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Summary: Good Camera Especially If it Were Free
Review: This Camera is the best digital out there. Team it with a epson sp870 printer , and you will have photo's printed that will be impossible to distinguish from standard film. My recommendation is not to down on a product because of your computers out of date OS. Sony has had a 98 updated driver out since weeks after the camera came out and ME loves it. Only flaw is expensive memory stick media, and it dosen't come with an Aibo.
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Summary: Great camera, great pictures!
Review: I found the camera easy to use out of the box and the quality of the pictures to be very good, 8 X 10" come out great in high resolution modes. I was especially impressed with how good it shoots in low light situations. The rechargeable battery is very good, but buy an extra. The same goes for the memory stick, you really need to invest in the larger capacity memory sticks, I found a need for 3 when on vacation.Problems: The LCD is hard to read in bright sunlight (common to all) but you still have an eye viewer - that's good. Next there is a delay time between pressing the shutter and the actual taking of the picture (you get used to this) and secondly the recycle time between pictures is a few seconds, so rapid fire shooting is not possible. I have also switched this camera to "black and white" mode for outdoor scenery shots and it works very well. With easily obtainable software, like Adobe Photo Shop, you can change the contrast and brightness easily for more striking effects. When taking normal color photos you can also enhance contrast and colors to enhance or exaggerate for some great "artistic" effects. I then use a well known HP printer for $200 or less and get great photo prints when using their high quality glossy or matte photo paper.
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Summary: Warning! Warning! Warning! Don't buy this camera if. . .
Review: . . . you currently are using Windows 95. I can't believe what a money pit this camera has turned out to be. And no one, even the Amazon professional reviewers are bringing up the following: 1) IT IS NOT compatible with Windows 95, even though it says it on the box. After speaking with "Dave" at Sony, he said that that was an unfortunate misleading statement. Misleading? the local Sony dealer that I went to didn't even know it. 2) You can't even update to Windows 98 or 98SE, the driver won't accept it, and if you are smart and didn't update to Windows 98 because of the bugs, and were deciding to update to ME --- forget that too with this camera because you won't be able to use it 3) If you have Windows 98 then it is a great camera and it does take great pictures I had to go out and get a Sony memory stick adapter (which cost another $100, plus a 64 mg memory stick another $300, I bought Windows 98 upgrade ($89) which didn't work. So I bought the camera for $749, and $489 = $1238. At that price I could have had the Sony with the CDR, and then some.
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Summary: Impressed
Review: I have held off buying a digital camera with all the talk about batteries, but after using a Sony camcorder with a Info Lithium battery decided to try the Dsc and have been impressed so far. It does not equal a regular 35mm but for instant snaps to email relatives and shots of work projects it sure saves a lot of time over having things developed and scanned. As far as getting accesories I found it uses the same lenses as the camcorder and have had no problem getting items from Sony online.
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Summary: Great pictures and easy to use
Review: This is my 1st digital camera. Even though I have a very good 35MM camera I was very surprised at the clarity of the pictures this camera took. It is very easy to use, the user interface is easy to learn and it has enough extras to let you compose unique pictures. The only problem I had was getting it away from my wife once she learned how to use it. Also Sony was very cheap in only shipping a 8MB memory stick which is a joke. However if you want a camera that takes excellant pictures, is very easy to use and makes digital photography fun this is the camera for you.
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Summary: Great optics, but that's all
Review: I had this camera for over a week. I took pictures daily and rounded up about 300 pictures all around Norwalk, CT. Did inside shots of nuseums, malls. Did outside shots of gardens, parks, fall colours in sunshine and fog. All great shots. Macro parallelx problems on closeups in Macro mode was awful. The center of the view finder cross-hairs puts the center at the top of the LCD screen Took it to the harbour to grab some shots of speed boats, cars. WRONG! The shots between writes was for-ever (it seems). Missed some shots of kids water skiing (COLD kids). My DSC-F55 grabed some shots thatyou cannot tell between the DSC-S70 and the F55. I'll wait until they improve on the performance by adding a bigger buffer.
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Summary: A no brainer purchase, However...
Review: The picture quality and versatility of this camera is outstanding. I was able to begin using all of the camera features immediately without having to read the manual. What made it less than perfect? The auto-focus and processing delay when shooting in high resolution is slow enough to make moving/action shots almost impossible to time properly. (2-3 seconds) I also experienced some problems interfacing the USB port to some Windows 95 R2 (with USB updates)based PCs. I found it to work perfectly with Windows 98. Best Features: The camcorder battery (lasts almost forever)and the availability of a 64MB stick (especially important for high resolution shooting).
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Summary: The best kept secret in the Digital World!
Review: This camera rules. The Carl Zeiss lens (the best optical lens ever) makes colors in pictures clear and vibrant. 3.3 megapixel quality is higher than that of a regular chemical photo which is approximately 2.8 megapixels. It has plenty of options, yet it's easy to use. The only other cameras I would consider is ... which is less than $... (2 megapixels) and the current best seller, Nikon Coolpix 990 which is more expensive, has a terrible red-eye problem and more features that you can ever use. And now, if you could only find a printer that could match the whole potential of this camera...
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Summary: Ok But...
Review: The S70's focusing system is slow and can be inaccurate when the intended subject is off-center. Some shadow areas or low light photos cause chromatic aberrations. The worst camera problem however is the over-saturation of primary colors especially red. What at first may appear, as a vibrant color upon closer inspection really is an unnatural boost of certain colors in the camera's processing algorithm. This occurs to the point of eliminating detail and subtleties. But my biggest complaint is not the camera but Sony. I have had the s70 since July 00' and attempted to find the one basic item/accessory that any camera owner with common sense would want - a filter for lens protection. The camera requires an adapter to attach ANY filter or lens. Not only could I not find this basic accessory anywhere on the net but also Sony has yet to fill my 2 Month+ order. To add to the frustration the filters were available immediately and have sat collecting dust for two months. The point here is 1) Manufacturers need to stop releasing products without simultaneously making available the basic items that are necessary to make the products useful - a 3 month wait is too long. 2) It seems that for some reason with digital cameras both retail and e-com stores while selling a wide variety of camera brands carry very few supplies/accessories for these same products. 3) Basic items should be included in the kit. It seems to me that the best time to get a customer to buy the basic accessories is at the original time and place of purchase.
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Summary: Easy to use
Review: This camera takes some of the best shots I have ever been able to acheive in any camera. The resolution for printing allows you to print very large photos with very good quality. I can get better resolution than alot of 35mm I use to use.
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