I purchased this camera almost a year ago to replace another Sony Digital Camera a Sony DSC W90 which I had lost. I spent a long time deciding whether to buy this camera or a similarly priced Panasonic Digital Camera. I decided to go for this as my previous camera being a Sony too, I knew beyond doubt that I would get what I paid for, but more importantly this camera was more future proof than the Panasonic, which would probably seem like an old relic in a few years. I am no expert photographer, so I usually would use the camera like anyone else, taking holiday pictures, pictures during special occasions and here and then when family visit and what have you not, so I ...  Read the complete review

Image Quality Image quality is not found in the megapixels, but the lens, sensor, and processor. And this Sony camera exceeds in all areas, thus, picture quality is excellent in both photo and video mode. However in Panoramic mode, the camera is not taking multiple full size pictures, but multiple small sized ones, resulting in a very wide picture with a high horizontal, and low vertical resolution. The pictures are fine for what they are, but do not expect too much. When in video mode, the DSC-H55 records in 1280x720 pixels progressive mode (meaning a full frame of pixels, rather than interlaced, which is a half frame of pixels twice as often) at 30 frames per ...  Read the complete review

Technologically speaking I am a semi-troglodyte. That is to say I have little understanding of megapixels or gigabytes except that the bigger the number, the better. Coupled with that I have the common man condition often termed 'Manual Blindness', I cannot read a manual and unless I can figure it out for myself by pressing obvious buttons then I have to ask someone for help. So, for me, a camera has to be intuitive to use. For this reason, I hope that this review may be helpful to you. Taking photos is not particularly natural to me either. Even having a large and cumbersome manual camera hanging round my neck it can take me to the end of an event before I ...  Read the complete review