I managed to score a seat for President Obama's Inauguration--and I brought along the new Sony DSC-T77 camera. I chose the DSC-T77 because it has an intuitive a touch-screen interface that made it easy to figure out various functions, (which was great, because I had never used the camera before).

After a harrowing 7 hours of travel via car, subway, and sneakers from northern Virginia, I managed to reach my seat, which was about 250 yards from the podium. The 10 .1-megapixel point-and-shoot took some great pictures, and I was able to use the camera's touch screen to zoom in for a great view of the new president and other luminaries after took my shots.

I had been skeptical of touch-screen camera interfaces, but being able to touch the display and zoom in up to 8X was crucial. That way I knew exactly what I had in the shot very quickly and whether I had to take it again--clutch, especially at a historical moment like this one.

Hope you enjoy the shots--more after the jump.

Post by Dan Evans