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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Silver) comparison

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Product name	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Silver)	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Black)	Nikon Coolpix P90
Price	Check Prices	$231.74 to $299.95	$413.95 to $499.00	$359.99	$328.99 to $399.99
CNET editors' rating	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.4 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)
Average user rating		4.0 stars	4.0 stars	3.5 stars	4.0 stars
Release date	May 01, 2008	April 01, 2009	April 29, 2009	May 01, 2008
The Bottom Line	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.	If you don't mind its extra bulk and narrow lens, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20 is an otherwise excellent compact megazoom camera.	Trade-offs abound in Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 megazoom. Though it's fast and has some really novel, useful features, it just doesn't deliver the photo quality expected for its class.	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.	While the Nikon Coolpix P90 brings its performance up to speed with the rest of its class, it now falls behind in photo quality.
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Lens aperture	F/2.7-4.5	F/3.5-4.4	F/2.8-5.2	F/2.7-4.5	F/2.8-5.0
Equivalent 35mm focal length	31 - 465 mm	38 - 380 mm	28 - 560 mm	31 - 465 mm	26 - 624 mm
Optical zoom	15 x	10 x	20 x	15 x	24 x
Light sensitivity	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1000 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto	ISO 125 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto (125-3200)	ISO 80 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1000 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 ISO auto	ISO 64 ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400 ISO 800 ISO 1600 ISO 3200 (3Mpix) ISO 6400 (3Mpix) ISO auto (64-100) ISO auto (64-200) ISO auto (64-400) ISO auto (64-800) ISO auto (64-1600)
Display (projector) technology	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix	TFT active matrix
Video input type	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera	Digital camera
Digital zoom	2 x	2 x	2 x	2 x	4 x
Weight	14.6 oz	9.8 oz	16 oz	14.6 oz	14.1 oz
Effective sensor resolution	9,100,000 pixels	10,100,000 pixels	9,100,000 pixels	9,100,000 pixels	12,000,000 pixels
Still image format	JPEG	JPEG	Info unavailable	JPEG	JPEG
Service & support type	Info unavailable	1 year warranty	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	Info unavailable
Display (projector) diagonal size	3 in	3 in	3 in	3 in	3 in
Manual focus	Manual Automatic	Manual Automatic	Manual Automatic	Manual Automatic	Manual Automatic
Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications
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