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Summary: Big camera in a small package
Review: It's easy to see this tiny yet powerful camera getting overlooked on store shelves, but check out the specs! What's more, this camera lives up to them, and means my larger older model digital camera will be sitting on the shelf much of the time. A clear, sharp lens, ultra-convenient size, high resolution images, various "pro" features for tweaking settings, five "movie" modes in mpeg and gif, including audio. This is an ideal camera for any number of high level amateur or field-light professional situations. Image response time is far better than on the Mavica models, so it is more like classic film photography (avoid the power-save mode if you're into the "zen" of photography! -- carry an extra battery instead).
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Summary: Very Handy
Review: It's very handy to have so many features in such a small size. The memory stick size of 8MB which comes with the package is never sufficient if you wanna use all the features of the camera; Sony should put at least 64MB of memory in the pack.
The CCD and auto detection for the settings is slow most of the time. The battery is not sufficient when you feel free to use the flash; you can have 40 shots most with the flash and the display on. If you plan to buy this camera, it's a great choice but order 128MB memory and an extra battery as well.
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Summary: Super small & takes decent pics, but battery & flash so-so
Review: Pros: I bought this because I wanted something dinky to replace my unwieldy 3.5" disk-using Sony Mavica. It's sleek, styley, and nicely pocket-sized. The pics are reasonably decent, and I think 3 megapixels is enough, unless you're planning on printing billboards.Cons: The flash isn't that fantastic; indoors and at night, my pics come out not-so-hot. The flash, even on high, isn't really powerful enough to illuminate things that aren't in good lighting. The battery life kind of sucks (60 mins but it really seems to last more like 30-40 mins) with the LCD on, but lasts longer with it turned off. I just take this as a necessary evil and charge the camera whenever I get a chance. The extra battery you can buy has a life of ~70 minutes (it started at 75 when I first bought it but only charges up to about 70 now). As long as you keep an extra battery on hand, charge it frequently, and are conscious of keeping the LCD screen off it's not too bad. You really need to purchase a bigger memory stick (I recommend 128 MB memory stick: stores ~82 pics at highest resolution and quality), but nearly every digital camera on the market comes with something silly like 8 MB.
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Summary: Super small & takes decent pics, but battery & flash so-so
Review: Pros: I bought this because I wanted something dinky to replace my unwieldy 3.5" disk-using Sony Mavica. It's sleek, styley, and nicely pocket-sized. The pics are reasonably decent, and I think 3 megapixels is enough, unless you're planning on printing billboards. Cons: The flash isn't that fantastic; indoors and at night, my pics come out not-so-hot. The flash, even on high, isn't really powerful enough to illuminate things that aren't in good lighting. The battery life kind of sucks (60 mins but it really seems to last more like 30-40 mins) with the LCD on, but lasts longer with it turned off. I just take this as a necessary evil and charge the camera whenever I get a chance. The extra battery you can buy has a life of ~70 minutes (it started at 75 when I first bought it but only charges up to about 70 now). As long as you keep an extra battery on hand, charge it frequently, and are conscious of keeping the LCD screen off it's not too bad. You really need to purchase a bigger memory stick (I recommend 128 MB memory stick: stores ~82 pics at highest resolution and quality), but nearly every digital camera on the market comes with something silly like 8 MB.
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Summary: Awesome little Point and Shoot Digital
Review: The greatest thing about this camera is that it is a very high resolution digital, that takes stunning photos, and it actuall fits in the pocket of your jeans! Memory stick prices are dropping, and with a 128 MB memory stick, you can shoot away until your heart is content, and scrap what you don't like. GREAT picture quality, and the ultimate in portability
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Summary: Big camera, small package...
Review: This camera is absolutely amazing! It creates incredibly clear images, short video clips complete with sound, and has many other adjustments such as white balance. The camera is operated by turning the dial on top to one of four settings: movie mode, playback mode, camera mode, and twilight mode. It even has a thoughtful LCD screen on top telling you how much battery power in minutes is left, eliminating guesswork. Once you get started taking pictures, the included 8mb memory card won't last long, so it's best to purchase a larger one. Good news is Sony is currently offering a $50 rebate with the purchase of the camera and a memory card. In short, this camera offers many features, sharp clear images with its impressive 3.2 megapixel lens, an easy-to-use menu (even for a first-time digital camera purchaser like me), and weighs less than 8 ounces with the long lasting lithium battery and memory card installed. You won't be sorry if you buy this camera.
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Summary: Light and powerful
Review: This camera is the perfect pocket or purse powerhouse camera. The on screen menues are very easy to read and the image quality is great.
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Summary: This is a non-camera
Review: This camera [...]. When it takes a picture, it has about a 2 second delay between when you press the shutter and the picture is actually taken. This means that the camera is not at all useful to take pictures of our 2 year old son, because 2 seconds later he has already moved on to something else and the picture is a blur. We have lost more pictures because of this camera.
Tonight when trying to take our Christmas picture, I would press the shutter but no picture was taken. It was as if the camera could not figure out what it had to do. Try again, same result. Repeat, nothing. Repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, repeat, still nothing. When I set the camera down, disgusted that it wasn't taking any pictures, then flash! - took a nice picture of the pavement. Notice that I hadn't pressed the shutter for this picture.
I am in the market for another digital camera and am likely not going to get a Sony.
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Summary: Almost perfect design
Review: This is a great camera, period.
But I have few comments. I had a Sony DSC-50, and with that camera I was able to make perfect-exposure panoramic photos using MGI's Photovista; I locked the aperture and all the photos had the same exposition, creating an almost perfect composite from several pictures. The P5 is unable to do so, since it changes both the exposure and shutter speed automatically (however the final result is OK anyway). Also, the DSC-50 was able to take exposures up to 8 seconds, and the P5 is limited to 2 sec. More: since the lens is smaller, it gathers less light, and pictures are dark in dim light (say under a 40 or 60W fluorescent light). Finally: The battery in the P5 lasts less than an hour (I got used to 2.5 hours from my DSC-50) (I'm ordering one from Amazon, by the way). BUT, it has all the other features I wanted in a camera, too long to list here, like the best color reproduction among many other models, the tiny size and good resolution (3.3 megapixels). That's why I think it is the almost perfect camera in the digital camera market, and the larger size DSC-50 no longer exists.
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Summary: Great Pics
Review: This is a great camera. I only wish I could have gotten it on clearance. Now is your chance to purchase a very good digital camera at a decent price. I think 3 megapixels is going to be the standard for awhile now and this is the best 3 megapixel camera I've seen. It is small and easy to carry with you on trips. It holds 45 pics on a 64 meg card with the setting on the highest quality. It will even take black and white photos which is very cool when taking pics of ancient places which is what I use it for mostly. I have gotten a lot of use out of this camera and I have no plans of upgrading to the latest and greatest (yet). For now I'm happy with this one.
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