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2.0 stars
"After much grief I am returning mine (for the second time)"
Pros: great design (very small and slim), good, crisp images in good lighting, love the slide front that turns it on, no protruding lens, large LCD
Cons: poor reaction time (slow for what I expected), several tries for decent pics,horrible blurry images in low lighting, poor cropped or zoomed images, indoors or at night, instruction manual inadequate,
Summary: I bought this camera because of 1. good reviews 2. sony quality 3. ultra tiny design 4. ease to turn on and off 5. video function 6. large LCD 7. high megapixals 8. ease of switching from camera mode to video to view 9. anti-blur/ISO technology 10. non protruding lense. All of these things seemed to point to a good purchase. However, this is not a quick and easy "point and click" camera. First of all, the instruction manual is completely inadequate. It describes what things are but does not tell you why the feature is relevant or how to choose an appropriate setting. I bought this camera so I would have great shots after standing in line for 21 hours to get a CD signed by Paul McCartney (my favorite artist of all time) I was mortified at the pictures I got. Keep in mind I had 21 hours to play with this camera in an attempt to find the "right" settings prior to the "big moment" of meeting him. All of my pictures were blurry, grainy or horrible when cropped. I could not get decent pictures from a distance period. Once I got home, I played with it more and finally my husband returned it thinking it must be a defective one. However, the second turned out to be a little better but still not what we paid for. I downloaded a more detailed manual from the sony sight and spend hours (again) playing with it to get decent pictures. Yes, I was able to get fabulous pictures after reading the manual. However, the problem was that I had to change settings so often to get them and auto was just useless. This camera was a horrible mistake and I would not tell anyone to get it. The images were worse than my old camera that didn't have all of the ISO/anti blur or high mp. I don't know what I will get now but from what I have read Canon seems to ALWAYS get rated in the top, particularly the powershot digital elph series. In addition, I have read good reviews on the Casio Exilim series, Panasonic Lumix series and Olympus Stylus series. The Sony Cypershot W50 and W70 have also gotten good reviews but I am hesitant to get another Sony. Also, the Nikon Coolpix have gotten good reviews but I am just not sure this "internal lens" is perfected yet. I love the size but I am not willing to sacrifice my picture quality. Overall, I was very disappointed and tried SOO hard to make this camera work right. It just wouldn't cooperate!! My advice....look elsewhere.
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I have no idea if this camera is good or not. But if I read one more person badly review a camera because it takes "horribly blurry photos in low light" I'm going to vomit.
People, there exists no camera that can make a crappy photographer a good one. Learn photography basics. Your photos are coming out blurry not because the camera is bad but because your exposure settings are set improperly. The shutter has to stay open longer in lower light to capture an image. So unless you either
a) use a flash
or
b) make your photo subject stand still while the photo is being taken
You're going to get blurry photos. Stop blaming the product and get a friggin' clue...ijut!
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