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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 (Black) comparison

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 (Black)
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 (Black)

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Black)
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Black)

Canon PowerShot S5 IS
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Canon PowerShot S5 IS

Nikon Coolpix P80
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 (black)
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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 (black)

Price $296.99 to $549.95 $296.99 to $412.99 $299.99 to $469.99 $329.99 to $399.99 $161.99 to $230.96
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Release date February 21, 2007 May 01, 2008 June 15, 2007 April 14, 2008
The Bottom Line If you shoot primarily outdoors in daytime--especially sports, children and animals--the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 is a great choice. The cheaper DSC-H7 has a smaller LCD, lacks infrared shooting, and has a few interface differences, but is otherwise identical. Though its lens isn't as wide and suffers from many of the same lens artifacts as its competitors, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 is a good megazoom camera with a lot of features for experiment-minded snapshooters. Though it remains a good megazoom, thanks to continued image and lens artifacts, the Canon PowerShot S5 IS is slowly losing ground to competitors. One of the better 18x megazooms, nevertheless you should consider the Nikon Coolpix P80's sluggish performance before you commit to it. If you don't like electronic viewfinders, but want a superzoom, this Sony packs a 10x zoom lens and 8 megapixels into a tiny package, but image quality at higher ISOs is a bit lacking.
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Features
Lens aperture F/2.7-4.5
F/2.7-4.5
F/2.7-3.5
F/2.8-4.5
F/3.5-4.4
Equivalent 35mm focal length 31 - 465 mm
31 - 465 mm
36 - 432 mm
27 - 486 mm
38 - 380 mm
Optical zoom 15 x
15 x
12 x
18 x
10 x
Light sensitivity ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 1000
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto (64-1600)
ISO 400
ISO 6400 (3Mpix)
ISO 2000
ISO 1600
ISO 100
ISO 64
ISO auto (64-800)
ISO 3200 (3Mpix)
ISO 200
ISO 800
ISO auto
ISO 400
ISO 80
ISO 3200
ISO 1600
ISO 100
Display (projector) technology TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
TFT active matrix
Memory storage capacity 31 MB
Info unavailable 32 MB
Info unavailable Info unavailable
Video input type Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Digital camera
Flash memory form factor Integrated
Info unavailable SD Memory Card
Info unavailable Info unavailable
Digital zoom 2 x
2 x
4 x
4 x
20 x
Battery technology Lithium ion
Info unavailable Lithium ion
Info unavailable Lithium ion
Weight 14.4 oz
14.6 oz
15.9 oz
12.9 oz
9.3 oz
Effective sensor resolution 8,100,000 pixels
9,100,000 pixels
8,000,000 pixels
10,100,000 pixels
8,100,000 pixels
Still image format JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
Service & support type