Sony CyberShot DSC-P200 Review

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Sony CyberShot DSC-P200
3.7 stars
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whitecamel's Review of Sony CyberShot DSC-P200

23rd Mar 2006

Overall Rating

3 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    2 stars
  • Features
    4 stars
  • Time Digital Camera Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Battery Life
    5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Easy to use, great battery life, good features, compact design, high resolution, good value.


Bad Points

Colours are lacklustre.


General Comments

I bought a Sony CyberShot DSC-P200 camera after reading the many excellent reviews, the main attraction being the high resolution for the price. It is easy to use, although one minor gripe is the mode selection dial, which can be turned inadvertantly when getting it in and out of the case. This dial is also a little hard to read, but when you turn it the screen shows what setting you are on, so you can get around that.

The camera feels solid and is obviously a quality build. It has plenty of useful features, such as manual mode, which is handy for night-time shots, and spot metering, which I found very useful in variable lighting conditions. My major complaint with it is that the colours come out less vivid than my other two digital cameras, a Nikon Coolpix and a Fuji Finepix. I have done an extensive comparison with my Fuji Finepix S304, which although only 3.2 mp, gives far more vivid colours and makes the results from the Sony rather lacklustre to say the least. This is not a minor issue - the difference really is noticable! The Sony has a much higher resolution, so detail is sharper, but the colour issue is a real disappointment for me. For that reason alone, I would not recommend this camera

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