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Summary: worked 8 months
Review: and sony wants 139.00 to service it
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Summary: Another Quality Product from Sony
Review: Before buying this camera I tried digital cameras from other brands but could not get satisfactory result. Finally I chose DSCP8 and so far it has given me the performace I expected. It has an excellant result in its category and it's easy to use switches let my 9 years old son use this camera comfortably. He also used this during his recent field trip and results are just excellant.
I recommend this camera to everyone who trust this brand. It won't let you down
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Summary: Good features but very pricey!
Review: First of all the image quality from P8 is very good in day light. The battery life is about average. The infolithium also shows mins remaining, this makes up for shorter battery life. The zoom lens is very good and so is the smart zoom feature. The movie are good but still very grainy & take up lots of space on the stick.The problem with the camera is its expensive and proprietary battery. The extra battery from Sony is priced very high. The expensive memory sticks make it worse. Just check out the price of sticks versus the CF card and you will realize the premium Sony charges on each of these sticks. Most other accessories are also priced very high. All these things add to cost of the camera substantially, so keep them in mind. Finally the camera isn't as small as Canon Elph's and neither does it offer any good shots at night or indoors. All in all its a good camera if you want to pay for its Sony label, otherwise there are many better compact cameras. Infact Sony P72 has same features with AA batteries and a slightly bigger size, check it out!
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Summary: WOW
Review: Great price for a powerful camera. This thing is small compared to other camera's from sony. The lenz hides which makes it easy to carry in your pocket. Very easy to use and understand. DO NOT BUY ONE THAT USES REGULAR AA BATTERIES. They don't last more than 15 minutes. The battery this one uses lasts almost an hour & a half in a single charge. All you need is a larger memory stick. The lowest resolution allows for 97 pictures with the supplied memory stick. I am very happy.
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Summary: Nice camera with bad software
Review: Hi,
I bought this camera for my marriage day and my experience with it so far is pretty good. Following are some of the problems that I observed. 1. The image editing software that comes with camera sucks..!! Menus do not have written descriptions and very difficult to understand/use. 2. Night shots in automatic mode were a bit dull. I encountered the red-eye problems too. Red-eye reduction mode is pretty slow. 3. LCD screen is too small to judge the quality of the photo. Sometimes I thought that the photo was good whereas after seeing on computer it was shaky. 4. When you watch images in playback mode, it takes sometime (around 1-2 sec) for the LCD screen to display the image with proper resolution. This reduces your playback speed. Sony says it is pretty normal. 5. In movie mode, you can not use zoom which is pretty bad. 6. The manual should have been better with more crisp description of features. 7. I have 128MB memory stick and when I went to Lake Tahoe around one month back, I shooted the photos in 3:2 mode. My memory stick got exhausted within 4-5 hours and it could accommodate only 80-90 photos. Next day I had to cleanup unwanted photos to make room for more photos. Unfortunately I could cleanup only 10-15 or so which restricted me very badly in shooting more photos. The lesson is, if you are going for a 2day trip or so.. be sure to carry enough memory sticks to suit your needs..But, one surprising in this experience is, my battery didn't go down even with 4-5 hours of shooting. (The shooting was not continuous. But, I never restricted myself from taking a snap because of low battery) I haven't used all the different modes and options. But, Following are some of the nice things.. 1. The image quality is very good and colors are pretty sharp. I have printed photos upto 8x10 size and I haven't faced any problem with the resolution of the image. 2. The camera has 3:2 mode which can reduce the problems of cropping when you develop the photos in 4x6 size. 3. The auto focus speed is very good. So, you can take more pictures in less time. 4. Camera is very cute and handy. You can keep the camera in your pocket and take it anywhere you want. 5. Menus in camera are very intutive and you can get used to it pretty quick. 6. Camera comes with AC Adapter and batteries also which is very nice. Other companys' 3.2MP cameras may come for less price but you have to spend additional money on rechargable batteries and adapters. 7. The photos in snow with automatic mode turned out to be great. Overall I was only disappointed with software and in all other respects it is a nice camera to own. -Raja
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Summary: Most user-friendly, excellent quality Digital Camera
Review: I am not your most computer savvy woman, but I was able to load the program onto my computer, download pictures and I didnt even break a sweat! My camera is 3.2 mega pixels and the quality of my pictures are excellent. I was using a canon elf digital camera prior to this but was not able to zoom in on things without it getting blurry. With this Sony DSC-P8, I can zoom right in and get a crystal clear close-up. I am thrilled with this camera...a keeper!
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Summary: P8 = good choice
Review: I bought SONY P8 because friend had SONY P9 and was very satisfied with it. I must say it is very much comparable to the P9. Battery lasts 90 minutes and when you turn off the LCD, even when the battery is almost flat, you will still be able to make at least 20-30 pictures. The menu is easy to use. The only problem I feel with this model is that when using automat sometimes the pictures come out either too bright or too dark so it is actually better to use manual otherwise the pictures are a very good quality the same with the video. P8 makes excellent pictures in dark - flash is quite strong.The zoom is sufficient - I am only using the optical and switched off the digital zoom. To conclude, I like this camera, I knew what I was buying and I think it was a good deal (although I know that some other 3.2 MP may be cheaper), must recommmend it to everyone.
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Summary: This camera is GREAT............
Review: I bought this camera 20 days ago... To be honest, i'm not professional... im a web designer... This cam. has great auto functions. such as:
1. red eye reduction
2. Auto focus is amazing ....While u push "shot" button half down , this will still be coosing the optimal focus rate..
3. Better picture quality.. If u r not professional, i prefer u not to pay much for 5MP or 8MP cameras
4. Slow shutter-in dark places, not only shooting object but also its background will be bright.
5. Very compact and great durability (its case is made of alminium)
But there is problems also:
Sometimes red eye reduction doesnt work porperly.
Supplied memory stick is not enough... you'll need another (128MP or more) memory stick.
baterry life is little short....
BUT if u wanna buy Digital still camera, I PREFER you THIS CAMERA.
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Summary: Great , Easy To Use
Review: I bought this camera because my new laptop is a sony and
the salesman recommended me this camera . I wanted an olympus
but got the sony instead . I got the usb reader for the memory
stick that can work with my other computers ! it's a blast to
have this one , but a little dissappoint that it's not weather-
proof like the olympus has. Overall this is a nice camera to carry around .
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Summary: Bad picture quality
Review: I had a Fuji 2800 and I was pretty happy with it. It produced great pictures and I used it a lot but it finally broke after 2 years.
I did some research and I saw good reviews for this Sony camera and liked the compact size and the set of features. I bought it and did some pictures indoor of my daughter. Next day I connected it to the PC and downloaded the pictures. Big surprise. The pictures were grainy, yellowish and out of focus. Way worse than my old Fuji. I tried to play with the settings, do some pictures outside, read again the manual. I got better results outdoors but still not quite right.
Really disapointed with this camera. I returned it back to the store and I ordered something else.
Take my advice and try to see some pictures taken with this camera before you buy it.
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