1. 3.2 megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor captures enough detail for prints up to 11 x 14
2. 3x optical zoom plus 3.2x digital zoom (9.6x total)
3. MPEG VX movie mode with audio recording; 1.5-inch LCD
4. Includes 16 MB Memory Stick; compatible with Memory Stick Pro media
5. Powered by 2100 mAh NiMH rechargeable AA batteries (included with charger); connects with PCs and Macs compatible with USB 2.0

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Good camera but similar issues

I've had this camera for three years now. I've experienced all the same issues as many folks here. The strange power off/with lens open, then reversing. The only thing I've done is immediately remove the batteries after turning on the camera while pushing the lens in. it works!

I have a suggestion for those of you with blurry pictures. This camera has 5-6 settings for the quality of photos. If you press the trash icon button while in regular mode (do not have an image up screen) the menu for image size will appear. These are jgs folks. They are pixel based and can be very small. Also jpgs are meant for screen viewing, not printing, so you need to boost them up in order to get decent prints from these images. If you want clear images..please try to use the highest setting possible in order for the camera to record as many pixels of information. I use the highest setting 3.1M (other options are 2.8M, 2.0, 1.2 and VGA (which is the lowest and will give you terribly blurry picutres). It's quite easy to mistakenly press this button and change the image size, (this happened to us once while on vacation..terribly frustrating when I discovered what should have been beautiful, mmemorable photos were all at a low resolution.) Please give this a try

I'm all for class action suit vis a vis the battery chomping and lens issues. It's uncanny how often this has happened to so many people.

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Great Camera - Vivid outdoor pics

Did alot of research before buying - had the camera 2+ years and it takes awesome and vivid outdoor pics but indoor tends to be a little "warm" (read orange/reddish) in auto mode. No dial to change settings - you have go into a menu system. Has good flash and takes good 640X480 movies (with sound) limited in time only by memory space. Only complaint is recharge time between flash shots - 3 to 4 seconds. I was surprised to see that it is still avaialable.

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TOO MANY BLURRY PICTURES!

Good color BUT NOT reliable to take clear pictures. TOO MANY BLURRY PICTURES! Thinking about class action on Sony as there are a bunch out there that have the same issue.
VERY disappointed.

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pretty good over all

a good first camera, it is cheap and has good simple to use auto modes. The macro mode was a bit disapointing, it is difficult to get clear pictures with alot of detail but not imposible. low light videos or pictures with out a flash tend to have a red tint to them. It is a bit large for the features it offers, and the softwear which came with it was not very user friendly. I have been pleased with it for pictures of family and friends. pointing and shooting usualy yields good clear pictures which I have been able to enlarge to 16" by 22" with no distortion. The video mode works well for capturing fun moments, but most be taken in a well light area.

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My Review of the Sony Digital Camera Cyber-shot 3.2MP

I gave this camera to my children to take pictures of my grandchildren who live in another country. They post them to a site on the internet, and I can see them as well as order paper copies. The camera works well, and we are all pleased with it.

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1. 5-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 13-by-17-inch enlargements
2. 3x optical zoom plus 2x digital zoom for 6x total
3. Carl Zeiss optics; high-resolution movie mode with sound; large 2.5-inch LCD
4. Compatible with Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro media; includes 32 MB card
5. Powered by 2 AA batteries (NiMH rechargeables included); connects to PCs and Macs via USB 2.0

Customer Review :

Dead Mega pixels after 1 year....

You got it... I loved this camera until I was on vacation in New Zealand and my mega pixels started to die. Yes, within two weeks of the first one dying... three of the mega pixels died leaving me with these nasty looking black circles in all of my shots. I sent it back to have it repaired and they told me it would be the same price as buying a new camera. So... after a year of a decent camera, I found it just didn't last for the money. I am back on the market for a new camera. I wouldn't recommend it because of that purpose and the cost of having it repaired after a year when it could also break. On the plus side, I loved that it was black and could fit in my pocket.

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DSC-W1

Great camera although a little slow when taking pictures in low light conditions. I got a kick out of the bad review from Dec 22, 2006. The same thing happened to my DSC-W1, although it is not megaPixels dying. The dark spots are caused by dirt trapped inside the camera from using it in a dusty location. I had mine cleaned (including CCD) and the dark spots are now gone.

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Fantastic Pocket Digital Camera

I purchased this camera on July 29, 2004 and have been very happy with it's performance. It takes great pictures, easy to use, great menu's and it is very good looking. The DSC-W1 has exceeded all my expectations and has been a pleasure to use. If you are in the market for a point and shoot, plus, numerous and easy adjustments, your'll love this camera.

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1. Sony Cybershot DSC-T500 10.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization
2. 4 Gigabyte Pro-Duo Memory Stick - Sony Memory Stick Wallet
3. Sony Digital Camera Carrying Case
4. Package of LCD Screen Protectors - Flexible Mini Tripod
5. Cleaning and Care Kit - BONUS!!! FREE 25 Quality Prints (promo code# on invoice)

Editorial Review :

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T500/B is a powerful camera, yet small enough to carry in your pocket. This ultra-compact 10.1-megapixel, 5X zoom camera can also record 720p high definition video and even take a picture while recording. Share your videos and pictures on the huge 3.5" touch-screen LCD, your PC or compatible HDTV. Equipped with Face Detection technology that automatically adjusts exposure and color to make faces look their best as well as High Sensitivity ISO 3200 for low light shooting without a flash, it's easy to capture the perfect moment. +PLUS+ 4GB MEMORY STICK - SONY MEMORY WALLET - SONY CASE - SCREEN PROTECTOR - MINI TRIPOD - CLEANING KIT - 25 FREE PRINTS!!!

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1. 5-megapixel sensor (2592 x 1944 pixels) for enlargements up to 20 x 30 inches
2. 3x optical zoom plus 2x digital zoom for 6x total
3. High-resolution movie mode with sound; A/V output to TV; 9-shot burst; histogram display
4. Compatible with Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro media; includes 32 MB card
5. Powered by 2 AA batteries (NiMH rechargeables included); connects to PCs and Macs via USB 2.0

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review sony cybershot dscp93 5mpdigital camera with optical zoom

very good but rechargabale battery dosnt last long .second drawback is you that picture cannot be enlarged very much. i wish it had a camera cover.

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Used to be great.

I've had this camera for almost 2 years now. All of a sudden it has the black screen LCD and is useless. It's not on the recall list like many other Cybershots for this problem. Sony will fix it for 181.00 plus. Not worth it. This will be my very last Sony camera.

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Terrific picture quality

The quality of the photos produced by this camera is outstanding. Absolutely no trace of purple fringing on high-contrast scenes. No jpeg artifacts to hide the details. Most of the 5 megapixel cameras I have used produce photos that look good when they're reduced to 1280x1024 pixels or so, but when you look at them in full resolution you see blurriness in the details, or fringing around objects. There is absolutely none of that with this camera.

Add to that the ease of use and the wealth of exposure controls (full auto, shutter and aperture priority auto, and complete manual, along with a few programmed modes). This may not be a top end camera for the professional photographer, but it is well suited to beginners to serious amateurs.

The only caveat I can think of is the digital zoom. This works by effectively cropping the photo, thereby reducing the final image resolution. It's probably best to let the camera use its full resolution and then do your cropping at your leisure with good photo editing software on your computer.


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Worst camera ever

I bought this camera a couple of years ago in amazon, and it work fine for about five months. After that, it didn't turn on, or it worked for a while and then turned off when you took the picture, leaving the lens outside. Too bad I couln't return it, but it was definitely a waste of money. Don't even bother.

Strange to find a sony product this bad.

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My Best Friend

Clearly this camera isn't really my best friend, i actually know humans too but it was close to it. I bought this camera in late 2004 because my family was getting ready to take trip to the beautiful country of Nicaragua to visit some family (i'm a halfy, my dad's from Missouri) so i NEEDED to have a camera. at that time, this camera was the hottest thing you could find for that money, and i bought mine at Best Buy-everythingoverpriced. Anyway, if you're looking for a great, durable camera, this is the one for you. Countless times i've seen my camera on a tripod fall due lack of brains on my friends' part but some how i never learned my lesson. Most people don't like the size of this camera but i say other wise. Why would you want a camera so tiny that it feels like you can crush it in your hands. On the down side of this camera, after nearly crushing my friends' newer cameras, i fell in love with the LCD that puts this one to shame. I can literally put my thumb over the screen of this camera. But is screen size really what matters? This camera contended with cameras today pretty well. it has an EXCELLENT shutter programer that i found to be more useful than i thought and plenty of mode settings to shoot in all sorts of conditions. i was very impressed with the macro mode in which i shot many things such flowers, weird bugs and we were fortunate enough to be at the right beach at the right time to see baby sea turtles hatch and make they're way to the ocean. beautiful pictures!
if you're not happy with just picture, the video side to this camera is also impressive. My friends and I took second place at our high school film festival (that actually sounds pretty lame) using this camera. first place, of course, was a second movie we submitted. the quality of the video is pretty good, depending on what setting you have it on, and USEFUL! if there's ever a moment when pictures just arne't enough, it take little energy and time to switch this camera to video mode. this camera has it all. i highly recommend it.
In December 2007-January 2008, my family and I took another trip to Nicaragua. I wasn't able to find enough money to buy a nice dslr(i bought a cheap care instead) so i brought along with me my trusty P93. I can honestly say that i took the best pictures that i have ever taken (with out using my dad's Rebel) with that camera. Sadly, my P93, carrying case, and all 5 memory cards i had bought were all stolen after about a week of being there. It seriously felt like one of my best friends just moved away with warning. coincidentally, before leaving Nicaragua, I saw a guy that had a brand new P93 and he was as happy as could be.

Pros:
*VERY STRONG AND DURABLE
*comfortable to hold
*great shutter programing
*doesn't waste batteries quickly
*extremely easy to use
*unexpectedly good video mode
*good sound quality

Cons:
*some times i wished i had a bigger screen but then you just get over it
*"Only 5.1 megapixels! but i need WAY MORE than that!" Shut Up! sure this camera only has 5.1, but hey! do you really need that much more for a simple point and shoot. it never really got in my way too much.
*some times the auto mode tries to get ahead of it's self and just freaks out, better off using program modes
*i accidentally cover the microphone with my finger some times

i fell in love with this camera

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1. 8.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD captures enough detail for photo-quality 16 x 22-inch prints
2. Carl Zeiss 3x optical zoom lens; 2.5-inch LCD display
3. High Sensitivity Mode (ISO 3200) allows for shooting even in low-light conditions
4. MPEG Movie VX Fine mode captures VGA (640 x 480) audio/video clips at high frame rate
5. HD output; HD slide show with music feature

Editorial Review :

With 8.1-Megapixel the DSC-T20 delivers clarity to group photos and snapshots for greater detail in big prints. The Carl Zeiss 3x optical zoom lens design along with Face Detection feature optimizes natural tones in faces. High Definition output makes photos look even more spectacular when you share them with friends and family on your HDTV screens. Sony Super HAD(TM) (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD design allows more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise. With Super SteadyShot(R) Image Stabilization and high sensitivity ISO 3200, the DSC-T20 compensates for shaky hands, minimizes blur, brightens images and allows flash-free shooting. Sony Clear RAW Noise Reduction reduces the picture noise that can ruin low-light shots. The DSC-T20 lets you add creative effects to photos after you shoot including soft edge filter to soften backgrounds, cross filter to place starry dazzles at highlight points, partial color filter to mute surrounding colors, even fish-eye filter to create interesting fish-eye lens effects. The DSC-T20 provides up to 380 shots with a fully charged NP-BG1 Lithium Ion battery. 1/2.5-inch Super HAD(TM) CCD Imaging Device Exposure Compensation - 1/3 EV Step Increments Focal Length - 6.33 - 19 mm 35mm Equivalent - 38 - 114 mm Focus - 9 Area Multi-Point AF, Center AF, Spot AF Shutter Speed - 1/4-1/1000 seconds (Auto), 1-1/1000 seconds (Program Auto) Aperture Range - f3.5-5.6 (W), f4.3-10 (T) Self-Timer - 10 seconds, 2 seconds & Off White Balance - Automatic, Cloudy, Daylight, Fluorescent 1, Fluorescent 2, Fluorescent 3, Incandescent & Flash Power Save Mode - After 3 minutes of inactivity In-Camera Editing - Red-eye reduction HD 1080i Output Flash Modes - Auto, Forced On, Forced Off, Slow Synch Scene Modes - Beach, Fireworks, High Sensitivity, High Speed Shutter, Landscape, Snow, Soft Snap, Twilight & Twilight Portrait Operating Sys

Customer Review :

Muy buena cámara!

Necesitaba una cámara buena, pequeña y moderna. Pues esta tiene todo lo que busco. Muy buena cantidad de Mp, la pantalla con buena imagen, fotos de buena calidad, lo mas importante es la duración de la bateria, con ella puedo hacer muchisimos disparos. Me dura más del triple que duraba la anterior. La recomiendo por encima de la cámara de toque en la pantalla, pues la bateria dura mucho mas... La recomiendo 100%


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Waste of money

This camera takes worse pictures than my old 3MP camera.!!! Pictures are grainy and out of focus. Especially indoor pictures, very bad.

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Don't lose the moment you want to capture!

The camera is nice and small, definitely an advantage over my old one.

I'm annoyed Sony has to have their own memory card rather than using the SD chip I'm used to - cost me another $70.

My biggest complaint is the menus. They are not intuitive at ALL. My old Kodak has a dial to switch between capture modes. This could be done quickly with ease so I could take a picture and then 5 seconds later start recording a video.

This thing...I was actually too embarrassed to use one night because the event I wanted pictures of had already started and the thing was so noisy with it's little beeps and boops and I couldn't quietly find out how to turn the sound off so as to not disturb those around me.

There is nothing intuitive about switching modes on this thing. Scrolls do not loop bottom/top right/left, so to get to movie mode you've got four buttons to hit.

I've had the camera for two months now and I still have trouble switching modes. You don't go to select, and then hit right to scroll through options. You go to select, OK (which since you haven't done anything is the last thing you think of, THEN hit "Menu" and scroll through options.

And if you want to go back to standard auto, it's not on that selector, it's got a standalone menu.

Every time I try and scroll through options I'm met with error messages that the current mode doesn't support flash/closeup, since the right/left buttons double as the 'quick set' for those, respectively. Of course, I'm not trying to change flash settings at all, just move from ISC/landscape whatever to standard photo.

I don't know how many amazing shots I've missed or had come out blurry because I was in the wrong mode and it took me so long to navigate to the correct mode that I missed the great shot. It may take great pictures, but menus HAVE to be intuitive if you're going to take great pictures of the moments you want.

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Excellent Point and Shoot Camera

I purchased this camera after Christmas, so I have had it almost six months. I am very impressed with this camera (I have the silver one that I had purchased at Staples on sale).

>My only problem with this camera is the battery. I have a difficult time keeping it charged. If I want to minimize battery usage, I try to keep my picture viewing at a minimum. For the most part, I can get away with using it for five days until I need to recharge it.

>The screen is amazing, but I am always nervous it might get a scratch on it, because it is so large. It currently has fingerprints all over the screen, which is understandable due to it's large size. (I do not have the touchscreen version)

>My favorite part is the "Program Auto" mode that is on the Home Menu. I find the "White Balances" settings on it to be extremely useful. You can change it from Flourescent 1, 2, 3, Daylight, Cloudy, Incandescent, or Auto. This is the best way for me to get excellent photos in a house (or even outside). I used to leave my camera on the auto mode, but now it's always on Program Auto so I can change the light settings. For me, I think it's as good as the invention of sliced bread!

This is a wonderful camera if you don't mind charging it often. I would highly suggest you buy a spare battery when you get this camera, to save you in case the original dies on you. As I stated earlier, I have enjoyed this camera since December, and plan to use it for many, many months to come. If you are searching for an easy, useful, point-and-shoot camera, it's a good option for you.



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SuperSteady shot Camera

You can go 40km per hr, and still get national geographic photos with this awesome camera! It's super Fab! I just bought this for the second time (first cam was stolen after 6 months) and tried a few newer cameras, different models and brands, and decided to hunt down this camera. All the stores told me they are discontinued, so I was SO happy when I found a couple for sale online!
High recommended! No flash required, Awesome pics every time!

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