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The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W220 combines point-and-shoot ease-of-use with advanced features in a sophisticated, compact body. Smile Shutter technology allows you to capture a smile the moment it happens, and the Carl Zeiss 4x optical zoom lens, Optical SteadyShot image stabilization, and 12.1 megapixel resolution deliver crisp, clear images. more info
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Great little camara
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
We love this camera. It is easy to use and takes great pictures. The battery last a long time and we love how it slips into the charger and then you just plug the charger into the outlet. No bothering with AA batteries which I believe run down too fast. I recommend this camera to anyone and the price is right!
Easy to use
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Neither my husband nor I have much experience with cameras, but took this one on our European vacation and had such fun taking pictures. It’s very easy to use, requires no focusing, and was easy to tote around. I would highly recommend this camera to novice photographers.
WARNING: This Camera Comes To You Incomplete!
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
OK, I have come into the 21st century by shooting the last role of film on my dinosaur Canon. I’ve never had a digital camera before, never shot one, didn’t know squat about any of them, so I perused all the dozens of cameras looking for the ones with all 5 star reviews or next best.
This camera had stellar reviews, so I bought it. Yes, it takes fantastic pictures, but NO MEMORY STICK is included! I had a permit to climb Mt. Whitney this week and the weather was holding, but had to cancel due to not having a shoot-ready camera! We contacted Sony, they said there was enough memory in the camera for 96 pictures. Great, I rescheduled the hike, but after Sony walked us through setting it up for the 96 pictures, the camera would not give us those. I took 3 which should have given us a balance of 93, but it knocked down to 62, then refused to let us take any more pictures.
When you order this camera you’re not getting it all. Memory sticks start at $44.95 up to $149.95, so factor those costs into the cost of this camera. Biting my nails hoping Sony Fed-Ex’s the memory stick in time for my hike next week!
When I get the thing up and running, I will edit this review and probably give it another 5-star review, but I’m highly pissed that the fact the camera was not shoot-ready was not posted in big, bold red letters or something to better catch your attention. The Product Info does say Memory Stick not included, but for a digital newbie like me, I wasn’t familiar with the termonology.
It’s small as a pack of playing cards which is great for hiking as it is light weight enough to carry and to pack.
OK, got the memory stick by Fedex who, per tracking, let it languish in Chicago for TWO DAYS! Pony Express is cheaper and more reliable than Fed Ex.
Took the camera to Mt. Whitney yesterday. The moon was setting behind a peak at 3:30AM with violent storm clouds swirling about it like a horror movie. For the heck of it, shot some pictures. Wow, not only did it take quality pictures in the dead of night, but they came out fantastic enough to make a poster of. It looked as if the moon was arising out of Hell and on fire. Then to the east horizon the ISS was streaming for the sun which had not even arisen, turning gold. The camera picked up the tiny speck of light that was the ISS.
Love it, can’t stop taking pictures of EVERYTHING! If my 87 yr old mother learns to use this camera and likes it, I’ll buy one for her.
5 STARS for this camera!
Easy to Use
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This camera was ready to go right out of the box. I’m no pro, so when I could change the settings with ease, I was impressed. Great pictures so far.
Great Camera!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I have owned this camera for about a little over a month now and it takes great pics! You cant go wrong with 12.1 megs and face detection too. It also has image stabilization for people with shaky hands. I upgraded to this from an old Sony Cybershot that only had 3.2 megs and I paid twice and much for that when they came out! I love the movie mode too and the menu is very easy to use plus it has a 2.7 inch display screen!
So far so good
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a replacement camera for one my son broke. He loved the video capabilities (mostly the sound) from this little camera. Very clear and not distorted. Great picts as well
Disappointing Picutre Quaility
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
I took my daughter to Paris June-July 2009. This was our first trip to Europe. I wanted a camera that would capture once in a life time memories. The camera is small, light weight and has a good battery life. The problem is the picture quality. The camera took great pcitures of landscapes but failed when it came to indoor shots (day and night)and people at night.
When I developed the pictures of my daughter(size 4,6) the majority were grainy and the edges of her hair and face were blurry.
I set the camera settings correctly so that was not the issue. The problem is that the camera lacks consistency. My daughters 2 year old Cannon took much better pictures and was about $50 less than this one.
Thankfully I had a SLR as my main camera. I’ll sick to Nikon and Cannon in the future.
Great Compact Camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I recently purchased this camera and I have to say that I am quite impressed. I am just a causal picture taker so I was looking for a camera that was easy to use and this is perfect. The pictures come out crystal clear and the camera is so easy to use. I love the LCD screen. For me the screen is large enough to take a quality picture. The buttons are easy to use and camera itself is very sleek and extremely lightweight. I read through the instruction manual to get an idea of how to use some of the more complicated features but if you don’t have time for this it’s okay. The auto shoot mode is great!
I only have one issue with this camera. It only holds like 15MB of data which is nothing. I was just playing around with the camera and took like three pictures and a message came up that the memory was full! Not good…so I HAVE to buy a Sony Memory Stick so I can save my pictures. I really do feel this should have been included with the camera.
Other than that this is an amazing camera and I would recommend it to anyone!
Great Camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Bought this a few weeks ago to get summertime shots of our kids. We absolutley love this camera. High quality pictures. What i love is that the screen tells you what each setting does as you change the dial. Idiot proof. I also love that you can take photos in a streeming shot – most of the ones we have tried are always on a delay and you miss the timing when you are trying to get action shots of the kids. This camera has a setting so that you can just hold the button in and it takes a series of pictures. Really like this device – hope it is reliable.
We love it.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Bought it for wife to replace another digital camera. We use or dot pictures and videos. Couldn’t ask for a better value prop
Great camera!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
After having spent some time researching for a good but affordable camera to travel with, I decided on this one. It is an excellent camera for the novice. Colors are sharp and it takes pictures very quickly. The feature set is ample, easy to use, but offers plenty of fine tuning for the enthusiast. I strongly recommend this camera.
terrific camera that’s easy to use
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
When they say “this one’s got it all,” they mean it! This is certainly an upgrade to what I had before; and there’s more features to this that I imaged there ever could be. It’s built to last quite some while and it doesn’t stint on options. Fortunately, however, I was able to learn how to use it rather quickly; and even the manual is well written! Most manuals are no fun to read but this one is written quite well in plain English and that’s terrific. It also comes with a CD-ROM that lets you install the necessary computer software to connect the computer to the camera; the software also lets you register the camera with Sony and copy an extra instruction manual onto your hard drive. Moreover, this camera takes clear images every time and of course that built in flash works wonders. The buttons and dials are easy to manipulate and press; although you do have to be careful to press them using the edge of your finger (or your fingernail) because a few of the buttons are small.
The camera comes on “auto” for those of us who don’t want to fiddle too much before taking pictures–but of course there’s so much more to this camera than just the “auto” mode. Use the mode dial to access modes for taking pictures on the beach so that the blueness of the water looks as blue as can be, taking pictures when it’s snowy to make the snow look a bit extra white, take a picture when the camera detects that someone is smiling, and much more! The control button and one or two other buttons help you to get the flash working under more than one setting, view and delete pictures and again, much more. You can easily attach this camera to your computer so that you can upload photos to your hard drive for storage there–or for posting your pictures to a website which can be incredibly useful and fun. In addition, to preserve the life of the battery pack between charges the camera shuts itself off after roughly three minutes of non-usage; this is a very good feature. I’m impressed.
The camera is capable of taking video clips although I don’t think that it is designed primarily for that purpose. However, it will let you record video; the camera has a built in speaker, microphone and a “movie mode” to do this well.
In addition, you’ll need to charge the battery pack for about four and one-half hours prior to shooting any pictures so don’t wait until the moment you need this to open it up and use it. The memory stick will be ready to go, fortunately. I purchased an eight gigabyte memory stick so that I’ll have plenty of space for storing my photos and movies. Be sure to get the memory stick and not the memory card; a memory card may not fit in the slot. At roughly twelve megapixels an eight gigabyte memory stick will hold about sixteen hundred photos.
There is also an internal rechargeable battery that may need to be charged if you don’t use the camera for over a month. In case this occurs, make sure your battery pack is fully charged and then insert it so that the battery pack charges the internal battery for twenty-four hours or a little bit longer–while the camera is turned off. That should solve the problem. Sony also has ways for you to contact them in case you have further questions about the camera and how to keep this working for a long time to come!
Overall, I really like this camera; and I highly recommend it.
Great camera
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a great camera. Light and easy to use. I bought this b/c, I had an olympus camera which failed to work after 2 years and when i contact olympus they said they do not have spare parts to repaire it and buy a new one. So I bought this sony camera since I did not want to buy an olympus brand anymore.
I love this camera!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I had a Sony Cybershot 3.5 camera that got lots of use. Lately it seemed like I was getting more fuzzy shots than clear ones. Time to upgrade the camera. This was a great price, and Sony is a great brand. It hasn’t disappointed me. I’m now able to get all of those action pictures of the kids in clear detail. And the screen is much larger than my other Sony.
Love my new camera
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I purchased this based on other amazon cust reviews along with cnet. Everything I read was true. Slightly complicated to use but only if you’re trying to get fancy with it. Much better than my old canon. I love it.