Ultra thin Sony DSC-T33 w/ "Magnifying Glass Mode"

northcoin

Anyone try the Sony DSC-T33 for coin photography?

northcoin

Surely, someone here has given the "Magnifying Glass Mode" a try?

northcoin

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coinbuf

I guess no one has.

Chris

solid

Looks like you can be the "first on your block"!

Ken

ms70

There's something wrong with the link.

MrSpud

????if I click on the link it goes to an edit a message in a thread page with the following in the edit box:

Costco had a great deal this past month on the formerly $500 (now retails at $450.00) ultra small flat Sony which has incredible macro features. It was flying out the door at Costco for $350.00. Anyone put one to use for coin photography?

The DSC-T33 is only 3/4" thick and fits in a shirt pocket. It has 5.1 megapixels. It has 3x optical zoom from a Carl Zeiss lens and includes a 2.5" LCD monitor. As to its macro features the Sony website reports:

"With its extraordinary close focusing capability (1 cm) and oversized LCD, the DSC-T33's "Magnifying Glass Mode" can display images at over 3 times actual size. This powerful capability opens new possibilities in macro photography."

poorguy

Neat. I could almost edit a message

tsacch

Dude, my ricoh RDC-7 has a macro mode with 1.3 X, 1.6 X and 3.2 X zoom, which essentially magnification...........uhmmm its a four or five year old camera?

pharmer

Northcoin, have you tried it out?

FatMan

Northcoin

I do not use the camera you mention, but it appears to be Sony's response to the Pentax Optio S5i which I do own.

I do a lot of backpacking where every ounce is counted (weighs less than 4 ounces and fits in an altoids tin) and I bought it for that reason, not coins.

However, it does an alright job with coins but not as nice as the high end full size models. When Pentax designed the camera they had to create a complex lens system to work in a 3/4" camera width. What I have found is that you lose some depth dimension in the finished pictures. Lighting becomes very critical with each coin picture. If you are looking for a camera for primarily shooting coins I would not choose these of these small cameras. But if you are looking for something easy to use, easy to cary, and very lightweight these are the way to go.

Here are some images from the Pentax S5i

Toned Example



White Example

northcoin

Thanks for the input. I just picked up the camera at Costco, but have not tried it for coin photography - or any other macro yet.

NgokLi

I believe the Sony DSC-W5 will be a better choice.