down. However, we would have liked more than the 16MB of internal memory. As expected, the 65,color, xpixel screen is great eye candy, offering a bright, sharp image down to the smallest icons.
The NZ90's display is big, bright, and sharp. The NZ90's camera snaps fairly impressive shots. At the camera's highest setting of 1,x1, pixels, pictures looked clear and had minimal speckling and noise, thanks to the built-in flash.
Though you'll get better video quality than with Sony's step-down NX70V, the clips are still small and a tad choppy. However, the sound quality is solid. The integrated Bluetooth worked as expected. We easily got the Sony to communicate with other devices via Bluetooth, and we even shared text messages and pictures with Nokia's As much as I expect Sony to get flashy with their packaging, they continue to deliver in the familiar bright green box.
Form Factor. The biggest concern potential buyers of this device may have is the size. It also adds 2. It seems to me that Sony has done an admirable job of fitting all these functions into the body it selected.
The NZ90 builds on many of the design features of the NX series. It has the same swivel and fold screen and placement of the camera and keypad. The camera does not rotate like it does on the NX70V. The camera eye is now covered with a manual release.
Also added to the camera area is a flash, which is much appreciated, when it works properly. The HotSync port has moved to the upper back of the device, with a rubber cover. To make room for the camera, the compact flash slot has been moved to the bottom of the device. The good news is that you can still fit the NZ90 in the cradle with the WiFi card inserted. When this process takes place, the keypad and launcher buttons are covered. Sony has addressed this in a remarkable way by adding these buttons to the bottom of the screen.
Well done and a definite improvement over older models. Aside from the model number, logos and other markings, the back also holds the speaker, which is a bit of a disappointment to me. I would have really liked Sony to integrate the speaker in a user-facing position, rather than facing away. Front —. The front is pretty standard, but Sony has added a few blinking lights, which is always nice. A silver strip near the top houses the power light which is also lit while charging, the Memory Stick access light and the Bluetooth light, which blinks blue whenever the Bluetooth is turned on.
Left Side —. The left side of the device holds the rounded IR port, which actually is a nice design element. The rounding looks cool. Right Side —.
The top right has the capture button for the camera, which also launches the application. The stereo jack is next, followed by one of the other major improvements. Sony has taken a page from the Pocket PC world and added a removable battery option, which is huge. Clustered at the bottom are the hold button, power slider and the memory stick port. The Memory Stick was also moved from the top to allow for the increased size requirement of the camera.
Program response time feels about the same, although I have not run any benchmark tests. The NZ90 continues to excel in the screen department. The x pixel screen is the biggest, brightest and best one out there. The screen continues to leverage the virtual graffiti, which is huge in my book. I love having the option of turn the graffiti area on or off at any time.
By now, you should know that a memory card is a requirement to have fun with this device. Buy at least one MB card to address these needs. I wonder when Sony will ship units with more memory. The NX70V had a. Sony has boosted the NZ90 camera to two mega pixels with the previously mentioned flash. The past cameras have been nothing more than gimmicks. This is the first effort that will let you take a picture that is even suitable for printing, in small sizes.
There are a number of severe battery issues associated with the camera software and flash. For now, know that taking pictures in low light will result in poor quality anyway. Overall, I found the camera to be reasonable in good lighting conditions but poor to fair in low light. View Comments 0. Comments All 0. No comments have been written yet. Be the first to write one! You may also like. Sony Cyber-shot M2. Sony Cyber-shot S Sony cameras fail quality test in China.
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