Sony's DSC-T110 came out in early 2011 as a slim, touchscreen pocket camera that hides its lens inside the body — nothing pokes out, so it stays flat and slips anywhere. The lens is a proper Carl Zeiss that starts nice and wide, good for fitting a group or a room, and there's a real built-in stabiliser to keep shots sharp. Tap the screen to shoot, and you get that warm, slightly soft older look. In violet it's the softest of its five colours.
NO FILTER: SHOT ON DSC-T110
THE LOOKS
In violet, the T110 is a soft purple slab — 93 × 56 × 17mm, 121g — and at 17mm it's properly slim, one of the thinner cameras of its day. The lens sits behind a sliding cover and stays tucked inside even when it's on, so the front is flat with nothing sticking out. The whole back is a touchscreen with barely a button in sight. It's built to look good and disappear into a pocket. Also in silver, black, red, and pink.
THE SPECS
The lens is a Carl Zeiss that starts properly wide — enough to fit a group or a whole room without backing up — and zooms 4× to pull things closer. It has a real built-in stabiliser, so indoor shots come out sharper than most slim cameras manage, and it stays hidden inside the body, keeping the front flat. The sensor gives that warm, slightly soft look these are loved for. You shoot by tapping the screen. Sweep Panorama pans across a view for one wide shot, and Smile Shutter waits for a grin and fires. Shoots HD video. 93 × 56 × 17mm, 121g.
DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS
- A lens that never pokes out: it stays hidden inside the body, so the front is flat and the camera slides into any pocket — even switched on.
- A wide Carl Zeiss lens that stays sharp: starts properly wide to fit a group, and a built-in stabiliser keeps indoor shots from blurring.
- Sweep a panorama in one go: hold the button and pan across a view — the camera stitches it into one wide shot, no tripod or software needed.
THE VERDICT
The T110 is an easy, good-looking camera to carry — slim, flat-fronted, and controlled by a tap on the screen. The wide Carl Zeiss lens fits everyone in, the stabiliser keeps things sharp indoors, and the photos have that warm early-2010s look people want now. The flash is on the weak side and the sensor is small, so it's happiest in daylight and normal indoor light than dark rooms. In violet it's a soft, pretty thing that slips anywhere.