written by glenc on 30/04/2009
This Sony DSC W270 is a really slick looking, well featured and great picture taking camera.
The screen is fantastic - you dont have to upload the images onto a PC to see what you've got - you really can view the pictures on the actual camera, which is a big step forward from some of the older cameras with smaller screens.
Its also got some great features, like it only takes a photo if someone smiles in one setting and you can set it to take dozens of photos at a time with one press of the button - great for trying to capture that perfect picture of difficult subjects like children and animals!
I find the flash a little frustrating though - I have it set to auto but a lot of the time it doesnt automatically use the flash and instead you get a dark photo unless you manually change it - that's quite annoying.
Apart from that though its a great camera and Id definitely recommend it