Sony Cyber-shot DSCH50 9.1 MP Digital Camera with 15x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot
Amazing camera,
Okay, so I originally had a Sony Mauvica digital camera. That was my first taste of Sony camera's. My husband and I decided that the Carl Zeiss name was enough to invest in a camera. That camera was amazing. I then went to the Sony Cybershot DSC-W80 because I wanted something smaller and those little bitty pocket cameras came out from everywhere. That is a good camera as well, but nothing like the mauvica and especially this H50. I was a little worried buying this camera because it had so little reviews out there. I'm glad I did. It's really great. The zoom feature is wonderful. I have children and we really need a good zoom for their school concerts and musicals. I have tried this zoom in every atmosphere I can think of. It does so good outside. The steady feature is great because I don't always have a steady hand. Inside in low light, the zoom is good and doesn't look too grainy on the computer unless you zoom into the picture really close. Good for printing 8 x 10's. I haven't tried anything over that.
The portrait mode is fabulous. I love taking close up pictures of flowers, the kids and animals with this.
The new smile detecting feature is really cool. I didn't really think it would work, but it does. I tried this by having my kids not smiling and then waiting a second to smile. It does seem to detect a smile. There is a setting you can change to detect smiles, low, medium and high. It is suppose to have an editing feature to be able to add smiles after you take the picture... I couldn't get this to work. If I do get it to work, I will add more later.
The editing program that this camera has is very cool. You can change the photos you've taken to black & white and the other basics like red eye and sepia also, but it has an option to select one object to stay in color and put the rest of the picture in black and white. It's a really cool feature in my opinion. There are other effects also like blurring everything around one center item. I posted some pics that I took and edited. I will also say that once you upload those pics to Amazon, they lose a lot of their quality.
One of the reasons I love sony cameras is because it has a night shot option. It's infrared and lets you shoot in complete dark areas. You can also record video in night shot. I have used night shot in the past with a Sony camera when I couldn't use a flash and it worked great in Disney's "It's a Small World" ride.
Another cool feature is when you view your pictures, you can do so with music. Now what I like about this is you can upload your own songs to the camera from your PC.
There is a noise reduction feature that lets you automatically set to low, medium or high. This is a great feature once you learn what you need to use. It eliminates a lot of the grainy photos.
I can't say enough about face detection, it makes photos of people turn out better. It has no problem detecting faces for me.
The LCD screen comes out and tilts. I really don't know what I will use that for, I wish that it would turn around for self portraits.
It comes with a lens hood, I have to admit that I haven't even tried using this yet.
I hope I have listed enough to tell you about the features of this camera. I usually look at user reviews as well as professional ones to determine what camera I purchase. There is more to talk about, but for the semi-novice user that I am, I feel like these are some important qualities. Overall, I believe this is well worth the money. I do believe it will come down in price after time, just like everything else. Next to a DSLR, this is a camera worth having.
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