I researched this and other cameras for about 7 months before finally deciding on the DSC-W80. I was sort of torn between the DSC-W55 and the DSC-T70. For $20 or $30 more, I thought the features that came on the DSC-W80 were better than the W55 (face recognition, etc). As far as the T70 I LOVED how compact it was, but it didn't have the zoom lens, so any zoom you got was going to be the digital zoom, which I wasn't very keen about.
My stepmom has this exact camera and some of her pictures kept coming out grainy. When I got mine, I tweeked some of the settings (which she hadn't done) and my pictures came out great. I had to go in and turn on the image stabilization, change the resolution size of the picture, and also turn on the face recognition, and when I changed the same settings on her camera, the pictures have been great ever since.
The shutter lag time on this camera is amazing...compared to every other camera brands I've dealt with (Nikon, Canon, etc) this is by FAR the shortest lag time.
I love how small the camera is. It can easily be in a purse or even a pocket and you hardly even know it's there. The ONLY drawback is that the battery tends to not hold as long of a charge as I think it should.
Overall, I love the camera, and Sony has me sold on their CyberShot cameras for sure. |
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