Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55 (black)
Cameras Buying Guide
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August 14, 2007 07:37
4.5/5
This camera is a great camera for beginners and experts. The huge 2.5 in LCD is so big. You can take pictures with one hand but to change settings you need two. The photo quality is top-notch and I haven't found a defect yet. The only reason I gave it a nine would be that I would like Image Stablization, but it takes great pictures even without it. Sony has made a real keeper with this one.Updated
This camera also has a great battery life. Sony was not lying when they said it can take up to 380 pictures on one charge. Shot to shot times a excellent even with the flash on. If you get a two GB memory stick you can hold about six hundred of the highest quality pictures which is more than enough. This camera also has a viewfinder which is rare on most ultra-compacts. All in all great buy. -
January 5, 2009 02:05
Spectacular
2.5/5
Loved this camera at first. Six months later, it's a very different story. I started noticing lots of noise ( little dots visible throughout the images) - even when using a flash or taking photos in great lighting. Next, the mode selector messed up, changing modes on me without me touching the dial. I sent it in for service. Now guess what - they messed up an internal setting so my 7 megapixel camera is taking photos at 640 x 480 pixels - an unprintable and tiny size!! It should be taking photos at about 3,000x 2,300 pixels. As far as I can see, there is only one place to change this: Menu - P. Quality - fine or standard. But my camera is set to "fine" and it's still not producing the right size.
So, the service centre says to call Sony (1-877-sony) for technical support and the automated system puts me on hold for over an hour with no response EVER. And the service centre itself is so far away from the city that it's a 40 minute drive for me and I've already had their service centre screw it up once. Now, I've just passed the date of sale and my warranty is up. waiting for Sony to e-mail me about this problem, but not expecting much. This will be the last sony product I EVER buy.
Oh - did I mention that both times I was at the service centre someone else came in with a problem with the exact same model of camera? Do not buy this camera. In 6 months or a year you will regret it!!! -
January 10, 2008 11:14
4.5/5
This is my first digital camera and I am very pleased. Although I know there is some snobs that would scoff at certain cameras this is a great one for beginners, or just people that want a simple camera, it takes great shots which is all most people need. I have had it for a few weeks so I have not seen all that it can or cant do but I am very pleased with it.
