Sony CyberShot DSC-P100 Review

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Sony CyberShot DSC-P100
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rtpharty's Review of Sony CyberShot DSC-P100

6th Sep 2008

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
Good Points

Astonishingly good exposure, able to capture shadow & highlight details most of the time, great macro, battery lasts for months, colours accurate and strong. Routinely gives great shots with no fuss. This camera is an unsung hero. I have used loads of compacts as well as prosumer Nikons - and I just wish that the Nikons (my current is a D300) would get the exposure and white balance right as often as the Sony.


Bad Points

The sensor has a tendency to get dirty. I have carried mine around every day for 4 years and taken many thousands of shots - twice I have had to strip it down to clean the sensor (I'm a cheapskate) but then it is like new.


General Comments

I have the P120 - just a black P100 with a case and a pointless spare battery - and wear it on my belt every day. It fires up in no time, takes a perfectly exposed shot (often concealed in my palm) and then disappears again. Absolutely ideal for candid / street / any photography. Not the ideal camera for low light shots. (I have a vastly inferior in daylight Fuji F30 for those.) I have used and own a whole shoe box of newer and older compact digitals but it is the Sony P120/100 that is the reliable workhorse. In fact I own 3 now. I don't care that 5.something megapixels is considered puny, it's the image that counts.

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