The Sony Cybershot T10 is a 7-mega pixel compact camera with a 3x optical zoom, and a 2.5-inch LCD screen. Computer Active has reviewed the T10 and they write: “It features a brushed steel casing and internally stacked 3x optical zoom lens with class-leading Carl Zeiss optics that at no point stands proud of its 21mm-slim body.

There’s also Super Steadyshot technology to avoid image blur when shooting in low light without flash – coupled with a high maximum light sensitivity setting of ISO1000. Close up macro snaps can also be taken 1cm away from your subject.

The lens is protected by a sliding metal faceplate that is easy to open accidentally – and so activate the camera – when sliding in or out of a pocket. Luckily, the camera powers down during periods of inactivity, prolonging the life of its rechargeable battery, good for up to 250 snaps.

As you’d expect from a lifestyle product, the Sony Cyber-shot T10 is very easy to use; slide open that faceplate, whereupon the 2.5in screen that dominates the camera back blinks into life, and point and shoot.”

The shooting menu options, shown as a toolbar that runs along the bottom of the screen, are clear and self explanatory, while a press of the screen display button reveals a live histogram, a graph showing the areas of brightness across an image, so that perfectly exposed shots can be achieved.

There’s no optical viewfinder as an alternative means of framing images, just a slider switch above the screen for alternating between image playback or stills and video clip capture. Incidentally, Sony claims the T10 is the first of its compacts to feature a low light movie mode with a usable optical zoom.”