Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T5

This camera won the TIPA award in 2005 and was given the No 1 spot in Stuff magazine top 10 digital cameras. For the reason above, I purchased the camera. Everything went downhill from then on. 1 - Has the worst lowlight quality pictures - grainy and dark 2 - Rubbish output when taking a picture in any condition, except on a bright sunny day. 3 - The back screen is too small, and easily scratched 4 - Poor build quality 5 - Sony memory sticks are too expensive compared to CF and SD flash cards 6 - Being a Sony, the technology changes very fast. This makes your camera out of date in no time at all (same goes with any Sony ...  Read the complete review

DSC T5 is a mid-range camera, (which was true when it came out around a year or two ago). Highest resolution of 5.1MP, it is not one of the greatest camera out there. It is more expensive too, than the competitors. It has steel construction and the camera lens is fun to use, but it did get slightly annoying after a while, as it started to lop-sided with frequent use. It is durable and the screen for viewing your photos, is marvelous, 2.5inch screen is more than big enough to identify your mistakes! The pictures are average quality, what you would expect from a cybershot camera. There are expected cybershot functions, nothing new, nothing old. Snappy and compact, it is ...  Read the complete review

I was somewhat reluctant to buy a Sony camera as this would require the purchase of yet another type of memory card to add to my collection. The lack of flexibility and increased price of the Sony memory stick format had always been a sticking point. This though is no longer such a huge issue; the increase in popularity of SonyEricsson mobile phones and the PSP make the memory stick duo pro format more readily available and importantly - cheaper. So that said, Sony has become a more serious player in the camera market and the T5 takes full advantage of this by packaging a whole list of features into a minature package. This is one small ...  Read the complete review