Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T900 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Black) by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T900 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Black)
Digital camera Review: Great Camera
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this camera at dell with a coupon that brings the price lower than amazon's price. Camera is great and the HD 720p video mode is by far the best. The 4x zoom in video mode does not loose focus or quality by zooming in or out. However shooting in HD does take up space on the memory stick duo. Prepare to invest in a 8GB or 16GB memory stick. I did discover that shooting with the red eye setting on faces caused more red eye pictures. Put the setting on auto an now everything is fine. Other than that no other complains.Digital camera Review: Great camera
Summary: 5 Stars
Very good camera. Takes nice picture and especially HD video. Body feels very solid and durable. I also like the brushed metal feel to it. Stereo video recording! You can zoom in while videorecording! Would highly recommend.Digital camera Review: Great for video, horrible for pictures
Summary: 2 Stars
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T900 12.1 MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization (Black)
PROs: Great looking camera that is tiny, easily fits in the pocket, great build quality and finish, fits nicely in your hands, beautiful LCD screen on the back with great resolution and excellent response to touch, and video quality that amazing for such a tiny camera.
CONs: For a point and shoot camera that is close to $400, it can't do what it was made for, take good pictures.
Considering all the technology that is present in this camera it doesn't really do a great job taking pictures that you would actually want to keep. The flash is horrible and when taking pictures indoors they usually come out grainy, blurry, or almost look edited like cartoons. Black color looks especially awful. Outdoor pictures are better. Even the optical stabilization doesn't work that well as I still had many blurry pictures. This camera is supposed to be all AUTO with the camera adjusting to each scene automatically, which leaves little room for changing settings to get it to work any better.
The video quality is the only redeeming part. The dock is also a nice addition.
Clearly the battery life is horrible. Also the camera doesn't auto rotate pictures that were taken vertically. You have to press the rotate button everytime. I expected more from a top of the line point and shoot camera from Sony. I used this camera for close to a month trying out many different scenes. My brother has an old Canon SD 1100 that takes far better pictures than this thing. Definitely would NOT recommend it.
Digital camera Review: Great picture quality, Awesome video, easy to nav, battery...eh
Summary: 5 Stars
The quality on this camera is great. The pictures come out looking crystal clear on the camera and on the computer. I tried the Nikon L100 before this one and needless to say I returned it to Bestbuy and bought this instead (grainy pics, bulky). The best choice I made :). The HD video is a unbelievable. The only bad thing about this camera is the battery life. I charge it every night because it drains throughout the day. I plan to get another battery. Other than that this is a very good camera, well worth the money.Digital camera Review: Great video quality+very good image quality+ease of use=awesome camera!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had my red T900 for a few weeks and here's a list of the things I love, in roughly decreasing order of importance:
- GREAT video quality. This camera shoots 720p videos at 30fps, and the quality both indoors and outdoors has far exceeded my expectations. I previously used a T100 but also use cameras from Fuji and Casio for some occasions, and the difference between the T900's 720p high-quality mode and the typical VGA fine mode on other cameras is like day and night. Not only do you get HDTV resolution, the colors are more vibrant and the clarity is just great.
- You can optically zoom the lens during video recording. This is a must-have feature for me as I mostly shoot video clips of my kids.
- Very good still picture quality. This is no digital SLR, for sure, and the image quality is probably not as excellent as Canon's and Panasonic's compact digital cameras, but it's still very good. I read some reviews before deciding on this camera and I had worries about picture quality, but they were dispelled the minute I reviewed the still images on my PC. Very good contrast and clarity, and they make great prints.
- Smile shutter. I never thought I'd buy into this feature, but now I absolutely love it! You can set the sensitivity to three levels, and you can even choose "child priority" or "adult priorit"! And it really works! This is just totally awesome for taking still shots of my kids. (Smile shutter does not work in video mode.)
- Large 3.5" touch-screen LCD. There're no conventional controls, just touch-screen, like most Sony camcorders. The LCD is 1920x480 in resolution, and the menu text looks a little jagged, but you'll love its brightness, fast speed, and clarity for viewing images.
- Fairly easy to use. Sony employs a top-level HOME menu system with sub menus, but it's not too confusing, just a tad harder to figure out the advanced stuff than on an, say, iPod touch.
- Stylish and feature-rich. This is quite thin but still features 4x optical zoom with optical stabilization. The zoom also works in movie-recording mode. It takes Memory Stick PRO Duo cards up to 16GB. Battery lasts about 150 pictures with flash. Not bad. It's light-weight so easy to carry in a pocket, too.
In short, I love this digital camera. It's perfect for all occasions.
[yeah, folks, get the red one!]