Sony CyberShot DSC-F505V Review

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Sony CyberShot DSC-F505V
3.6 stars
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Thom Cavanagh's Review of Sony CyberShot DSC-F505V

29th Jan 2004

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    3.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    4 stars
  • Image Quality
    5 stars
  • Features
    4 stars
Good Points

Excellent clarity, excellent color, good autofocus. Many great features that I had not even considered including on-camera playback with zoom capability. Also, can play on any TV with an auxiliary input. On-camera editing includes resolution resizing, multiple photo viewing, bad shot deletion, etc.


Bad Points

No viewfinder. Add-on, third-party, prismatic viewer helps but is clumsy. Slow bootup.


General Comments

Had this Sony DSC-F505V digital camera about three years now. Not as fast as newer cameras, slow bootup causes some missed shots. Was very upset when I found out that 128 Megs would be the maximum it could see. Am still impressed with the picture quality and the lens system. The biggest negative is the lack of a viewfinder but found a 3rd party add-on that helps in the sun. Add-on is a little clumsy to use. Found a special case made just for this series of cameras. Case holds camera, spare memory sticks, and extra batteries. Battery charge lasts well, but battery life is about two years. Two batteries will get me through a full day of tourist type shooting of, say, 50 photos over 8-10 hours. A useful add-on is a car charger.

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