After about 2 weeks of spending a portion of every night on every website I could think of reading reviews and specs of different cameras, I settled on this one, mainly because of the 10x zoom in such a compact camera. I was a little leery of the fact that it was only 10.1 megapixels, but after some research, I realized that, unless you plan to blow up your photos to larger than 14" by 11" or something, you're still getting resolution that is as good as 35mm (with the ease of a point and shoot). The pictures look fabulous (and that's on a 22" HD monitor) and the camera is very easy to use, but the most suprisingly pleasing feature is the video quality. It shoots video in 720P and the sound is actually quite good for a little camera. The most exciting thing to us is that we have been able to take it to a number of concerts this summer where video cameras would not have been allowed but where small non-professional cameras are welcome and have come away with some very high quality video souvenirs. I'm not talking 1 minute clips, I'm talking song after song after song with very good sound and GREAT video. We won't even burn it to DVD because we don't want the resolution to jump down to 480 from 720...looks like we'll need a blu ray burner soon!
One thing about the video, when we played it back, the audio was a few seconds ahead of the video. It was an easy fix though because we downloaded a free program to play it through that put the audio in sync with the video. PERFECTION!
I saw a couple looking at the camera in best buy and I had to stop and tell them that it is practically a must-have. I think they bought it actually.
You will want a 4 or 8 GB memory stick if you plan to do a lot of video. We did about 40-45 minutes on a 4 gig and we still had extra room, but for a kid's play or a concert or something, it would probably be nice to have an 8 gig just for the peace of mind. It would also be handy to have an extra battery because we have had the low battery light come on, but only after LOTS of pictures and video (we don't have one and have been fine, but we may get one).
One more thing...the small cybershot case that many people have bought with this is NOT big enough for this model, it is for the smaller cybershots that don't have the powerful optical zoom. Ours is sitting empty in our house, but the camera fits easily in a purse or coat pocket so we haven't bothered to replace it yet.
I cannot reccommend this camera strongly enough. Happy shopping!Get more detail about Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20 10.1 MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization.
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