The Sony's MVC-CD500 CD Digital Camera packs an array of impressive features and definitive control in a compact design. Its Super CCD image sensor (5.0 effective MP) provides excellent image quality by allowing more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise. The 4X Smart Zoom (at size) intelligently uses the full CCD to let you zoom into the portion of interest by cropping the image size thus avoiding image degradation. The featured Carl Zeiss Lens incorporates 8 elements in 7 groups with aspheric elements for sharpness and color accuracy. You can experience excellent viewing and image playback clarity with the 123K 2.5' LCD monitor. Evaluating 5 separate focus areas of the frame, the camera's 5-Area Multi-Point AF can intelligently focus on the subject and displays the selected focus point. Projecting a Class 1 laser pattern, the cameras Hologram AF Illuminator reads the contrast between the patterns edge and the subject for precise focus, even in low or no light. With Multi-Pattern Measuring, optimum exposure can be established even when highlight and shadow are not centered in the frame. During long Twilight mode exposures, Slow Shutter NR captures the scene, and then the CCD noise pattern with a dark frame exposure. The camera easily optimizes difficult shooting environments with six scene modes including Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Portrait, Landscape, Snow and Beach. The USB interface of the camera allows high-speed data transfers, and records directly to 156 MB CD-R/RW discs. With these built-in features, the MVC-CD500 puts high performance imaging right in your hand! <a