Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot - UK Digital Camera Review

Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot Review

The slim lighweight aluminium body of the Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot houses 6 megapixel Super HAD CCD, 3x optical and 6x precision digital zoom with Smart Zoom of up to 13x with VGA using Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens.

The Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot has high IS sensitivity to help with the taking of those clearer shots from auto,80/100/200/400/800/1000.

Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot Front
Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot Back

White Balance choices are auto, daylight, fluoresent, cloudy and incandesent with the Sony W50 Cybershot having flash modes of auto, foced flash, slow sync and with red-eye reduction.

The battery system is lithium N with NP-BG1 supplied giving Stamina battery life of approximately 390 shots/195 minutes, and the DSC-W50 Cybershot has a battery life indicator. This camera also comes with a rechargeable battery and charger and has a start up time of 1.3 seconds.

Images are stored as JPEG, MPEG1 and the Sony DSC-W50 has an internal memory of 32MB and works with memory stick DUO/Memory PRO DUO. Movies can be shot as 640 x 480 at 30fps/16.6fps and 160 x 112 at 8.3fps. The DSC-W50 has a 2.5" TFT LCD screen with a 100% field of view and AF illuminator.

There is a choice of preset scene modes including twilight, portrait, landscape, snow, beach and high sensitivity and images can played back as slideshow, be trimmed, resized, and zoomed.

The Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot is PictBridge compatible.

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Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot Specifications & Features

  • 6.0 Megapixels
  • 3 x Optical Zoom
  • 6 x Digital Zoom
  • 13 x Smart Zoom
  • 2cm Focusing Distance
  • Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent and Incandescent White Balance Settings
  • 2.5" TFT, 115,000 pixels
  • Auto, Forced Flash, Slow Synchro and No Flash Flash Modes
  • PictBridge Compatible
  • Memory Stick DUO™ and Memory Stick Pro DUO™ with 32MB Internal memory
  • Lithium N Battery System
  • Approximate Weight 127g


Sony DSC-W50 Cybershot User Reviews

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Reviewer: G.Hampshire - UK
This is the first time I have ever been dissapointed with sony equipment but for sure I would not buy one of these again; For all it boasts features, it
1) Cannot take a decent night shot (long exposure) as the maximum shitter time is 2sec. So forget those special effect long-exposure tricks;
2) Is physically badly designed; The scene-select wheel protrudes from the side of the case meaning whenever you put it back in your bad, most likely the wheel is retated to who knows where.
3) Has a mind of it's own; Flash/No Flash/ it's at best a gamble. Give me an Olympus any day.
4) Image quality: Pinncusion effects at anything but the most basic setting.

A very dissapointing camera for such a flashy package and well known brand. Avoit it!

Features
Rating 5/10
Image Quality
Rating 3/10
Usability
Rating 5/10

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