John - Pa. wrote in message
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My dSLR kit is getting massive. With tripod and a pile of
lenses and
other bits, I literally have to wheel it around in a small
cart. For
some time I have been thinking about buying a shirt-pocket
camera that
I could always keep at-hand for those great shots and special
lighting
that always happen when you are not on a formal photographic
expedition with your sherpa (fortunately, I'm married to mine).

With the spring-season camera announcements (many makers
announce new
models in Feb-Mar and again in Aug-Sept) I was impressed with
the
sound of the new Sony T-100. Early user reports were positive
too, and
so I went-for-it.

My criteria were;
1) Pocket sized.
2) Good quality images
3) Better than 3x optical zoom (~100mm eq. is OK for portraits,
but I wanted something that could pull in landscapes and
close-ups)
4) Image stabilization (I love it in my dSLR)

Although not the smallest body on the planet, this Sony has all
of the
above. It is also has plenty of compromises to achieve this
shirt-pocket size, of course, and I am not abandoning my dSLR
kit, but
here is a first sample of its output from this morning.

JD
Sony DSC T-100 Pocket-camera
EXIF Data Included
e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net

Additional images at;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/



Gorgeous, John. It looks like you made an excellent choice.
Congrats on the new camera!

--
Michelle