Sony Cybershot DSC-TX5 Waterproof 720p Compact Camera Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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So today we're going to be doing a quick unboxing first look and practical test
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of the Sony Cybershot DSC tx5 camera so
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first of all let's do the boring specs first of all second of all it is
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waterproof that's not boring but it is a spec next it is 10.2 megapixels it has a
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4X optical zoom and a 25mm wide angle
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lens which is 35 mm format okay it comes
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with one battery pack but you can also get an optional one and it
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records oh that's a very strange way to advertise that well it records still
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images in full 1080p HD but it does way
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more than that obviously cuz it's 10.2 megapixels but it actually records video
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in 720p so here on the back there's a bunch of other stuff let's just get this
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open pretty much I just want to get to the part where we actually um put it
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underwater so we find first of all our one-year warranty card then we have a uh
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notes on waterproofing oh okay this might actually be worth having a look at
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uh damage caused from misuse is not covered uh closing the corners properly
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closing all the or the corners the covers properly cleaning it after the
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camera is under and near water okay so these are all important steps to make
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sure that the camera stays waterproof then we've got a driver disc then we
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have uh a registration offer we got a notes
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on using the camera underwater personal some kind of accessories brochure then
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we have a users manual which is in uh
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English and French for Canada okay then
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we find the actual camera itself so we got a charger we got our battery battery
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goes in the charger just a little something like that then we have a oh
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boy what is this I have no idea what this is so yeah
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then we've got a couple included cables I hope no one is closing that door
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behind us cuz then we're going to be stuck out here I've got One USB data
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cable as well as a composite video out
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cable so that plugs into the camera and then we have the camera itself so you
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can see you got your basic specs here it is waterproof up to 10 ft it is shock
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proof from 5 ft although we're not going to be doing that particular test it is
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dust proof I mean you can assume anything that keeps water out is also
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going to keep out dust and then it is also Freeze Proof so it can be operated
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down to -10° C or 14° fhe it has
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intelligent sweep Panorama as well as outstanding low light performance okay
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there's your 4X optical zoom has a Carl ice lens and Optical steady shot so it
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has Optical image stabilization that's pretty cool there's your flash and uh
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here let's uh see if we can figure out how to put okay so here we can open the
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bottom this way oh this is quite tricky
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to remove actually oh there we go okay so you got your uh your seals around
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here probably somewhere the battery goes in right here and I wish I had an SD
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card because now we're not going to be able to actually do the test on camera
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but what I can do is I can um just turn it
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on okay turn it on H so far it's not turning on that
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seems like a bad sign doesn't it maybe I put the battery in wrong no I did not so
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we'll put the battery in again close it up yeah okay and then we're going to
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turn it on yeah there we go that time it turned on excellent so let's see if it
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has any internal memory uh no no it doesn't have internal
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memory oh it does have a touch screen I should have mentioned that so it's got a nice big touch screen which actually
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we're even out here in direct sunlight right now and I'm able to see it quite
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easily can you see it on the camera uh cameraman says no yes so I'm not really
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sure exactly what he's getting at there but yeah so we can go through the menu
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we can set whatever it is that we want to set we're I think we're in
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720p uh fine recording quality right now
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so why don't we just do this there that
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was our test it's underwater and it's
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still working uh lens is a little dirty so I'm
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going to just kind of you know clean it like this it is still working can you
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can you see that through the bin I don't know if you're going to be able to see
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that but can you see it from the top here you can come look from the top so
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we've got the camera in the Water right now and it is still functioning so I can
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go ahead and press buttons and stuff like that it's still telling me the
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memory card is required but the touchcreen is fully operational even
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underwater and I'm not having any difficulty using it so besides not
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knowing how to use this camera so handheld Twilight oh hey here's all your
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little movie or picture adjustments cool
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okay so you know what what I actually think we were trying to achieve
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here today we have achieved we have tested it on underwater let's make sure
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it's shock proof too let's just whack it a little bit yeah it's all good Okay
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cool so thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Sony Cybershot DSC tx5
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waterproof camera