Sony CyberShot DSC-P200 Review

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

8th May 2006

Overall Rating

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

Compact
Fast start-up
Superb image quality
Shooting options
Good close-ups
Quality feel
Easily accessible menu


Bad Points

Inability to zoom in movie mode, but not much else


General Comments

The Sony CyberShot DSC-P200 digital camera has so far lived up to all my expectations, and beyond.

The 7.2 mega-pixel facility means you can print crystal-clear prints on A4 photo paper, but most of the time the 5 mega-pixel setting is perfectly good enough for high quality images. As for reliability, the camera has never let me down. It has a solid metallic feel, which is sufficient to give a good hand-hold. I can't believe that some people feel the camera is now on the large side. If you go much smaller than this it would be too small to hold comfortably. The menu facility is easy to access, and, if you are patient enough to either read the manual or just through trial and error, it is not difficult to find your way around.

For a lot of users the programmed point and shoot function will be the preferred option, but for the more adventurous user there is a manual override facility to get your desired aperture or shutter speed setting. The macro facility also works well for getting quality close-ups.

The video quality is good, but there is no zoom facility once recording has started. This is not unusual for cameras of this age however, but at the end of the day this is primarily a stills camera, so it's not too big a loss.

Anyone concerned about the Memory Stick format can rest easy that you can now buy Memory Stick Pro or Memory Stick Duo (with adapter) to use with the P200 for little more, or the same as any other media, so let's not have any more grumbles about being tied into Sony. Surely you did your homework and knew what you were buying in the first place!

In summary, I would highly recommend this camera to anyone. I have had no faults whatsoever, and few, if any, wasted shots (if it's possible to have wasted shots with a digital camera). I would also have no hesitation in replacing the P200 with another Sony model, and I am anxiously waiting to read reviews on the 12x zoom DSC-H2, which might well be next on my shopping list.

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