Sony CyberShot DSC-P72 Review

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Sony CyberShot DSC-P72
3.2 stars
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Dreadlocksmile's Review of Sony CyberShot DSC-P72

25th Jan 2006

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    4.5 stars
  • Features
    4 stars
  • Time Digital Camera Owned
    Over 1 Year
  • Battery Life
    4 stars
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars
Good Points

Very quick and simple to use, with great final results.
A good all-rounder!


Bad Points

Takes quite a long time to fully charge the cameras batteries.


General Comments

I've owned the Sony CyberShot DSC-P72 digital camera for well over a year now, and I've been nothing but happy with it.

The functions and options are easy to use in the well displayed menu options on the camera. The quality of picture is fantastic. Even the "motion picture" option gives a clear picture with good recorded sound.

I highly recommend purchasing an additional memory stick, as the camera only comes with a 16MB stick included. This is not much space at all, especially if you plan to use the "movie" function. As the camera supports Pro Memory Stick's, this allows you to purchase a stick that holds huge amounts of storage space for very little extra money. I think it's something about compressing the information, but however it works, there is no loss of quality at all. I bought a 512MB stick for the camera and never ran out of space on a two week holiday where I went photo and filming crazy.

The camera's zoom function is good, but be warned that you can not use the zoom whilst filming. No huge hassle but worth pointing out!

When the camera is fully charged the batteries seem to last for ages, but charging the cameras batteries to their limit does take a while. The charger and batteries are all included with the camera by the way! The batteries are just rechargeable AA batteries, so in the case of a camera 'emergency' you can just use standard AA batteries. This can be very handy when you're on holiday etc.

Putting the photo's on your home computer and/or printing them off couldn't be simpler! The whole process is explained simply from start to finish, and the camera comes with all the software you need for the photo's.

All in all, I thought the camera was a fantastic buy, and it does exactly what I want it to do. I'm no professional photographer, but for everyday use, the SONY DSC-P72 is a simple and easy to use camera that delivers great looking results. Highly recommended!

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