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Summary: Terrific All Around Camera and Mini Video Recorder
Review: I own 4 other digital cameras (digital hobbiest)and bought this one because it seemed to be a pretty nifty overall camera that was small to carry. Went to Las Vegas last week with this camera and found it to be very easy to use with outstanding picture quality and color reproduction. I was even more pleasantly surprised when I got home and downloaded some of the movie clips I had taken at a show in a darkened theater. The results were excellent (for a digital camera) with outstanding sound too. The MPEG video sucks up memory pretty quick in high res, but gives really great video and audio for a camera that is not considered a camcorder. Very easy to use and super small to carry.
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Summary: Shutter delay makes this camera unusable.
Review: I received this camera yesterday and began trying it out. I tried to take pictures of my cat and my daughter under medium light conditions (indoors at night, but well lit). The shutter delay made taking pictures impossible. I depressed the shutter half way and waited, but my cat ran out of the room (frightened by the bright orange autofocus helper light) before the camera could get ready to take the picture and my 3 year old looked away. The average shutter delay for these conditions was around 3sec(which is completely unacceptable). The autofocus has such a hard time with lighting that half of the pictures turned out blurry. I would not recommend this camera for anyone who wants to take candid pictures of real subjects. It's almost impossible even using burst mode to capture those "once in a lifetime" shots. Also when I called SONY tech support for help I wasted a bunch of time with an automated system and finally got to a guy with a thick accent that was difficult to understand. He basically read page 21 out of the manual to me. What a joke!This could be a good camera if the shutter delay was shorter. On still life objects the camera gave impressive results and great special effects - like the sepia mode. Also the movie capture is very cool if you can get the proper lighting. I would not buy this camera again. I am actually returning it.
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Summary: Please read the review from WOOFUSDOG
Review: This is a great product. It does what it is intended to do in a capable fashion with little hassle
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Read the review by WOOFUSDOG, it is detailed and CORRECT
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I can add 2 notes: The lithium ion battery in this model is a great upgrade compared with the P92. This camera has a better "fit and finish" when compared to the DSC P92. This, and some added photographic flexibility make this camera a better buy, even at a higher price. NO "non-SLR" camera shoots the same image that is viewed in the viewfinder. Te SONY manual notes this, this is NOT a defect, as cited in another review. When it is too bright to see the LCD, adjust the backlight and brightness, it can be viewed in ANY light. Read the manual, it helps. Buy this camera, a 256mb memory stick, and ADOBE Photoshop Elements for a complete package. READ THE MANUAL....this is a great product if you take the time to learn how to use it........
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Summary: Corrections for the reviewers who wrote incorrect things
Review: As I was reading some of the reviews posted for this camera, I felt compelled to clarify some of the glaring errors in other reviews. For my complete review, please scroll down. maflleje complained thoroughly about how there is no black and white shooting mode. Despite claiming to be an "advanced point and shoot user" he still has not figured out the basics. Turn the dial to SCN and press "menu", it's right there. You can even shoot in Sepia, negative and many other modes that have come with Sony's for a long time.
Another incorrect statement is that burst mode takes 3 pictures in succession, when it can actually take up to 16. Also, the lack of a swivel LCD is also irrelevant, because the only digital camera that comes with that also happens to be terrible. The Nikon coolpix has a swivel LCD, and I have never seen such awful pictures from a digital camera as I have seen from that coolpix. And no, the included 32MB stick cannot take 32 pictures in 5 megapixel mode, it takes less than 10. My 256MB card can hold 100 pictures in 5 megapixel mode, therefore 128's can hold 50, etc... Also, one of the best memory sticks also happens to be very hard to find in the search. Search for "Sony MSA128S2 256 MB" on amazon. It's cheap, fast, and sony brand. Another ridiculous comment is that you can't delete pictures from your camera from windows explorer. I think that person just needs to learn how to use windows. Simply click "move files to different location" which is in the upper right of the window, and after moving the pictures to whatever folder they are automatically deleted off the camera. Another person complained about having to buy a memory stick reader. Any memory reader is the most useless thing ever and a complete waste of money. You can already leave your memory stick in your camera and then plug that directly into the computer. With a memory stick reader you take the memory stick out of the camera and plug it into the reader which plugs into the computer. THAT IS THE EXACT SAME THING. Also, people have complained about the included 32MB memory stick. Almost all other leading manufacturers don't include any memory at all. Nikon, Fuji, and Canon do not come with compactflash cards, and some Kodak's come with small internal memory. So be thankful that you get anything at all from Sony, it's a good way to start. Also, one person complained about a lack of a 2 megapixel setting on the camera, making it slow to upload pictures online via dialup. If you post your pictures to MSN groups or many other sites, they automatically truncate the pictures for you, so you don't have to reduce them to that size. On top of that, you could even use the included 1 megapixel setting if you have dialup, because 1 megapixel looks almost exactly the same as a 5 megapixel when printed or viewed in 4 X 6 format. So, unless you're an absolute hardcore professional, this camera is awesome and is almost for everyone. If you're pro, go for a Canon rebel Ti digital or Sony V1. Otherwise please do not make baseless incorrect complaints about my favorite camera.
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Summary: Good for amateurs and professionals at the same time
Review: I am one of those persons who is sometimes uncomfortable with high-tech things, so it takes time until I get enthusiastic about them. But this camera really captured my attention very quickly. I also had a traditional camera with me when I had this Sony, but I barely used it. I have to say that this is very easy to use and understand. I use a lot of high-tech devices in my activitites, but it is for the first time when I feel compelled to review something electronic. That will tell you how much I enjoy this camera. It is a small device, so that it fits into a pocket, easy to be used, and the quality of the pictures is very high. I managed to make very nice photos and capture certain details that a traditional camera would not have managed to do. I even know someone who published some photos taken with this camera. You can also make short movies: even if the quality is limited, it is fun.
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Summary: What they dont tell you...
Review: Since everyone is telling you all the good stuff, I thought I would focus on what I found wrong with the camera (I would actually rate it a 3-3.5. I just rated it a 1 for the article because I am focusing on what I didn't like). One of the most annoying features (and technically embarrassing for Sony) is that the internal viewfinder and LED do NOT crop the photo the same way. As an example, take a picture of a horizontal line on a wall, and position the camera so that the line is at the top edge of the photo. If you use the LED on the back of the camera, the line in the photo will appear about where it should be. However if you take the same picture using the internal viewfinder, the photo will show the line about 15-20% of the way below the top edge of the photo. Therefore, on bright days when you have to use the internal viewfinder, whatever you shoot photos of appear much lower in the photo than how you actually cropped it. It is very annoying as you try to compensate by guessing. This is very sloppy engineering. Other annoying features include:
The wide angle/telephoto control makes exaggerated adjustments that make fine adjustment difficult. This is very annoying when trying to make fine cropping adjustments. You cannot delete photos off the stick using Windows Explorer. If you want to delete all the photos off the stick, you have to drill down several levels into the camera menu. To turn on "Red Eye Reduction", you have to turn off the camera mode, and go several levels into the menu mode. This is very annoying when you have people waiting to take their picture. There should be a direct access button to this common feature. There is little photo quality consistency. While some outdoor photos look fantastic, seemingly similar conditions produce washed out photos. Why am I keeping it? You still have to love all the features that they DO pack into something this small. You gotta love the size!!!
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Summary: Good Camera not Great
Review: As an owner of the 2 megapixel Sony DSC-S50 I was a little disappointed with the DSC-P10. First of all it's missing the ability to shoot B&W photos. Although you can edit your photos with basic photo software later, you no longer have the ability to view and shoot B&W photos. Another feature greatly missed is the 2" swivel LCD display. This allowed you to hold your camera over your head, out over a ledge or lower than eye level without you having to get in those positions to take a picture. Most disappointing, though is the slow response time. Being new to the 5 megapixel realm, this may be common. But taking one picture to the next, especially when using a flash, can take up to 7 seconds. A cool new feature is Burst mode, which allows you to take 3 photos in a little over a second. But again going from one set of three to the next takes a whopping 9 seconds. Now for the good stuff. Being an "advanced" point-and-shoot user, I like the ease of use along with the more advanced controls the DSC-P10 gives you in taking photos. I'm learning how to use the histogram to get desired lighting effects. The menus are fairly easy to learn and navigate and the compact size makes it easy to carry. The Burst mode, mentioned earlier, is a cool feature. And, as was with the case of the DSC-S50, I'm very satisfied with the sharp picture quality. A great improvement in the Movie mode is the 640 x 480 resolution and no longer being limited to 15 seconds worth of video. Now your only limitation is the size of your memory stick. One recommendation if you decide on this camera, get a spare battery or the starter kit that includes the spare battery. The battery life on this camera is about an hour and fifteen minutes. Not long enough for an event or a day out on vacation. Also get at least a 128 MB memory stick. The 32 MB stick that comes with the camera only gives you 24 pictures in the 5 megapixel mode. Again not enough for a day out.
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Summary: Good Camera not Great
Review: As an owner of the 2 megapixel Sony DSC-S50 I was a little disappointed with the DSC-P10. First of all it's missing the ability to shoot B&W photos. Although you can edit your photos with basic photo software later, you no longer have the ability to view and shoot B&W photos. Another feature greatly missed is the 2" swivel LCD display. This allowed you to hold your camera over your head, out over a ledge or lower than eye level without you having to get in those positions to take a picture. Most disappointing, though is the slow response time. Being new to the 5 megapixel realm, this may be common. But taking one picture to the next, especially when using a flash, can take up to 7 seconds. A cool new feature is Burst mode, which allows you to take 3 photos in a little over a second. But again going from one set of three to the next takes a whopping 9 seconds. Now for the good stuff. Being an "advanced" point-and-shoot user, I like the ease of use along with the more advanced controls the DSC-P10 gives you in taking photos. I'm learning how to use the histogram to get desired lighting effects. The menus are fairly easy to learn and navigate and the compact size makes it easy to carry. The Burst mode, mentioned earlier, is a cool feature. And, as was with the case of the DSC-S50, I'm very satisfied with the sharp picture quality. One recommendation if you decide on this camera, get a spare battery or the starter kit that includes the spare battery. The battery life on this camera is about an hour and fifteen minutes. Not long enough for an event or a day out on vacation.
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Summary: Good Camera
Review: This is a good digi camera, I bought this camera before thanksgiving.
Pro: Small, lastest features other camera don't have it, very easy to use, even my parents and grand parents no how to use it. shooting high quality movie, but this feature is depend on your memory stick, if you got a 16 meg ram of memory stick, forget it. If you got 1gb memory stick, this is very useful. it can shoot more than 1/2 hour - 45 mins mpeg movie.
Con: Expensive, The back panel that open the camera to sync the pic thingy, it is very easy to broke, so watch out for that. If you really don't wanna get broke of the back panel, i recommence you buy a memory stick reader, and a battery charger. Picture quality is very good, with 5 megapixels, and autofocus work very well.
The cheapest place I can find is amazon.com. you can check yahoo shopping too, they have some store sell very cheap, but it is not trustable.
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Summary: Unbelievable pictures and great features!
Review: I have been a digital camera user for over 5 years now and I have been fortunate enough to experience a variety of cameras including the Kodak DC 240, Canon A400, Canon S30/S45, Nikon Coolpix 3100, Kodak DX6340, and finally Sony P10. Let me just say that the P10 takes by far the best pictures and it's compact size can easily fit into your pocket. Of all the digital cameras I have used they all have varying degrees of lightning problems, but the Sony P10 has the best looking night pictures of the group. The P10 comes with a lithium ion battery that lasts way longer than the conventional Nickel metal-hydride batteries other cameras use. I believe it is most useful to compare this camera to the competition. Almost all Kodak cameras include a one time use battery that cannot be recharged. In fact, you cannot even put in a lithium ion battery into any Kodak except for the very top model. A lithium ion battery is almost essential for digital cameras since they use so much power. If anything other than Lithium ion is used, you will be changing batteries every 10 minutes. I ended up returning the Kodak to amazon.com for this reason alone.
Canon digital cameras include a lithium ion battery but my biggest gripe about Canon's are poor quality pictures indoor or night conditions. Many pictures were taken in a cave with one of those compact Canon cameras and they looked awful when compared to the Sony. The Canon S45 is far too big and heavy and the indoor pictures are only mediocre.
My friend has a Nikon coolpix 3100 and for a brand that professionals use, this camera has the worst lighting problems of any digital camera I have ever seen. In fact, the lighting issues were so terrible that even my five year old Kodak DC 240 looked way better.
Olympus cameras are okay only that they do not come with Lithium ion batteries, but you can buy those separately at least, unlike Kodak. The reason I do not mention the many types of shooting modes each camera has is because they are relatively the same. The Sony comes with a lot of features including Night Shot, night shot with a person in the foreground, multi-burst shooting which is useful for sports (you can take up to 16 consecutive images of things like a baseball swing), it even has special modes for taking pictures of water and a separage mode for snow. The great thing about this camera is, it's perfect for amateurs and people a little more advanced. All the pictures I've taken so far look great in point and shoot mode, but it also allows you to adjust the shutter speed, white balance, and much more for people who are into that sort of thing. I found the controls for the Sony P10 very intuitive. For all the basic controls I didn't have to consult the manual. The controls are not as intuitive on the Canon S45, it's a little weird, and the Nikon coolpix doesn't record sound in the movies. Most Kodak's play back movies and pictures with the lens open and out, which I think is stupid because then you risk damaging the lens when you don't have to. Also, if you subscribe to consumer reports, you will notice that Sony has the lowest number of repairs followed by Canon in a close second. I have experienced repairs myself as my Kodak DC240 lens got stuck one day and I had to send it in to Eastman Kodak for repair. Also the Sony doesn't have a great big delay when taking each picture, a lot of cameras have this problem. Another thing that bothered me about the other cameras is the time it takes for the camera to be ready to take pictures after you turn it on. Sony cameras tend to be ready fast right after you turn it on, which has helped me capture so many more moments, believe me when I say you'll miss lots of great moments before other cameras turn on. The sony also has a really wonderful movie mode, where the audio is crisp and the movies are clear. My only complaint about the movies are, they don't have image stabilization, so they turn out a little more jiggly than I would like, and for some reason the zoom is disabled when you're in the middle of recording movies. All minor things, but they should be noted. The great thing about 5 megapixels is, you can get your photos blown up to 20X30, and believe me when I say that is really cool. Also, if you were ever to make these pictures your desktop wallpaper, they look good even at 1280 X 1024, which is the highest resolution on a 17" monitor. Also, I don't know why everyone complains about the included 32MB memory stick. Yes I do understand it is too small to truely use and you have to buy another one, but most digital cameras such as the Canon don't come with any memory at all! The small card that comes with Sony's is to just get you started, and by giving you that they already outdo other manufacturers. Overall, the Sony P10's compact size, wonderful quality pictures, intuitive interface, good price, variety of features and durability make it the perfect choice of digital camera for almost everyone. I cannot recommend this awesome camera enough!
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