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Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H50

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Pros
Powerful 15x optical zoom
Tilting 3-inch LCD screen
Cons
Slow startup speed
Short battery life

Performance: Very Good: 88
Features: Good: 72
Design: Good: 79

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Performance
Battery Life (minutes)	160.25
Battery Life Score	Good
Image Quality Score	Superior
Image Quality, Color	68.7
Image Quality, Color--Adjusted	76.1
Image Quality, Color--Auto	61.2
Image Quality, Distortion	53.8
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise	41.9
Image Quality, Distortion--Noise Reduction	47.5
Image Quality, Distortion--Sharp Interpolation	64
Image Quality, Exposure	63.7
Image Quality, Exposure--Flash	58.8
Image Quality, Exposure--Normal	65.9
Image Quality, Overall	67.3
Image Quality, Sharpness	49.8
Number of Batteries	1
Number of Shots	291

What You Should Know about the Cyber-Shot DSC-H50

Larger-Than-Average Optical Zoom Range

The optical zoom range on this camera is sufficiently broad to give you considerable creative control. Your options extend from individual portraits to group shots to wide-angle landscapes. Most point-and-shoots offer a focal length range that’s roughly equivalent to 35mm to 105mm on a 35mm film camera. At the wide end (the 35mm, in this case), they shoot a bit wider than what you see with your eye. At the telephoto end (the 105mm, in this case), they can zoom in a good deal closer than you’d be able to with the naked eye.

Reviewed by: fabijw

Duration of ownership: 2 Months

Strengths: Great zoom, Good night shot

Weaknesses: Wide angle lens is awful. Picture shows big shadow caused by flash. There is no aux to attach separate flash-not included on H50's. $150 lens made especially for this camera makes camera useless for interior designers and interior pic with flash.

Overall Evaluation: Very upset. Sony unwilling to to assist.
Reviewed by: snuffsmith4165

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: quick focusing, easy of use, it peroforms as well as my wife's last year of minolta before the sony takeover.

Weaknesses: I take to many pictures and CD/DVD are getting expensive. The night shots are a little grainy.

Overall Evaluation: I have taken photos of nature, action, landscapes, historical building in low light, and night shots. It is fun and easy to use or as complex as you want it to be.