Features include:

• Active Design: The DSC U60 has been built to be durable, yet user friendly. With its unique "one handed" operation this camera is often taken to more "Active" lifestyles for instance the pool, the beach, while skiing, including underwater; letting you capture additional spontaneous and creative memories.
• Waterproof (5 Foot Depth): Beach, Pool, Ski Slope? Splash Resistant and Waterproof approximately 5 feet in depth, the DSC U60 is definitely the go anywhere camera for virtually any occasion, for virtually any the weather.
• 1/2.7" 2.0 Megapixel Effective Super HAD CCD: Super HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD's provide excellent image quality by allowing more light prush out a to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise.
• Fast Start up (0.9 sec.): Permits you to capture your precious memories along at the speed of life, in place of miss "The" shot, waiting for the digital camera to get started on up.
• Pre Flash Metering: With a momentary pre flash, the digital camera illuminates the niche and calculates exposure on the lens from the CCD for accurate flash metering. Adjustable flash level and red eye reduction insure great flash shots.
• Memory Stick Media: Digital. Powerful. Transportable. Memory Stick media is compact, portable and rugged connecting an assortment of hardware and computer programs.
• Red Eye Reduction: The Red Eye Reduction system relies on a group of pre flashes which induces the subject's pupils to contract, reducing the potential for reflection from back of this eye that causes the red eye problem.
• Scene Selection Mode: With 6 Scene Modes (Soft Snap, Illumination Snap, Twilight, Active Outdoor, Vivid Nature, Underwater), the digital camera parameters are changed to check the shooting conditions.
• 12 Bit DXP A/D Conversion: Sony's 12 bit Digital EXtended Processor captures to pick from between highlight and shadow with as many as 4096 values, for longer dynamic contrast and detail.
• 1.0 " Hybrid LCD Monitor (64K): Monitors the scene for accurate framing. The Reflective LCD absorbs and reflects the ambient light throughout the LCD to increase brightness in sunlight.
• Auto Bright Monitoring: To assist you to framing in low or no light situations, the CCD gain is briefly increased to produce a good bright display along the LCD viewfinder right before exposure.
• Selectable Picture Size: Select 640 x 480 (VGA) picture size for on screen viewing and email applications, or 1632x 1224 (UXGA) picture size best for photo quality 5" x 7" prints.
• VGA Burst Mode: Captures five (5) 640 x 480 frames, so that to your capacity to capture quick objects in separate files for viewing at a later time.
• MPEG Movie Mode (No Audio): Capture as much as 15 seconds of 160 x 112 MPEG video for very small files that are ideal for emailing to friends and family.
• Playback Zoom: During playback, zoom either 2.5X or 5.0X within the image.
• USB Interface: Allows digital still images and MPEG1 movies, stored on Memory Stick Media, turn out to be easily utilized in Microsoft Windows operating system compatible or Macintosh computers well suited for USB terminals. Simply type in the supplied USB cable in the camera to the computer's USB port for fast usage of your pictures.
• USB Bus Powered for File Transfer: Making use of supplied USB cable, power is towards the camera, counting in easy transfer of still images and MPEG1 movies from the camera in to the PC. No requirement for one additional power source.
• Picture Effects: Choose from 4 Picture Effects (Negative Art, Sepia, Black & White, Solarize) so as to add creativity to ordinary pictures.
• Picture Indexing: Choosing a special picture stored over the Memory Stick Media is together with the Picture Index mode. View four images at a stretch for convenient and quick access with your images.
• Rechargeable NiMH Batteries: Reliable power is provided by Sony's Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) AAA Stamina batteries with external charger.