Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 (Black)
Cameras Buying Guide
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April 28, 2008 05:45
4.5/5
I have not had many digital cameras, but I have had a Canon and Fuji and they were both great Cameras, but the Sony beats them on quality of the pictures. -
September 7, 2008 10:42
3.0/5
The Sony DSC-H50 is a decent camera but has a lot of quricks to it. I have owned 2 previous Sony Cybershots (a DSC-V3 and a DSC-h5) both those cameras had easy laid out menus but the DSC-H50 hides a lot of cool features in the menu's making it hard to access quickly. I don't like spending several mins. looking for a certain feature when in a hurry to take my photographs. Another thing that really dissappoints me I sold my Canon S5IS to purchase this Sony because I thought that since this Sony had a bigger lcd screen, offered a remote (which is great) had more optical zoom, smile shutter, full 1080 hd-those things do make this Sony a great camera but...let me compare the Canon S5IS:
***Canon S5IS is SO much more of a better camera. In comparison the Canon is twice as fast, it feels like a sturdy camera when holding it, the lcd screen can be flipped around where when you store it the screen is not showing so it won't get scratched, the menus are laid out easily, more options to choose from, and a one touch record button for recording all of these features on my Canon made it a better camera in my opinon.***
With that being said the Sony DSC-H50 is a good camera, especially if your looking to replace an older model camera this would be a good choice, but, if you look further at the Canon S5IS you would understand why I am not bragging so much on this camera. I am definatley dissappointed in the Sony and wish I had my Canon back. After owning 2 previous Sony's I thought I'd love this camera. If your wondering why I sold the Canon for the Sony besides the extras features on the sony, I did so because the Canon did not have a pop up flash, the battery's fell out when I would take out my memory card, the lcd screen was 2.5 instead of 3 inches and the Sony offered the remote, smile shutter and full hd and the sony is a 9 megapixel the canon a 8 megapixel so that was what made my choice.
I now have the Sony so I'm making the most of it and using it, but if Canon comes out with a newer version I will sell my Sony in a heartbeat for the new canon.
Another thing with Sony is my last camera I owned a H5, the auto focus went out in it, and I researched it and found 100's of people complaining about it and stating Sony would not admit to this being a problem with that model...my camera was under warranty and I called Sony and they said it was the first time they'd heard of the H5 having the auto focus go out in it, I told them about the other reviews I had read and they would not comment and said they had never heard that. When it came down to it Sony would not replace my camera because I could not find my original reciept (I had owned the H5 for 8 months) and they wanted $185 to fix it. So long story short with the Sony H5 I purchased the Canon S5IS to replace it. Now I'm wondering why I sold my Canon to upgrade to this Sony DSC-H50. I guess I wanted to try to redeem the Sony reputation again because I really loved my Sony H5 and Sony DSC-V3. I did use the Sony H5 all the time and took around 50,000 pictures with it so I can't deny that my H5 did get a lot of use before my auto focus went out, but, under the 1 year warranty Sony should have fixed it, I had registered my camera online when I purchased it so they should have had that in their computer. Just beware if you have problems with your Sony products to have the reciept or it won't get replaced. Also if you like the DSC-H50 camera buy it, it is a good camera and it does offer a lot of features for the money, but just remember some of the things I pointed out. Go look at the camera in the store really good before you decide.
MORE THINGS ABOUT THE SONY DSC-H50
-this camera takes wonderful pictures and no matter where you are or what you are photographing it rarely blurs, the shot is usually always in focus, it takes good action shots, the smile shutter is a neat feature especially for taking photos of children. I have a 2 year old and 7 year old so when taking photos of them its hard to get them both smiling at the same time I usually miss out on the pefect moment...but this camera can hold its on and gets the exact moment. Night shot is amazing as well. So don't let my review ward you off from purchasing this camera, that was not my intention. Just take a good look at it in the store and compare it to others similar before you purchase it. If you purchase this camera I'm sure you'll love it!
Thanks for reading my review I really hope it helps others in making their decision.
Updated on Sep 7, 2008I had stated that the Canon S5IS did not have a pop up flash, it does have a flash, but its not automatic like the Sony DSC-H50. Also the fireworks mode on the Canon S5 is simply amazing. I took the Canon to Disney world and captured 3/4's of the fireworks display and they look very professional. I have yet to test the Sony with fireworks mode but the Canon is faster and more precise so I'm sorta doubting it can do what the Canon did. Once I test this out I will let you know how that works out with the Sony. I also have been playing around with the Sony more and starting to like it a little better than I did, I'm still sad that the body of the Sony feels like a cheap piece of plastic and does not feel like its constructed well, the Canon is all plastic but feels more like a sturdy DSLR camera. I guess this was Sony's way to make a lighter weight camera to easily pack around, I can say that the Sony is so light I sometimes look in my camera case to make sure the camera is there! -
June 21, 2008 08:13
5.0/5
If you are an average user looking for a camera with excellent picture quality, and other technologies like face detection, night shot option, smile detection, and anti-glare, but dont want to spend big money for SLR Cameras, this is the one you are looking for, the controls are very easy to use, easy to setup, multilanguage for you to choose. Also, it has high quality lens, and a nice 3" LCD. -
August 31, 2008 05:52
5.0/5
With features like face detection with adjustable priority for infant, child or adult, smile detecter, on camera editing of pics, all the differant levels between full auto and manuel steady shot and built in filters I feel like I cant take a bad picture (even thow I still managed to take a few) the li battery gives hours of camera time and with the handle on the right side with the controls I can shoot one handed if necessary I dont know how it matches up against other cameras but I know I love the ease and qualty of this one -
January 4, 2009 09:44
4.5/5
I bought the DSC-H1 approximately 3 years ago and thought it was great. However, over time it has simply degraded in the quality of pictures (blurry) and battery life (about 40 pics). I did a lot of research before replacing it with another Sony, because I was pretty pissed about my original investment with them.
Like I said, the frame feels cheap and you can't have the lense cap on when you power it up, but if you can get past those defects this is the best choice hands down. This thing actually has a 'smile detection' setting that DOES take the picture when your subject smiles. I have no idea when I will actually use it (successful test), but it speaks to the amazing technology packed into this camera. It is almost impossible to take a blurry picture and they finally decided that rechargable AA batteries are stupid to use.
I have every belief that I will get more than 3 years out of this thing and would buy it all over again. -
November 24, 2008 10:36
4.5/5
This is the perfect camera for what I want to do with it. Super zoom capabilities and very light weight for easy carrying. Wonderful pics and lots of scene modes to work with. It makes a great back up camera for my R1 and I can easily carry both at the same time. Good build quality and will take some fairly rough handling. -
November 19, 2008 07:28
5.0/5
Buy it! -
October 4, 2008 07:54
4.0/5
If fell in love with the tilt screen (I used my F707 tilt A LOT). But the optical 15x and continued use of Zeiss lens kept my interest over other similar cameras. Bursts with zoom are fantastic. The color is fine for me and the 9.1 meg is most fine for my shooting these days. I love the face frame, focus and exposure - it was dead on with my lady in the brightly lit cosmetic section. Having a second battery will help keep my paranoia of losing juice before heading home will be relieved.
Considering the price and the features I am glad I made this choice over Nikon and Fuji. -
July 28, 2008 06:50
4.5/5
I just bought this camera about two weeks ago & I love it!!! It takes great pictures. I read up on it and it didn't really have a good review, but since I love Sony, I bought it anyway. I don't regret buying it - this camera is just perfect for me -
July 3, 2008 05:45
4.5/5
Thank you Sony you where right on target with the DSC-H50. Great picture quality,packed with a lot of easy to use features.I own a Fuji and it beats the fuji hands down. You get alot of Camera for a fair price. The Zoom is great,face detection,Smile detection work good. If you don't want to break the bank this Camera is for you.
