Sony’s CES announcements include the Cyber-shot G3, which is claimed as the world’s first Wi-Fi-enabled digicam capable of uploading photos and videos to web sites through any public hotspot.

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January 10, 2009: Sony’s CES announcements include the Cyber-shot G3, which is claimed as the world’s first Wi-Fi-enabled digicam capable of uploading photos and videos to web sites through any public hotspot.
The built-in web browser enables the camera to connect wirelessly to free or fee-based hotspots, as well as to secure and unsecured access points. Pressing the WLAN button on the camera opens its embedded web browser. The camera automatically navigates to the Sony Easy Upload Home Page, which includes direct links to photo sharing sites like Shutterfly and Picasa Web Albums; video sharing sites like YouTube and Dailymotion; and a photo and video sharing site, such as Photobucket. Other sites are available via the web browser.
The G3 boasts a 10-megapixel image sensor and Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 4x optical zoom lens. Intelligent Scene Recognition automatically identifies a eight types of scenes – backlight, backlight portrait, twilight, twilight portrait, twilight using a tripod, portrait, landscape and macro – and automatically optimises camera settings for each shooting situation, taking an additional shot in low and bright light scenarios.
Face Detection AF, AE and FE are provided and the technology can distinguish between children and adults, allowing users to to prioritise faces according to their preference. Sony’s Smile Shutter technology is also provided, along with a Dynamic Range Optimizer (DRO) that determines the best exposure and contrast settings. Combining the benefits of Optical SteadyShot image stabilisation with high sensitivity, Sony’s Double Anti-blur feature helps reduce camera shake.
The Cyber-shot DSC-G3 comes with 4GB of internal memory that can store nearly 1,000 full-resolution or 40,000 VGA-quality photos. Its 3.5-inch touch panel Xtra Fine LCD screen displays high resolution images at 921,600 dots and the canera includes an organiser that automatically sorts shots into albums by date. All images in an album can be displayed simultaneously as thumbnails on the screen. Images can also be viewed in standard or favourites folders, by date or by event.
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