Just started at the University of Nottingham so when I have had a chance to appreciate the night lif...
Just started at the University of Nottingham so when I have had a chance to appreciate the night life etc etc I'll write some more reviews!!
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Before Christmas I really wanted a digital camera that would last me, something up to date and of good quality! Luckily Santa left this excellent piece of equipment in my socking!
In comparison to other digital cameras, this Sony is not the smallest; however it is light and the rectangular shape allows it to fit easily into your pocket. I have also found, that being no whizz when it comes to technology, I could work this little piece of machinery with
little help from the instruction manual. It is simple to turn on, and takes little effort to learn how to take pictures and capture movies.
The thing that makes this camera excellent is its quality! the 7.2 mega pixels option on this camera allows you to take pictures like a pro, even the lady serving me in Boots recently asked me if the photos I was developing from the little kiosk were taken by a professional! However, 7.2 mega pixels can take up quite a lot of memory and so the camera enables you to choose the quality of your photos with the option of 1 mega pixel, 3 mega pixels, 5 mega pixels or 7 mega pixels! The photos taken on the 3 and 5 mega pixels are also excellent; not as good as the 7 mega pixels, but it enables you to take plenty more photos!
When I got the camera, it was supplied with a memory stick, but I'm glad Dad .... whoops .... Santa had his thinking cap on the day he bought the memory card, because he also bought me a 256MB memory stick. The memory card that is supplied has very little space, and I would highly recommend buying a much larger one because when you start using this camera you will be totally snap happy!
Another thing which I found fantastic with this camera is the battery's durability! I charged my camera up before my trip to Hong Kong and China this summer, which lasted 12 days, and by the time I came home I still had plenty of battery left. The screen on the camera shows you how much battery is left by telling you how many more minutes worth of use you have!
The only thing that I can fault this camera with is its use at night time. When I have been out to parties or dinners the pictures have still been great in dimmer settings, however when you want to take photos outside at night with no help from outside lighting the pictures aren't so good and can come out a tad blurry!
The camera is excellent because there are a number of things you can do with it! Not only does it shoot photos, it also takes vidos, however most cameras can do that today. There is the use of zoom, self-timer and selecting a flash mode so that if you are shooting images against a light source you know the photo will still come out well! There is the option of using the "Red Eye Reduction" which means that the flash pre-strobes before shooting to reduce the red-eye phenomenon.
When taking the photo there are a number of modes to select such as twighlight mode which allows you to shoot night scenes at far distance without losing the dark atmosphere of the surroundings or landscape mode which focuses only on a distant subject to shoot landscapes etc. There is also the choice of twighlight portrait mode, soft nap mode, snow mode, beach mode, high speed shutter mood, fireworks mode and candle mode.
Finally another thing which is fantastic if you want to create a different look is the option of shoting with special effects. You can choose to take your photos in colour, black and white, or sepia. There are many more things you can do to be creative with your photos such as zooming in and re-arraging the shape of them, but it is best to read the instrucion manual to get those step by step helpful pointers.
The camera comes packed with a free memory card like I have already mentioned, cables to link it up to your computer and cables to charge it with. It also comes with a very detailed instruction manual in pretty much any language you wish to read it in as well as the "Picture Packagae" application software which you can download onto your computer to enable you to view your photos!
Unfortunately I don't know what my camera cost because Santa bought it in South Africa for me, however, I did spot it in a photograph developing shop the other day and it was selling at £270.
This is an expensive piece of equipment but I'd seriously recommend it because the photos are of great quality and will leave you with some fantastic memories!
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Sounds great ... it's a shame you didn't post some pictures!? Cheers. Christina ;-) x
eldergill 22.09.2005 09:34
You're lucky to have such a generous Dad...er..I mean Santa.
RICHADA 21.09.2005 20:30
Super review on a superb product! We have the slightly earlier P100 - looks identoical to yours but had 5.2magapixels. The results are stunning, I'll be sticking with Sony digital camera's now. Richard.
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