Sony's Cybershot G1 is finally official

Ah, there you are sweet, sweet Cybershot G1. No surprises here, just like we saw in those leaked catalog images weeks ago, the G1 brings a range of novelties like 802.11b/g WiFi, 2GB of on-board storage, biggie 3.5-inch LCD, DLNA compliance, and slideshows with music. Hell, we hear it'll even take pictures and record MPEG-4 video in VGA quality courtesy of the 6 megapixel sensor. With FCC approval out of the way earlier today, the cam is certain to hit on schedule in April for a $600 MSRP. Too bad the LCD isn't touch-sensitive like a couple of Sony's other Cybershot cams. We'll try to get hands on with it later in the day from the PMA show in Vegas baby, Las Vegas. Stay tuned.

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[Castle @ Mar 8th 2007 10:36AM]

Assuming this is the fancy new hybrid-6M camera/video camera sensor that Sony showed off at PMA. Being that it can take video and shot pictures simultaneously. So you can just take a video of what of a scene and extra a high-quality 6 megapixel image from it. Also makes sense because Sony already has a 12migapixel camera for cheaper announced for the PMA.

http://www.playsyde.com/news_4038_en.html

[Castle @ Mar 8th 2007 10:37AM]

My bad, wrong link:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/19/sonys-1-1-8-inch-high-speed-cmos-sensor-outputs-60fps/

[Nick @ Mar 8th 2007 11:40AM]

Honestly, from a professional perspective, I have to use Consumer Digitals like this more often than I'd like - and I really don't like the Touch-screen interfaces of the other Sony Cybershots.
I much prefer the tactile feedback you get from a solid button interface, plus, who wants to continually clean their LCD from mucky fingerprints when the camera is passed around? Not I :)

[cheersevans @ Mar 8th 2007 5:17PM]

When I saw the first clips of this on Engadget a few weeks ago i was pretty excited as I have been looking for an new digital camera. Seeing the post today though with it only having a 3x optical zoom and 600 price tag is making me think twice.

[Nick @ Mar 8th 2007 5:31PM]

Indeed - plus, for a compact with high hopes of becoming more than just that, it's absolutely massive.
I like the slide-action going on with the buttons and body though.

[multimedia360.de @ Mar 12th 2007 12:38PM]

i am wondering why it took so long to release a digicam with wireless functionality.
multimedia360.de

[Ghettocities @ Mar 19th 2007 4:16AM]

I'm buying it to shoot photos and videos of half naked Japanese girls for my new blog. Thanks for posting it's release as Sonystyle just says pre-order, b*tches.