Looking for a compact digital camera that gives you the power to take great still pictures under a variety of conditions? Then put the power of Sony digital photography in the palm of your hand with the Cyber-Shot DSC-P72 digital still camera. The DSC-P72 gives you a whopping 3.2 megapixel effective resolution, a 3x optical zoom, 3.2x digital zoom, and the smart Sony features that let you take incredible pictures with point-and-shoot ease.
You get intelligent flash technology, high-tech auto-focus and auto-exposure modes, and fun stuff, too, like MPEG movie modes, voice memo and e-mail modes, and even a 16-frame multi-burst animation capability. Plus, the DSC-P72 comes with a USB 2.0 interface and convenient rechargeable NiMH batteries with included charger.

• 1/1.8" 3.2 Megapixel Effective Super HAD CCD (Super HAD CCD's provide excellent image quality by allowing more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise.)
• 3x Optical Zoom Lens
• Up to 3.2x Smart Zoom (at VGA Size): Smart Zoom intelligently uses the full CCD to let you zoom into the portion of interest by cropping the image size - thus avoiding the image degradation of Digital Zooms.
• 3 Area Multi-Point Auto Focus: Evaluating 3 separate focus areas of the frame, Multi-Point AF can intelligently focus on the subject and avoid undesired focus on the background.
• Auto Focus (Sony's AF Illuminator briefly illuminates the subject in low or no-light conditions to establish a positive focus lock.)
• Multi-Pattern Measuring: Independently light-metering 49 points of the frame, Multi- Pattern Measuring establishes the optimum exposure, even in scenes where pronounced highlight and shadow areas exist in various portions of the frame.
• Auto Daylight Synchro Fill-Flash: If the Multi-Pattern Measuring system determines the subject is backlit or in shadow, fill flash automatically engages to provide optimum exposure.
• Memory Stick Removable Storage Media
• 5 Scene Selection Modes: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape and Snow&Beach
• 14-Bit DXP A/D Conversion for extended dynamic contrast and detail.
• 1.5" LCD Monitor
• True-Zoom Optical Viewfinder
• Pre-Flash Metering for adjusting flash level and redeye reduction to ensure great flash shots.
• Records in 4 different image sizes, with selectable Fine or Standard JPEG compression.
• QXGA (2048 x 1536) Maximum Image Size
• Multi-Burst Mode: Captures 16 320x240 frames
• MPEG Movie VX Mode: Captures VGA video and audio clips with length limited only by the capacity of the media. Video Mail mode captures smaller file sizes suitable for email.
• Clip Motion Mode: Capture up to 10 images and convert them to an animated GIF with 2 fps playback.
• Playback Zoom: Trim and Resize during playback
• 2 Shot Burst Mode
• Clear Color/Clear Luminance NR
• MPEG1 Cue, Review and Divide
• 3:2 Aspect Ratio Mode
• Video Output (PAL/NTSC Selectable)
• 4 In-Camera Picture Effects: Black&White, Solarize, Sepia, Negative Art
• 5 Scene Modes: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Beach, Snow
• Zoom Lens:6-18mm f/2.8-5.6 (35mm equivalence: 39-117mm)
• Minimum Focusing Distance: 19.7 inches (½ meter)
• Shutter Speed Range: 2 - 1/2000 sec.
• Exposure Compensation: ± 2 EV, 1/3 EV steps
• 1.5 inch Color LCD Display/Monitor
• Flash Modes: Auto, On, Off, Slow-Synchro, Red-Eye Reduction
• White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent
• Self Timer: 10 sec.
• Video Output: NTSC/PAL Selectable
• Still Image Modes: JPEG (Fine/Std.), Burst, Email, Voice Memo
• MPEG Movie Modes: MPEG VX (640x480, 16fps, with audio), / MPEG Video Mail (160x112, 8 fps with audio)
• Clip Motion: Normal (160x120), Mobile (80x72)
• Built-in Microphone & Speaker
• USB Terminal: Yes, Supports USB 2.0
• Supplied Software: Pixela Image Mixer Software for Sony v1.5, USB Driver SPVD-008
• OS Compatibility: Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000 Professional/XP Home/Pro And Macintosh OS 8.5.1/8.6/9.0/9.1/9.2
• Power: (2) 1.5v AA Batteries: provided with (2) Long-lasting, rechargeable NiMH batteries and charger.
• Dimensions: 4.7 x 2.3 x 1.3 inches (119.5 x 57.7 x 32.6mm)
• Weight: 9.5 oz (259g) (w/Battery, Memory Stick Media, Strap)