Tuesday, July 5, 2005
Sony Cyber-shot H1 Review
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 11:00 AM
"Introduced in February 2005 (pre-PMA), the Cyber-shot H1 is Sony's attempt to win a share of one of the fastest growing digital camera market sectors, the 5 megapixel 'super zoom'. Although Sony has produced big zoom cameras before (the F828 and its predecessors sported 8x optics and there was a 10x zoom floppy disk Mavica a few years ago), the H1 is the electronics giant's first foray into compact, big zoom image-stabilized cameras. As well as a huge 12x optical zoom the H1 is a real treasure chest of photographic control, offering a wealth of automatic, semi automatic and manual exposure modes, a big 2.5" screen and captures VGA/30fps movies in space-efficient MPEG format."
The 5MP super-zoom category of cameras is an extremely competitive one, and Sony has done a superb job with its first attempt in the field. This review compares the Sony camera to the Canon S2 IS and the Panasonic DMC-FZ5, the two top cameras in this category. A recommended review before you buy any one of the three cameras.
The 5MP super-zoom category of cameras is an extremely competitive one, and Sony has done a superb job with its first attempt in the field. This review compares the Sony camera to the Canon S2 IS and the Panasonic DMC-FZ5, the two top cameras in this category. A recommended review before you buy any one of the three cameras.
