Sony CyberShot DSC-P52 Digital Camera

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The 16MB Memory Stick included with the Sony DSC-P52 can only hold 10 images at the camera's highest resolution. We strongly recommend purchasing at least a 32MB Memory Stick, allowing the storage of a minimum of 20 best-quality JPEG images.

Reviews

Review 1

General Comments:
i continue to be loyal to sony products. always reliable, built well and easy to use. bought at a snip through amazon, easy to set up and link to my pc, the quality of the images are outstanding.
3 megapixels is more than enough for most home users, and they allow for some really sharp print outs. the addition of a movie capture facility is great too, especially as an motion-graphics producer i've found it useful for collecting video snippets for my work projects.

a super camera from sony. if you're after a high quality home-use camera, this is perfect!

Review 2

General Comments:
Sony P52 offers great quality images and superb new movie recording system at a low price. This camera offers 2X optical zoom for people who are not sure if they like to go for non-zoom or 3X zoom cameras.
The image quality is superb outdoor with some preset programs to suit most of the lighting conditions. Indoor images can be taken simply with or without flash. The focus problem is none when focus using the assisted focus light. It should be emphasized that not many cameras have this feature even in the higher ranges.

The movie option does not come just a bogus feature of this camera. The quality of the movie is good at 640 x 480 and sound quality is excellent.

Nothing perfect: The camera memory is compatible with the Memory Stick which is pretty pricy compared with other types of memory cards. So this can add up to your initial budget when you are considered to get an extra 64 or 128 MB card. However, the package includes two AA rechargeable batteries and a Sony battery charger. This should balance things up.

The look may be a bit bulky because of the protrude zoom lens. However, the camera make you feel solid, and the zoom does not seem to be easily broken down as in other retractable zoom lens cameras. In brief, Sony P52 is a considerable choice for people who are looking for a 3MP/zoom/ movie with sound featured/budget camera.

Review 3

General Comments:
I have been tempted to buy a digitial camera for some time to replace my APS camera. I chose the Sony DSC-P52 after seeing the results from other friends Sony Digital cameras and reckoned that the price was excellent for a 3 Mega Pixel digital camera with a (small) zoom.
Having taken delivery of the camera I am delighted with the results, the colour depth in the pictures is nothing short of stunning particularly when viewed on my computer screen. The LCD display on the camera itself is excellent, with vivid and accurate reproduction of the colours. The camera also has some fun features such as taking photos in sepia tone (great for making things look like the 1930s) and negative mode, the latter was particularly interesting when used to take photo of a pint of Guinness.

This camera also comes with a set of preset modes for different lighting conditions, such as Beach, Snow, Nightime Interior and Night Outdoors. This makes setting up shots with the right exposure quite simple.

An important feature of any digital camera was how easy it is to connect to the computer, I was impressed with how easy this was.

The only disappointment for me was the movie recording capability, I can't find a way of changing the resolution that the camera records at only the frame rate. Although the 640x480 captures are excellent it would have been nice to be able to capture full motion at a lower resoultion, a 64mb memory stick is filled with about 3 minutes of video.

All in all an excellent camera with some great features at a really great price.