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| Review Date: March 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Anand P, India |
Value for the money you spend
- Nice picture quality
- Low on features
- Takes longer time for some actions (example deleting image, switching on the camera takes abt 15 seconds )
- Overall much better than any other Sony Cybershot camera.
I had Kodak. It was way better than Sony. Not sure why I gave up KodakZ712 for Cybershot. :) |
Excellent for tne novice
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| Review Date: March 8, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Goose, Wisconsin |
| This is a camera I purchased for my wife who has problems with setting the camera to the proper shot mode. Put this camera in auto and she's ready to go. All of her shots turned out great. She lost the blury pictures and the dark figures with the bright background. Easy to off load pictures so she can do that herself now. It is bigger than her last sony but she claims this is easier for her to hold steady and the hand hold makes that possible. As far as battery life goes we are getting approxmittly 150 to 175 pictures per battery. However these are batteries she had from her last camera. Overall we are happy with this purchase. |
Great Camera!
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| Review Date: March 6, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Shanel L. Seger, Northern Lower Michigan |
I was very nervous about buying a new camera that was this much money, but I am very glad I did! I had an old Sony Cybershot, and wanted an update.
My main thing I was looking for was a Sony camera that zoomed in while filming, and this is the cheapest one I could find. Although I haven't had the chance to do much filming with it, I am very happy with it so far! I took it to my little brother's basketball game and got some amazing photos! I couldn't believe the clarity, and they weren't blurry! I also love how far it zooms in. I got some awesome shots of some bald eagles and they were across a field! I am looking forward to taking this to concerts with me and trying it out.
Although this camera is a little more bulkier than I'm used to, it's definitely not as big as I was expecting. If you're questioning whether this is a good camera for you, I recommend going to Best Buy and looking at it in person. But be sure to buy it from Amazon, it's cheaper and the free shipping was SUPER fast! |
Sony is superb!
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| Review Date: March 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: G. Hertel, |
| My first digital camera was a Sony Mavica (MVC-FD73) --remember? The one that recorded to 3.5" disks. I loved that camera but became unhappy with the low resolution. My second digital was an HP. I was unhappy with that one because it had such a slow response time. Not a good feature when you're trying to capture pics of active grandkids -- also, I missed the 10x zoom of the Mavica. I read all the reviews of high zoom cameras and decided to go with the Sony Cyber-Shot. My good experience with the Mavica was the deciding factor in purchasing the Cyber-Shot. I have not been disappointed. The camera is easy to use, takes excellent pictures, has an almost indetectable click-to-record delay, and has many other good features. I was very impressed by the clarity and color of the pictures. I also like the feature that allows you to select the resolution from the 480x640 size to a 10 Megapixel file. With a 4 GB memory stick, there's room for hundreds of 10 Meg images or thousands of lesser-sized images. The camera also takes videos and with a 4 GB stick will record for several minutes. The ease with which I was able to show the pictures and videos on my TV was impressive. Transfer to a computer is equally simple. I have had the camera for about a month and am still learning about some of its features. I am very pleased with my purchase. |
much improved from the h5
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| Review Date: February 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: rj, chicago |
| this is my 3rd sony digital camera and each one has improved from the previous model. the sony h20 has intelligent auto which knows what type of picture you want to take and sets itself accordingly. compared to the h5, i lose 2x in zoom (10 vs 12), but the size is cut in half. i thought it would make a great backup to the h5. it looks like the h5 is the backup to my h20. i will write more when i return from new zealand and australia and let you know how the h20 faired. |
Great Buy
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| Review Date: February 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: ssss, |
| This Item is just super. The HD video taping is just excellent,Picture quality great ease of use great. You all can close your eyes and buy this one. The best mid level camera. |
DSLR without the price--Great pictures, amazing videos.
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| Review Date: February 18, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Alexes Spencer, |
This product takes amazing pictures. I attend concerts a lot, and prior to getting this camera, I used disposable cameras and camera phones. If I wasn't right up front, the pictures were terrible. I can stand in the back of a venue and zoom in with this camera, and get some great shots of musicians.
I usually leave the camera on "P," even in low light. I don't like the camera's twilight feature most of the time, especially in a low-light environment that happens to include a lot of strobes, etc.
The gourmet food feature is pretty awesome though. I had to cover a bake-off for my college's paper, and the cookies and cakes look good enough to eat.
I also have endless hours of fun with the smile detector. Your friends just can't help but laugh once the camera starts going off over and over.
I highly recommend this camera to anyone who needs a camera in their life. As long as you have a slightly decent artistic eye, the pictures you'll get with this camera could easily rival a DSLR, and you don't have to worry about the price.
On top of that, if you're the kind of person who likes live music, this camera takes amazing live videos. Anyone knows live videos usually sound like animals dying. With this camera, you can hear the song, and depending on the band's sound quality live, you can get some almost album-quality recordings. |
love this camera
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| Review Date: February 16, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Sue Chin, NYC |
| love the 10x optical zoom, and easy to use, beautiful optics of a Sony. very pleased with the price on Amazon as well. |
No RAW output.
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| Review Date: February 15, 2010 |
| Reviewer: JWC, USA |
| One of the best for the price. Excellent ergonomics. Flash too hot up close too weak more than fifteen feet. Controls somewhat confusing. Manual operation limited. No RAW output. Unable to disable some features that are unneeded or unwanted. Still - probably better than the rest that cost a third more. |
Nice camera, having fun with it
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| Review Date: February 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: David Noller, Blacksburg, VA USA |
I spent a long, long time researching this camera and I ended up comparing it to the following cameras: Canon PowerShot SX200IS 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3.0-inch LCD (Red) and Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 12x Wide Angle MEGA Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 3 inch LCD (Black). This was a very difficult decision for me as each of these cameras has strong points and weak points and none of them are perfect. My favorite sites for doing this research, btw, are dpreview, imaging-resource, cameralabs and photographyblog.
So, why did I pick this camera over the other two I looked at? Let me answer those one at a time:
(1) SX200 - this one was very tempting to me. I really liked the range on the lens (12x, starting at 28mm vs 38mm 10x for the H20) and I also liked how it looked, especially the red one. My last camera was a Canon A80, so this was a very natural upgrade for me to consider. I liked, for example, all the manual control with this camera (it has shutter and aperture priority, which my H20 does not (but it does have a manual mode where you can set these manually). But, this camera had three issues that worried me: (1) I saw way too many references to lens errors with this camera (check the 1 star reviews and google it), (2) the camera cannot zoom optically while taking movies and (3) when I compared the pictures side-by-side to the H20 (which a couple of the sites I mentioned let you do) the H20 pictures were crisper and sharper and had more detail, which I like. Based on what I read, the MP4 HD movie format of my H20 should be more compact and easier to work with than the MOV format of the Canon.
(2) ZS3 - okay, this one looks like a nice camera. It has stereo sound in movies and it also has optical zoom, like the H20. Another nice thing about the ZS3 is that the lens zooms more quietly then my H20 - you can hear the lens motor moving the lens in and out on the H20 and I did not notice that in ZS3 movies I listened to on Youtube. In the end, the ZS3 is really a straight point and shoot, however, and it does not have much in the way of manual controls (I would put the H20 in between the Canon and the ZS3 in this regard) and I really like to fool around with settings, so for me this was a negative. Other than that though, the ZS3 looked like a good camera (It also has a nice range lens, 25-300mm). I did get the impression in reviews that maybe my H20 took better straight photos then this one, although I would give the ZS3 the nod when it comes to HD movie capability.
What do I like about the H20?
* Solid construction, does not feel fragile
* Takes excellent, sharp, clear photos with good, natural color
* Good intelligent auto mode - has a feature here where it will take an extra photo with slightly tweaked settings so you can choose the best one to keep
* Takes very good HD movies with optical zoom (but mono sound)
* Allows me to play with settings (manual mode, etc)
* Fast - check reviews for FPS (e.g. CNET), it is a fast camera compared to others (such as the Canon)
* Good flash, can be adjusted
* Nice, clear LCD (but can be a bit difficult to see in bright sun)
* This camera has excellent image stabilization (check that at cameralabs)
What don't I like?
* I wish it had a wider angle lens at the low end like the other two cameras I looked at
* The optical zoom makes a noise when I use it while taking movies
* It does not have an HDMI port on it, so you have to get one of these Sony VMC-MHC2 DSC HD Accessory Audio Video and USB Cable (Black) to connect it to your HD TV
* I would have preferred AA batteries, although some reviews claim that cameras are slower because of those
* 10x zoom is good, but 20x is better!
* Low light movies indoors are grainy
Besides the cable I linked, I got this case for it: Sony LCS-CSD General Carrying Case for Compatible Cybershot Digital Cameras and this screen protector/battery combo: eForcity Reusable Screen Protector + NP-BG1 Li-Ion Battery for Sony DSC-H20. The case fits it very well and has room for the extra battery. The battery works fine as well and seems to have equivalent life to the OEM battery (I can use the charger that came with the camera to charge it).
All in all, I am happy with the camera. I have had no problems with it and, within the limitations of its lens (no wide angle), it takes excellent photos and movies. |
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