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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20/B 10.1 MP Digital Camera
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Product Description
The Sony DSC-H20 is a full-featured point-and-shoot with outstanding high-power zoom capability and fast shutter speed. It includes Smile Shutter technology which captures smiles the moment they happen, as well as Face Detection technology to optimize focus, exposure and color for up to eight faces. Capture detailed images with 10 megapixel resolution, and get in close to the action with the 10x optical zoom Carl Zeiss lens. Intelligent Scene Recognition helps you avoid failure picture, while Sony’s Double Anti-Blur solution (Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization plus High ISO) helps keep your images blur-free. The DSC-H20 completes the package with a 3.0-Inch Clear Photo LCD Plus Display that lets you easily view your images and menu options. Supplied accessories include a rechargeable battery (NP-BG1), a battery charger (BC-CSGB), a multi-connector cable, a lens cap and the CD-ROM software. Memory sticks are only optional.
Product Details
10.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD image sensor 10x optical zoom Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens; Optical SteadyShot image stabilization 720p high-definition movie capture; BIONZ image processor 3.0-inch (230K pixels) LCD; Face Detection and Smile Shutter technology 11MB built-in memory; capture images to Memory Stick Duo/PRO Duo Media (not included)
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Everything I wanted and needed in a camera   Review Date: May 13, 2009 Reviewer: Petra, Ohio I am no expert when it comes to photography but enjoy taking good pictures of my family and friends. I have kids in sports and I like to take my own pictures for picture giving. I read many reviews (for hours) on various cameras and endet up with this one here. I first was going to get the DSC-H50 (one step up from the DSC-H20). When I went to the store to buy it, however, it was to large for my taste. It was to big to fit in a pants pocket and even for my small purse it was quite large. Here are the main reasons why this camera is awesome! This camera here is not as compact as your typical slim camera (due to the 10x zoom), but it is small enough to fit in a purse or even a jacket/pants pocket if need be. This camera has a burst mode so you can hold down the shutter and the camera will take numerous pictures, thus making it ideal for action shots. I took it to a Volleyball tournament and got unbelievable shots of my daughter serving and hitting! I cought her in mid air more then a few times...just what I had hoped for. I also took pictures at a track meet and got kids jumping hurdles...the pictures look almost like magazine shots! This camera is extremely easy to use in the easy and auto adjust mode! It tells you everything on the screen. You can start shooting pretty much right away...it's that easy! The manual is good to have for reference and questions and if you really want to get to know your camera. The zoom is great and plenty! I took pictures from the mezzanine onto the Volleyball courts and could get nice close up shots! 10x is plenty for me! The battery life is also impressive, as long as you keep your screen on a regular bright setting. First I had it set to "bright" and the battery didn't do well. Then I set it to normal and it lasts a long time. I took about 150 shots and not a single bar was missing from the battery! It has a rechargebale battery so you don't have to keep buying regular batteries. Also, it does say that you can get a international charger so the battery charger can be plugged in anywhere in the world. (Still have to get that myself). What a nice option. The quality of the pictures is also great! I took a team photo and my daughter took it to a practice to show the others. They choose the picture to use in a frame as a gift to the coaches. It turned out so good and all I did was push a button! When shooting pictures, it has a option for the file size you select. If you know you want to email pictures, or for example if you sell on eBay and want to download pictures onto the ebay site, you select the small file size and shoot pictures that way for working with them online. For pictures that you use for portraits for example, you choose a larger file (pixels I guess), and that way it does not distort the picture when you enlarge it. That is also extremely easy to figure out! Last but not least...I plugged it into my pc with the supplied USB cord and retrieved the photos the same way I always did in the past. I have not yet added the picture cd that came with it, but my guess is that it will work very good. I also took the 2GB SD card to Wal mart and made nice prints (you have to purchase the pro duo stick seperate...look for the "Sony pro-Duo Stick" cost about $13-$15). The 2 GB is plenty for me, I think it holds about 400 pictures). Great camera...I have not found a flaw yet! Great Camera!! Best Value!!!   Review Date: May 12, 2009 Reviewer: TechGeek, Texas I bought this camera for a two week trip I was about to take. I also purchased an extra extended battery and an 8GB memory card for the camera. The main reason I purchased the camera was for its ability to take pictures quickly. I looked through consumer reports and this one was one of the top rated cameras. The cost is very good for this quality camera. I could take a picture withing a couple of seconds after turning the camera on and I could take a picture again less than a second later. This camera also has great battery life. Even if you just use the included battery, you can still get around 3-400 pictures (assuming you are not using flash). The zoom on the camera is great. It is a 10x optical zoom and additional 7x digital zoom. This gives you the power of a 17x zoom. If you take your picture at 17x zoom, you can then zoom in on your picture another 8x under the "review your pictures" menu. This camera is also small enough to fit into a small over the shoulder camera bag. It fit into my old camera bag that I used to have a small Olympus camera in. I recommend this camera for ages 16 and up. It is a great camera that it comparable to any SLR camera. I think it is better than a SLR because it is so much smaller than any SLR you could purchase. Completely Impressed!   Review Date: May 27, 2009 Reviewer: A. Dade, St. Louis, MO, USA We went into Best Buy to buy the DSC T77 - it was horrible! We loved our little W50 and decided to stick with the CyberShot line. Thank goodness we found THIS camera. I was more than happy to pay the additional cost when I saw all of the features. Super steady shot - and excellent fast motion shots. Tons of neat settings to catch the perfect shot. The macro and close up capability is in amazing detail - as well as the zoom. We took pictures at the zoo of Elephants super far away and zoomed in and got some amazing shots! This camera is positively one of the best I've ever seen Sony put out for it's type. The smile detection function is AWESOME and it REALLY works and it works fast! Also - you can edit peoples faces ON the camera to make it look like they were smiling! How cool is that? Another thing - you can set priority face recognition so that it will focus on the person you want it to when you're shooting pictures - like the bride in a wedding party for example. You can set her face as a priority face and it will automatically focus on her. We are in love with this camera and have absolutely NOTHING but good things to say about it! Buy with confidence knowing you will love this camera. Best camera for its price!!   Review Date: April 21, 2009 Reviewer: Michael Pellegrino, Freehold, NJ Hello all, this camera is the real deal for its price. It is very easy to use and since I'm new with all this camera stuff, I love the fact you get detail info on the little icons indicating what they do. This helps my learning process for this camera. Also when the time is right, and you understand the camera, you can shut this option off. The picture quality is next to amazing. Especially at night, all my other cameras could never take pictures like this does. The detail is so crisp and clear. I'm truly impressed with this HD camera. If you are on the fence jump off and get this camera. Great camera - 10X zoom and 720P video (w/zoom)   Review Date: May 6, 2009 Reviewer: R. Calderon, What I like the most about this camera is the 10X zoom and the HD video. This is one of the few cameras that allow you to do OPTICAL zoom on the video (canon only do digital zoom while in video mode). The zoom is 38mm to 380mm (10X). Not that good for wide angle (38mm vs 24mm or 28mm in most P&S), but I prefer to have more zoom (380mm) than wide angle for short distance pics. Also the video format is MPEG4 which I believe is easy to manage and good in compression. Price is also perfect, got it for $230. Overall great camera!!!

Sony has always been known for delivering quality products in whatever area it enters. Cameras of the same brand are no different and offer a tough competition to their alternatives with respect to reliability. All the features included are very impressive and having them in so small a package is what is really attractive. It is an upgrade to the earlier version H10 and is a lot better in various aspects.

The large screen of the camera makes it easy to view photos and videos on the go and helps in letting the user decide which of them are going to stay. The auto mode on all regular cameras is called the easy mode in this one and is a breeze as it takes almost all shots with amazing clarity and sharpness. The shots can be taken with a very high speed as the shutter lag of this device is really less. The ISO mode is very helpful in taking low light photographs without flash. It is also possible to set the ISO manually in any mode chosen. The scene features like beach, landscape, gourmet food etc can be used wherever necessary to make maximum use of what it has in store for the user.

The battery life is satisfactory and the 10X zoom capability of the device is its best feature. It is also possible to record HD videos on this device. The additional feature is that the zoom option can be used while recording video and not just for pictures. The ISO of the device can be manually set anywhere between 80 and 3200 making it customizable. When the camera is not sure of the exposure it automatically takes two shots and lets the user decide which one is the best. It also has the option to select the file size while taking pictures and this makes it convenient to email them later. The burst feature of the camera takes 10 pictures in an action mode and there ere re-touch features in the camera like retro, fisheye and partial color. The unit is compatible with different lens and filters by making use of an adaptor ring that is available in the market. The manual is very informative and includes all kinds of necessary information.

The camera lacks a viewfinder like most of its alternatives and the lens of the unit is not really wide. There is no option of including the date on the picture in this camera. Also it does not have the option of force flash on in the auto mode. The default settings of the camera may not always suit the situation and tend to overexpose the pictures. There is no built in lens shutter for the device. All it has is a lens cap that has to be manually removed. The size of the unit is not as small as its alternatives, making it a bit difficult to carry in the pocket. So it would be better if the camera came with a neck strap.

Brand wise and feature wise, a must buy for the price. The cons are very few and trivial when compared to the overall package.

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