Chokes in low light, Sony CyberShot DSC-S950

Advantages: user friendly, good picture quality, smart looks
Disadvantages: bad focus, problems while shooting in low light

...To be honest I am basically a Sony sound system fanatic simply because I am a person to whom music means a lot, but it is also true I have an inherent weakness for the sony brand name itself. Although I am not a professional photographer but photography does interest me a lot and on top of that there are friends who are professionals in this field. I came across Sony Cybershot DSC-S950 through one of my friends, what attracted me was its silvery looks (not that it is available in silver only, pink and black variations are also available) and since it was there with him I borrowed it in order to try it out for a while. The slick looks impressed me a lot. Over all the quality seemed to me to be quite okay. I got excellent results shooting out doors with rapid shutter speed in IS ISO100 mode, in fact the 4x zoom did not hinder the picture...

roktimdutta 21.05.2009 · Read review
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H5

Advantages: Sony Quality, Carl Zeiss lens, 12x optical zoom, BIG screen!
Disadvantages: Battery life, large if you're used to compacts,

...your hands will make it very hard to leave the shop without it! It oozes quality. First impressions of the Sony H5 will impress on you the physical size of the machine compared to the small and light compacts you and I may have been used to. The wonderful 3" lcd screen dominates the back of the camera making framing and reviewing of shots a pleasure on the eyes, the image is super clear and accurate. It took me a while to suss out all the controls and settings as I'd been used to the Canon's control system but once mastered you'll find it quick and easy to capture the perfect shot. The jog wheel under the shutter release button (similar to SLR cameras) makes changing aperture and shutter speed settings a breeze, especially while using the EVF, means you don't need to take your eye away to look at the buttons, the same information is...

mr.blue.sky 11.11.2006 (22.01.2007) · Read review
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Sony And Conscious

Advantages: Wait a minute, it's in the review
Disadvantages: Not many but the ones there are pretty shrill

...Tiny little professional. That?s what I call Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-T900. It?s perfectly aware what is expected of it, and does it with aplomb and alacrety. It is impressive and impressive all the way. It?s not just like that billions world over think of Sony first and then any body else while choosing a camera and prepaid pay for it. THE DESIGN: The Sony Cyber-Shot DSC T900, is an elegant, stylish, ultra compact digital camera with almost all the latest of technologies tucked inside it. Boasting of class with metal body , sliding front plate and folded optics. The wrist strap wounds up from the right to behave as a thumbrest. Just the power and shutter buttons right on top. The zoom ring loops the shutter release and a switch behind the ring to toggle between capturing movies and stills. Playback control is at the top of the screen...

roktimdutta 24.06.2009 (29.10.2009) · Read review
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Capture the perfct shot, with Sony Cyber-shot.

Advantages: Great zoom, and clear pictures.
Disadvantages: Quite highly priced, and not likely to be returned to you if you loose it.

...The Sony Cyber shot camera is situated at the higher end of the compact cameras market with prices ranging from £120 upwards. It may be fairly expensive, but it is well worth it. I bought this camera for my birthday one year, and it lasted me at least two years, until I recently lost it. I had one problem with it during those two years, when the lens failed to open, but I sent it to Sony and they were happy to repair it. Since then it was problem free. One disadvantage is, as it is high quality camera, and looks attractive; when you leave it on a seat and walk off, it's not likely to stay there for very long in this ay and age, as I discovered. The 10.3 megapixels ensure high qulity, non-pixelated photos and I printed a few of my photos off A3 size, and the quality was still impecable. The zoom is excellent aswell, with 4x...

Charleygreen16 11.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony CyberShot DSC-S950

Point and shoot the Sony way!

Advantages: Great features, good image quality and all at a great price.
Disadvantages: Only a couple (see review)!

...The last camera review I wrote was on the fantastic Sony A700 DSLR and at the time I mentioned that Sony are still very new in the DSLR market, they are however very well established in the point and shoot market and the camera I am reviewing today (the Cyber-shot DSC-W220) is the latest in their fabulous Cyber-shot W range. It comes in the usual range of colours (silver, black, blue and red, with a pink version no doubt on the way soon). It was only released in March so it is still relatively new on the market but the price has come down fairly quickly, having been released at over £200 you can now pick one up for around the £140 mark. This is the first budget range Cyber-shot camera to feature many of the settings that were previously only found in Sony`s premium range. The premium features that can be found in this camera...

thebigc1690 03.06.2009 · Read review
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W100

Advantages: Clear ;LCD screen, lightweight, easy to use instructions.
Disadvantages: Memory sticks are different to older Sony cameras and we needed to buy a card reader to download pictures to computer.

...and you can recharge overnight again on holiday. I have listed below some of the features: 8.1 Effective Megapixel "Anti-blur" ISO1250 High Sensitivity Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® Lens 3x Optical Zoom, up to 15x Smart Zoom, 6x Precision Digital Zoom 2.5" (6.2cm) LCD Monitor Stamina Battery Life (approx 360 shots by CIPA standard) Slim & Compact High Quality Metal Body Rechargeable Li-ion Battery & Charger included Quick Operation (Start-up 1.3 sec, Shutter Time Lag 0.3 sec, Shutter Release Lag 0.001sec) New "Cyber-shot Viewer" Software Supplied Real Imaging Processor Macro 6cm 16:9 Mode for Wide Screen TV Internal Memory 64MB MPEG VX Fine with Audio 100% LCD Field of view AF Illuminator Histogram Indication USB 2.0 High Speed Transfer Optical View Finder Scene Selection Mode The camera is very easy to use espcially if...

Susanimber 16.08.2006 · Read review
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W100

Advantages: Small, well-built, solid, excellent pictures
Disadvantages: none identified

...PC Sony recommends that the included "Cyber-shot Viewer" Software supplied be installed onto your PC. This will enable you to view pictures on the camera and provided some limited editing feature. I didn't bother. I was quite happy to connect it to my PC using the included USB lead and let Windows do all the work. If you are, like me, running Windows XP the system immediately picks up the connection of a new device, recognises it as a Sony W100 and then prompts what you want to do with it, view files, copy files etc. As I am quite comfortable using Windows Explorer, I viewed the files. I chose to do it this way for one simple reason. I do not usually print my photographs out. I have done, but this has been the exception rather than the rule. I am used to how my monitor displays pictures and am more likely to pick up any problems by...

Chrisb_9 23.11.2006 · Read review
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W170

Advantages: yes
Disadvantages: no

...really impressed me is the ISO high sensitivity setting. On my old camera any images I took in the twilight hours were extremelly dark and were unsalvagable, but with the sony cybershot I no longer have this problem! The ISO setting uses any light it can detect to enhance the resultant image. Excellant for those evening shots of the scenary on holiday to make all your friends jealous! The user menus on this camera are really easy to use and even offer a slideshow of the images on the memory to music!! A rechargable battery comes as standard with this camera and can be recharged via the charger supplied which gives youplenty of charge to go snapping all day long! Overall I am really impressed with this camera it has given me some fantastic pictures. It does take a short while to familiarise yourself with the different setting and also there is...

vinothyuii 25.03.2009 · Read review
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W130 Great Camera

Advantages: Great Picture Quality
Disadvantages: Internal Memory

...The great Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W130, superb digital camera with 8 megapixel camera brilliant picture quality, it retails around £190, which is good for what you get, lets start with the design; Rounded corners and an attractive brushed metal front plate .It uses small circular buttons for menu control, the buttons are laid out comfortably around the camera's direction pad and feel much more accessible to large-thumbed users. The shape is perfect for storage purposes and its stylish black design helps it stand out from the rest. From its predecessor they have improved the length of the length, which helps for zoom length over long distances. Features The W130 has 8-megapixel resolution, 64mm (2.5-inch) LCD, and optical viewfinder. It also includes face detection function with Smile Shutter, a handy mode that lets the camera...

rickm1232 23.02.2009 · Read review
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Sony Cyber-Shot

Advantages: Good Size, Picture Quality
Disadvantages: Loose battery cover

...Sony DSC-S650 Some of it's features 7.2 Mega pixels 3 X Optical zoom 2.0" LCD monitor High sensitivity ISO 1000 This is a small lightweight camera made by Sony a leading brand in lots of electrical items including digital cameras. It is silver in colour with a easy to view good sized screen display. It has a varying zoom setting to make things further away easier to picture. I have taken lots of pictures with this camera and used nearly all the settings it has including the sports mode which i find really usefull for photographing moving objects. The pictures come out in really good sharp quality all most life like so we have treasured photos to keep forever. It isn't very good when the light is not so good but the flash does help improve this but then the picture quality as not as good as it would be in broad...

Hsaxo 20.03.2008 · Read review
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