Sony DSC-W270 Cybershot 12.1 megapixels (Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W270)

Member Name: robbiehb

Product:	Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W270
Date:	04/10/09 (69 review reads)
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Advantages: reliable, versatile, easy to use, adaptable to light conditions and relatively long battery life

Disadvantages: screen needs some form of protection, slowdown in start up time, can't change zoom once video is on

I bought this camera just before several Summer holidays this year, to Cuba and Canada, so understandably there was a bit of wear and tear and lots of travelling. Although it has acquired a few scratches these don't detract toooo much from the fairly impressive clarity of the screen. The user interface of the camera is very intuitive and its easy to navigate your way through menus, access playback and select different options for exposure/flash/white balance etc - or just leave it to the intelligent iso mode like I tend to do, which produces excellent (and very stable) pictures. There are some fantastic extra features - smile detection (and whether you want to detect a small, normal, or big smile!) , smile adjustment (to add smiles after the photo) as well as the usual cropping/blurs/rotates/sepia edits of course. One more minor thing would be that from an impressive start time of about 2-4 seconds it has seemed to slow down to the point where it now takes more like 10. Otherwise, a versatile all-round digital camera at a good price with good picture quality!

Summary: a very good choice!

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