Quick facts
Full name: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-G3
Original position: Camera; original market position is not yet verifiedProduction status: Production status not verified
Regional aliases
No verified regional aliases
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Core specifications
- Release year
- 2009 · Released about 17 years ago
- Sensor
- 6.16 × 4.62 mm CCD
- Effective resolution
- 10.1 MP
- Lens
- 35 - 140 mm
- Zoom
- 4×
- Weight
- 185 g
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion Battery Li-ion battery
- Storage
- Internal storage
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What to check before buying used
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- Inspect the body, screen, doors, seals, and tripod socket for impact or moisture damage.
- Test every button, dial, flash, screen, and viewfinder.
- Photograph a plain bright surface to check for sensor dust, dead pixels, or damage.
- Confirm the battery holds charge and that a compatible charger is included or available.
- Test a supported memory card and inspect the card slot for bent pins or read errors.
- Inspect the battery compartment and contacts for leakage or corrosion.
Sensor metrics
- Diagonal
- 7.7 mm
- Surface area
- 28 mm²
- Pixel pitch
- 1.68 µm
- Pixel area
- 2.82 µm²
- Pixel density
- 35.49 MP/cm²
Actual sensor size
Rectangles use their physical proportions. Calibrate your display to approximate real-world size.
6.16 × 4.62 mm
Full specifications
Imaging
- Effective pixels
- 10.1 MP
- Total pixels
- —
- Sensor
- 6.16 × 4.62 mm CCD
- Calculated resolution
- 3,670 × 2,752
- Maximum image
- 3,648 × 2,736
- Crop factor
- 5.62
Exposure & viewing
- ISO
- 80–3,200
- Viewfinder
- None
- Display
- 3.5 in / 921,000 dots
- Lens mount
- —
Video & storage
- Maximum video
- —
- Storage media
- Internal storage
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion Battery Li-ion battery
Body
- Weight
- 185 g
- Dimensions
- 97 × 59 × 22 mm
- Release year
- 2009
DigicamDB
- Aperture Priority
- No
- Battery
- Lithium-Ion Battery
- Brand
- Sony
- Built In Flash
- ✓
- Crop Factor
- 5.62
- Depth Of Field
- simulate →
- Digital Zoom
- Yes
- Dimensions
- 97 x 59 x 22 mm
- Exposure Compensation
- ±2 EV (in 1/3 EV steps)
- External Flash
- —
- Focal Length 35mm Equiv
- 35 - 140 mm
- Gps
- —
- Hdmi
- —
- Iso
- Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
- Macro Focus Range
- 2 cm
- Manual Focus
- ✓
- Max Aperture
- f3.5 - f10.0
- Max Aperture 35mm Equiv
- f19.7 - f56.2
- Max Image Resolution
- 3648 x 2736
- Max Shutter Speed
- 1/1000 sec
- Megapixels
- 10.10
- Metering
- Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
- Min Shutter Speed
- 1 sec
- Model
- Cyber-shot DSC-G3
- Normal Focus Range
- 90 cm
- Optical Zoom
- 4x
- Raw Support
- —
- Screen Resolution
- 921,000 dots
- Screen Size
- 3.5"
- Sensor Resolution
- 3665 x 2756
- Sensor Size
- 1/2.3" (~ 6.16 x 4.62 mm)
- Sensor Type
- CCD
- Shutter Priority
- No
- Storage Types
- Memory Stick Duo/Pro Duo, Internal
- Usb
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Video Capture
- —
- Viewfinder
- None
- Weight
- 185 g
- White Balance Presets
- 10
- Wireless
- —
- Year
- 2009
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