Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55 14.1MP Digital Camera with 10x Wide Angle Optical Zoom with SteadyShot Image Stabilization and 3.0 inch LCD (Black) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

Having owned many pro-level cameras in the past, it was difficult for me to find a solid and versatile point-and-shoot. This camera has everything I was looking for and just a bit more.Pros:I am impressed with the amount of control the H55 gives me.Panoramic imaging built in (its nice to see the results right away rather than just eyeballing it) .Image quality - wow @ 14MP, the images are gorgeous.Color accuracy is great with good lighting.The camera handles quite nicely and is very easy to navigate.The wide angle lens is fantastic at this price. As a pro I would have spent a couple hundred on the lens alone.Excellent range on zoom. I was quite happily surprised.Battery life seems much more adequate than the W330 I previously purchased and returned.Cons:The flash is far from balanced and seems too hot to be used for fill. I'm new on this camera and I'm used to pro-level equipment, so I'm sure I'm expecting too much here. That, or I just don't yet have the hang of it.Color accuracy breaks down at lower light levels. Since I didn't have a real meter with me, I couldn't tell at which precise number breakdown begins to occur. I would guess around 4 lux is about as good as it gets. Beyond around that, it gets pretty noisy. I'll experiment with some night shooting when I have it on a tripod. But I won't get my hopes up.Doesn't seem to allow you to manually close the lens. Not a dealbreaker, but it would seem a fairly simple feature to offer.

I have been looking for a replacement to my previous Sony 5.1 MP camera for which i paid the same amount that I paid for this camera. It's amazing to see a sea change in the quality of the pictures especially under relatively lower light conditions and outdoors. The zoom is outstanding. I can agree with the previous reviewer that the picture blurs, but I have a different take. If the object moves or if the hand shakes a little. In my view this is OK becasue multi-burst function has been disabled by default. But, I have taken moving pictures and it comes out fine most of the time.A word of caustion that do not purchase this camera primarily becasue it has HD recording. The picture quality of HD recording indoor under medium to low light is noisy. And even in outdoor, the movie function can't replace what a full blown HD camcorder can do.I recommed this camera to anyone who is looking for shooting great quality indoor/outdoor pictures. The smaller pocket size of the camera is really a big plus compared to it's predecessor, H-20 model.I haven't utilized all it's features. I will right more when get to know more about this camera. One last thing that the black plastic housing looks cheap. I wish Sony had added some metal and hardness to the body of the camera. Overall, I give it 5 stars becasue the camera excels in its bottom line functionality which is to take excellent shots.Well, I have some bad news. After a week of use, I noticed that the camera is washing away the colors if the person is wearing lighter colored clothings like light blue, light green, light yellow, or cream colors. It happens when taking pictures indoor. The lighers-colors in iMode settings don't come exactly the same. They appear whashed away. I am having a second thoughts about this camera. Not to mention that the outdoor pictures are perfect and even the indoor pictures are great if the person is in dark colored clothes.

First off, let me say that I love Sony Cybershots. I own several. I bought this one for the 10X optical zoom and sports setting. It was with me last night for my son's baseball game and I am so impressed. It takes GREAT shots, even better than my other cameras. Love it.Oct 2010. Well, let's just say my glowing review has now been downgraded. WATCH OUT. Customer relations and repair will not do anything with this camera. My pictures are horribly distorted. The subject will be long or curved. For instance, I took a picture with my son and his body is HUGE and his head is SMALL. Another time, my husband and I were taking a picture and the camera distorted my face to be very long and much larger than my husbands even though we are sitting side by side. I called Sony for repair. I sent my camera in and Sony replaced the optical unit. They sent it back. I used it again and the same problem occured. I called and said that I wanted a new camera, same model and they said NO. My mom purchased the same one at the same time and hers works perfectly, Sony doesn't care. They said to send it back for repair and they will test it. The test came back and Sony said it worked according to specifications... needless to say, they are sending it back and I am throwing it away. I have owned Sony forever. I have radios, tv's, cybershots and camcorders. I will not be buying Sony again. Don't do it! I have spent at least 6 hours over the course of the last week to have this issued resolved and after $250 and 6 months of use, the camera is junk. Not really worth the money.

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