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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W7
Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-W7 digital camera is a speedy little point-and-shoot with a high megapixel count and a rugged metal exterior. It's a bit heavy, and the boxy design—with hardly a curve on the body, other than a small hand grip—makes it a little tough to hold. Perhaps Sony used up all its curves on the DVD7 camcorder, which resembles a Frisbee with a lens and LCD. In any case, the W7 doesn't easily fit into a shirt or pants pocket. But there are positive points to this camera, namely the picture quality. And at $375, it's a good buy for this type of point-and-shoot camera with a high-megapixel sensor.
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SSI Nedio
At 1.8 by 2.2 by 0.8 inches, the SSI Nedio (which used to be called the Nideo, as you see in our picture) is the second-smallest camera in our roundup (the Casio Wrist Camera is the smallest). Besides beeping, the Nedio's tiny Mode button and Shutter button produce slight tactile feedback when they've been activated. The Nedio is equipped with 8MB of built-in memory, enough to record 26 640-by-480 stills or 1 minute 44 seconds of video. Though it can shoot stills and video, it can't mix the two.
Like other cameras in this roundup (except the Casio and Panasonic cameras), the Nedio may also be used as a USB-connected Webcam. Unusual for cameras in its class, the Nedio has a built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery. Unfortunately, some fiendish designer decided that the optical viewfinder would be cuter if mirrors, rather than black matte walls, were placed along the sides. This produces a very distracting, 360-degree, fun-house–like series of reflections of the subject.
The Nedio is a fast-shooting camera, booting up in just over a second. You can take VGA shots almost as quickly as you press the shutter and QVGA (Quarter VGA, or 160-by-120 resolution) images at the rate of about 5 per second. Nedio ships with a CD-ROM full of obscure software (such as Vedio Mail and Photo Special Effect).
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