Sony just raised the bar with its 8.1-megapixel compact point and shoot CyberShot DSC-S800 camera, offering a 6x optical zoom that retracts into the camera body just like those 3x optical zooms do. To do that, Sony has abandoned Carl Zeiss optics for a lens of its own making, accompanying that with anti-blur tech will help you hold that sucker still even when you have the lens zoomed all the way in.
Take the jump to see the nice ass-end of this supersnapper, and there's where we'll break some bad news to you.
Now the bad news: Sony inexplicably decided to release this in Europe first, and didn't say when it'll make its way Stateside or at what price.
Come on, Sony! Why not just blast this out everywhere? Maybe that sweet new lens is in short supply. Of course, 6x is much better than 3x, so we want it! But then, maybe it's not as sharp as the one by Carl Zeiss. We shall see. – Charlie White
Sony snapper to see further with 6x optical zoom [Reg Hardware]
译文:
索尼新机DSC-S800支持6x光学变焦
索尼Sony刚刚推出了800万象素的DSC-S800数码照相机，外型酷似3x光学变焦的数码相机，竟然支持6x光学变焦！不止这一个卖点，索尼还在DSC-S800上使用了Carl Zeiss（卡尔蔡斯）镜头以此来吸引更多人的关注。
虽然这是个非常棒的产品，我们却不得不告诉你一些坏消息。
坏消息是：索尼决定初期将首先在欧洲市场开售，而且也未说明在美国上市的时间及价格。拜托，索尼！为什么不在全球同步上市呢？也许是新的光学镜头供不应求吧。不过6x光学变焦要比3x好太多了，所以我们一定会耐心等待！不过，不知它能否赶超夏普的Carl Zeiss镜头。让我们拭目以待吧。