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The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 camera combines style with power and intelligence - in a sophisticated and stylish look. The Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode goes beyond the traditional auto mode, thinking for you; recognizing scenes, lighting conditions, faces, and automatically adjusting camera settings resulting in clearer images, faces with more natural skin tones and less blur. The W290 also features HD Movie mode6, recording in 720p for capturing your precious moments on video. Compose, review, and share your memories on the large 3.0-inch1 (230k pixels) LCD. Sony DSC-W290 Cyber-shot Digital Camera Key Features 12.1 Megapixel Super HAD CCD Image Sensor:A powerful 12.1 megapixel 1/2.3-inch Super HAD CCD image sensor helps you capture gorgeous images with superb contrast and clarity down to the finest detail. With 12.1 megapixels, you can create stunning, photo-quality prints up to A3+ (13x19-inches) size, or crop your images and still come away with high resolution shots. Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 5x Optical Zoom:The professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 5x optical zoom lens brings distant subjects closer for great outdoor, sports, and travel photos. Wide angle lens:A 28mm wide angle lens shows more of the scene you're shooting, helping you capture more complete images when shooting indoor group portraits, expansive landscapes, or architectural scenes. 3.0-inch Clear Photo LCD display (230k pixels):Generous 3.0-inch1 (230K pixels) Clear Photo LCD display features sharp, natural color that makes it easy to compose shots, read menus, and view photos, even in bright sunlight. BIONZ image processor:The BIONZ image processor delivers the high resolution and fast performance you expect from a Sony digital camera. Available in four sophisticated colors:Available in four sophisticated colors: silver, black, blue and bronze. Intelligent Auto Mode:Intelligent Auto (iAuto) mode goes beyond traditional auto settings by recognizing and adjusting to scene conditions and lighting, enhancing natural skin tones, and reducing blur. By incorporating advanced features such as Intelligent Scene Recognition, Face Detection, and Optical SteadyShot, iAuto lets you take advantage of the latest Sony Cyber-shot technology without leaving auto mode. Whether you?re shooting expansive landscapes, capturing playground action, or taking pictures at a birthday party or wedding shower, iAuto will optimize your camera?s settings to help ensure you come away with a great shot. HD Movie:Capture more of your memories in high definition (720p) video. Record HD movies in 720p high definition MPEG4 format for stunning large-screen home movie playback. Record up to 29 min in 720p format (or up to 2GB) per movie6. Intelligent Scene Recognition:Intelligent Scene Recognition (iSCN) Mode automatically detects eight different types of scenes conditions (Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a Tripod, Portrait, Landscape, and Macro) and within 1/30th of a second selects the appropriate camera settings:. iSCN has 2 modes: Auto and Advanced. In Auto Mode, the camera takes a single shot using the optimal settings. In Advance Mode, the camera takes a photo with the standard automatic settings and, in difficult lighting (low light or back light) immediately takes a second photo with optimized setting so you can choose which to keep. Face Detection technology:: Face Detection technology detects up to eight individual faces and controls flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to deliver accurate, natural skin tones with reduced red-eye. It can also give priority to children or adults. Newly added Face Motion Detection adjusts ISO sensitivity and accelerates the shutter speed when facial movement is detected, reducing blur in the subjects face. Selected Face Memory:Optimizing focus, exposure, and white balance for a specific face is easier now with selectable facial memory, even when the subject leaves the frame. This feature is