Let's set the expectations straight at the beginning of this review. This camera is not a DSLR, its a budget point and shoot camera, with all that a point and shoot camera should have. So while making this review I will review its quality keeping the benchmark of a point and shoot camera.
First of all the camera's price...The camera comes at a cool price of INR 4800 (as of May 2011). The package contains:-
Camera
- 2 Non- Rechargable AA battery
- Carry Case (Special offer)
- 2 Rechargable AA battery (Special offer)
- Battery charger (Special offer)
- 4GB Mini SD Card (Special offer)
- CD/ Manual/ Docs
Now coming to the review. The image stabilization is great. Picture in bright light comes very good, but in low light without flash it comes with noise. That is expected from a point and shoot camera. The ISO levels vary from 100 to 3200. Sure there is scope to tinker with the ISO levels for better low light pictures. If flash is used low light photos come great, but you loose the low light effect. Image quality can be modified from 10MP to 2MP, with wide angle shot at 7MP. Wide angle is great for viewing in HD TV and widescreen notebooks. Smile and face detection are two good features that comes as a surprise in camera of this range. There is also a sweep panorama mode which lets you shoot super wide panoramic shots.
For novice photographers, Sony has incorporated EASY mode, which brings down the manual settings to bare minimum. Only image size can be changed in this mode, rest is all detected automatically. This simplistic approach is great considering the target population for the camera.
All in all this is a good camera to have for those small occasional party or holiday. Only con I would say is the color saturation is bit low. Unedited Sample pictures follow:-
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| Low light ISO 400, No Flash, 10 MP |
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ISO 100, With Flash, Low Light, 10 MP
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| ISO 100, 10MP |
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| ISO 100, 16:9, 7MP, wide shot |
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| ISO 100, 10 MP, White balance 1 |
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ISO 100, 10 MP, White balance automatic
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| Sweep Panorama |
Other recommended cameras in this category are:-
- FujiFilm AV200
- Nikon CoolPix L23
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