Sony CyberShot DSC-P1 Review

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Sony CyberShot DSC-P1
3.2 stars
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Jean Luc Picard.'s Review of Sony CyberShot DSC-P1

14th Jan 2003

Overall Rating

3 stars
  • Value for money
    4 stars
Good Points

Small Camera, easy to use, small memory media, good user menue, good quality of the pictures. Camera with memory sticks can also used for data transfer from one pc to another (128MB).


Bad Points

very/too expensive accessories (memory stick, bag, 12V loader (200 EURO!!!)) Battery is not working for longer then 2 minutes if the temperature is under 10 Celsius). Lithium-Info-Battery shows always a wrong remaining time It is not possible to shoot photos in the dark (always out of focus) Time to shoot a picture is round about 1,5 seconds. No snapshots are possible. No mass storing media for vacation time.


General Comments

I bought this camera in June 2001. Up to now I'm mostly happy with this camera. But you normally cannot find a lot of really unacceptable things in the press or in the internet. So I wrote all the bad thinks together. I have made round about 2800 3.3M pictures in the past. At the moment I cannot advise this camera. A mass memory like a harddisk is not available. The memory sticks are 100% more expensive in Switzerland/Germany that all other medias. And if you want to change your camera you can throw your old (expensive paid) memory sticks away.

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Members' Comments onJean Luc Picard.'s Review

  • carson. on 27th Apr 2003

    is true the P1 camera not advisable for cold or winter countries. anyway, the bad point is this camera does not has a speed capture function or the battery is too short or AAA is better cos we can get AAA easily instead recharge the battery by bringing along the bulky charger. Wanted to change to P10 or the other camera as Olympus. yes, the memory stick is a bit expensive compare with others storage media card

  • Amla. on 19th Jun 2003

    I just wanted to say that the bad points that you have stated are all true but if you are used to buying Sony products you will notice that this is always the case. They will always want you buy there products,Memory sticks for exmples, they will always be expensive. However, if you keep to there range all the media types are compatable. I can use my memory sticks in DSC-P1, Hand Held DV Recorder, MP3 Player, Viao and my New TV. So just to sum up if you stick to the same brand it does seem worth it. I have most of these for a number of years and they have not caused any issues except the Viao but kids puke anywhere jsut happened to be my notebook.:) Would recommend the P range to all as the picture quality cannot be beaten----there is no comprimise in price when it comes to quality.