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Sony Cybershot DSCW1 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

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Sony Cybershot DSCW1 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

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$349.95

Features:

5-megapixel sensor captures enough detail to create photo-quality 13-by-17-inch enlargements
3x optical zoom plus 2x digital zoom for 6x total
Carl Zeiss optics; high-resolution movie mode with sound; large 2.5-inch LCD
Compatible with Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro media; includes 32 MB card

Sony Cybershot DSCW1 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Sony Cybershot DSCW1 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Compact and fast, with a big screen.:

Great camera.

My last camera was a Sony Mavica CD300. Aside from recording onto a mini CD, its best feature was its large 2.5" screen. It's almost like having a Polaroid instant camera. You take a picture and pass it around. People love looking at pictures on the camera. You can't get that same effect with most digital cameras today.

I bought the W1 because it also has a 2.5" LCD screen, but the camera itself is 1/4 the size. And this screen is actually much clearer than on my previous camera or on the... more info

Great 5MP Value:

This our third digital camera. Our other cameras are from Canon and Nikon. I was leaning toward the new Canon S60 because we love our other Canon and they both would take the same CompactFlash memory cards. This camera was going to be mine and I wanted 5MP so I could do some cropping of pictures and still keep up the quality when printing in 8 X 10 format. The Canon S60 kept being delayed, so I started looking at alternatives.
The DSCW1 seems designed to compete with the Canon S60. Both are 5 MP, both are... more info

Doesn't live up to its 5MP potential:

Only one review site mentions this problem (...) but now a lot of users are starting to see it. This camera's noise filtering causes pictures to look 'soft' or in my interpretation - slightly out of focus.
In outdoor scenery shots it isn't very noticeable - the 5MP is able to give you a lot of detail especially in the area of the picture that is not your main subject (background trees, roofs, etc). However in portraits, or pictures of pets, the problem is VERY apparent.

Going from a 1MP to a 2MP camera,... more info

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