Six types of Sony digital camera are spotchecked unqualified in such spheres as lmaging quality and automatic exposure effect, and have recently been taken off counter in east China's Zhejiang province.

The Zhejiang provincial industrial and commercial bureau has made the announcement, saying that the bureau has started formal investigation into these substandard Sony cameras.

A total of 30 production batches were involved with the six reported types of Sony cameras, namely the Sony DSC-H1, DSC-L1, DSC-P200, DSC-W7, DSC-W5 and DSC-S90.

The bureau said the types of Sony DSC-H1 and DSC-L1, produced in Sony's Shanghai branch, were found with problems in imaging balance, white balance, automatic exposure and the brightness of LCD screen.

The four other types, made in Wuxi branch, were also found substandard with the imaging balance and automatic exposure.

The bureau has launched a provincial spotcheck on six brands' 34 types of digital cameras in the market, with 13 types founded unqualified, or 38 percent of the total.

Source: Xinhua