Sony DSC-H50 Specification Guide

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Last Updated: 03/06/2009

DSC-H50/B

Cyber-shot® Digital Still Camera

 

 

 

1. Viewable area, measured diagonally. 
2. HD viewing requires a Sony HD connector cable or HD Cyber-shot Station® cradle and HDTV. All sold 

separately. 

3. Music tracks can be up to five minutes long. When using Music Transfer to download music, tracks 

longer than five minutes will be reduced to five minutes when uploading to the Cyber-shot. 

4. 35mm equivalent. 
5. Up to 6 shots while in Smile Shutter mode. 
6. Extended High Sensitivity ISO 6400 available in 3 megapixel image quality setting only. 
7. Available storage capacity may vary and a portion of the memory is used for data management 

functions. 

8. Smart Zoom® feature will not work at highest resolution setting. 
9. Special TV settings are required. Further details are available in the BRAVIA® instruction manual. 
10.Battery life may very depending on usage patterns, product settings, battery and environmental 

conditions. 

11.Not all product with USB connectors may communicate with each other due to chipset variations. 

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All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Sony, 
BIONZ™ , BRAVIA TV, Clear Photo LCD Plus, Cyber-shot, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, 
NightShot, Smart Zoom, Stamina, Super HAD, and Super SteadyShot are trademarks of Sony. All other 
trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.   

Please visit the Dealer Network for more information at 

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Specifications

Megapixel: 9.1 MP

 

Imaging Device: 1/2.3 Super HAD™  CCD

 

Recording Media: 15MB internal Flash 

Memory, optional Memory Stick® DUO 
Media, optional Memory Stick DUO PRO™  
Media

 

White Balance: Automatic, Cloudy, Daylight, 

Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2, Fluorescent 
3, Incandescent, Flash, One Push, One 
Push (Total 9 modes)

 

Self Timer: Yes (10 seconds, 2 seconds, Off)

 

Memory Stick PRO™  Media Compatibility: 

Tested to support up to 16GB Memory 
Stick DUO PRO media capacity ; does 
not support Access Control security 
function.

 

Still Image Mode(s): Burst, Normal, Bracket 

Exposure

 

Red-Eye Reduction: Yes (On/Off all modes)

 

Burst Mode: Up to 100 Shot at 1.6fps (all 

resolutions)

 

Erase/Protect: Yes/Yes

 

Date/Time Stamp: No/ No

 

Media/Battery Indicator: Yes/Yes

 

Color Mode(s): Black & White, Normal, 

Sepia, Vivid

 

AF Illuminator Light: Yes

 

PictBridge Compatible: Yes

 

Multi-Pattern Measuring: Yes

 

Scene Mode(s): Auto, Easy Shooting, 

Program Auto, Shutter Speed Priority, 
Aperature Priority, Manual Exposure, 
Movie, High Sensitivty, Twilight, Twilight 
Portrait, Portrait, Landscape, Beach, Snow, 
Fireworks, Advanced Sports Shooting, 
Smile Shutter

 

Movie Mode(s): Optical Zoom during movie 

recording: Yes

 

Power Save Mode: Yes (after approx. 3 min. 

of inactivity)

 

In-Camera Editing: Red-eye correction, soft 

focus, partial color filter, fish-eye filter lens, 
, cross filter, retro, radial blur, unsharp 
masking and happy face

 

Super SteadyShot® optical image 

stabilization: Yes

 

Accessory Terminal: Multi connector

 

Audio/Video Output(s): Yes via Mutli-Use 

Connector

 

USB Port(s): Yes (Supports USB 2.0 )

 

HD Output: Yes (1080i)

 

LCD: 3.0" Flip-up Clear Photo LCD

Plus 

Display

 

Viewfinder: 0.2" 201k FLC(Ferroelectric Liquid 

Crystal) EVF

 

Lens Construction: 13 elements in 8 groups

(including 1ED glass element and 
4aspheric elements)

 

Microphone/Speaker: Yes/ Yes

 

Lens Type: Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar®

 

Docking Station: N/A

 

Flash Effective Range: ISO Auto: Approx.0.2-

Approx.9.1m(W) / Approx.1.2-Approx.5.5m
(T); ISO3200: up to Approx.18m(W) / 
Approx.11m(T)

 

Flash Mode(s): Auto, Forced On, Forced 

Off, Slow Synch

 

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Focal Length: 5.2 - 78 mm

 

35mm Equivalent: 31 - 465 mm

 

Focus: 9 Area Multi-Point AF, Monitoring AF, 

Flexible Spot AF

 

Aperture Range: Auto (F2.7-F8(W)) / 

Program auto (F2.7-F8(W)) / Manual 
(F2.7-F8(W))

 

Shutter Speed: "Auto(1/4 - 1/4,000) / Program 

Auto(1"" - 1/4,000) / Shutter Priority(30"" - 
1/4,000) /  
Aperture Priority(8"" - 1/2,000) / Manual
(30"" - 1/4,000)"

 

Exposure Compensation: Plus / Minus 2.0EV, 

1 / 3EV step

 

ISO: Auto / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 

3200

 

Smart Zoom® Technology:  5M:Approx.20x

(Total), 3M:Approx.25x(Total), 
VGA:Approx.81x(Total), 16:9
(2M):Approx.27x(Total)

 

Digital Zoom: 0-2.0X (Precision)

 

Optical Zoom: 15X

 

Macro Mode: Yes

 

Total Zoom: 30X

 

Face Detection: Yes

 

Battery Type: Lithium-Ion NP-BG1

 

Battery Capacity: 3.6V, 960 mAh

 

Supplied Software: Windows: Picture Motion 

Browser Vers 2.0 + USB Driver

 

Operating System Compatibility: Microsoft® 

2000 Professional, XP Home and 
Professional; Macintosh® OS 9.1/9.2/OS X 
(10.0-10.5)

 

Weight: Weight: 14.6 oz (415 g) Body; 1lb 3.3 

oz. (547 g) including Battery and optional 
Memory Stick® DUO Media

 

Measurements: Dimensions: 4 9/16 x 3 3/16 x 

3 3/8" (116.1mm x 81.4mm x 86.0mm)

 

Limited Warranty Term: 1 Year Parts & Labor

 

Color: Black

 

UPC Code: 027242728981

 

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