On the bottom right corner of the camera is the DC-IN connector for connection to the provided AC adapter / charger. Sony lose marks here for using one of those awful rubber grommet doors (just like the G1) which had already lost its shape and was fitting badly. Hinged plastic door next time please.

All that said they gain points over the opposition for simply providing excellent rechargeable battery and an AC adapter / charger as standard.

I've already delved into the S75's lens heritage in the introduction to this review so I won't bore you with that. It's a 3x optical zoom (34 - 102 mm equiv.) F2.0 - F2.5 lens, which means it's relatively bright and so should still perform well in low light. Because it's of the retracting type it causes a slight startup delay while it extends to its normal length.

Nice new addition: if you accidentally leave the lens cap on the camera it will display "Lens cap attached" on the display until you remove it.

As with the S70, the S75 has a small internal fixed flash unit, however it's now moved to the edge of the camera (on the S70 it was more centrally positioned). Just to the left of the viewfinder lens you can just make out the AF illumination lamp, this comes on automatically in low light situations and bathes the target subject in an orange light which is used to assist the cameras AF system.

A new addition to the S75 is the accessory shoe which although connection-less is designed to take the optional HVL-F1000 flash unit which is in turn connected to the camera via the ACC connector on the side.

It appears that there is also a new tripod which will be available called the VCT-D480RM which includes a remote control which connects to the S75 via the ACC connector.

On the bottom of the S75 you'll find a nice shiny metal tripod mount, unfortunately Sony decided to put it in the corner of the base almost right up against the front edge of the camera, this means that on any normal tripod mount the camera has a tendency to lean forward once the mount screw is tightened.. Uh oh.

Still.. You can change the storage card and battery while it's still on there, that's a consolation.