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9.1 MP Super HAD CCD
More megapixels give you more detail and definition when you make big prints or crop in tight on your subject. The advanced Sony® Super HAD (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD design allows more light to pass to each pixel, increasing sensitivity and reducing noise.
Carl Zeiss® 15X Optical Zoom Lens
15X optical zoom provides a superb ability to bring long-distance subjects up close - a significant advantage for situations where you can’t be near the action, such as sporting events or wildlife photography.
3.0" Tilt-up Clear Photo LCD Plus Display
The large, bright tiltable 3.0" Clear Photo LCD Plus display (230K pixels) tilts up for comfortable low-angle shooting, and an anti-reflective coating provides for excellent visibility to help you compose, view, and share photos with superb clarity and color reproduction, even in bright sunlight.
Face Detection
Face Detection technology automatically controls flash, focus, exposure, and white balance to help reveal faces in shadows, make skin tones look more natural, reduce red-eye, and eliminates harsh facial glare.
Smile Shutter Technology
Smile Shutter technology captures smiles the moment they happen. The mode can be set to capture when your subject laughs, smiles or even grins, and like Face Detection is able to differentiate children and adults to set priority.
Sony Double Anti-Blur Solution
The combination of Super SteadyShot® optical image stabilization and high ISO sensitivity helps compensate for shaky hands, minimizes blur, and allow flash-free shooting to preserve the mood.
Super SteadyShot® Optical Image Stabilization
Super SteadyShot® Image Stabilization compensates for shaky hands and minimizes blur with a built-in gyro that detects camera movement and sends correcting signals to a stabilization lens -- so there’s no need to crop in on your shot to reduce blur.
High Sensitivity (ISO 3200) Mode
With high sensitivity of ISO 3200, you can shoot effectively in low light without flash to preserve the mood, while the Sony Clear RAW Noise Reduction system helps suppress the color noise that can degrade low-light shots.
Intelligent Scene Recognition Mode
Intelligent Scene Recognition mode automatically detects 5 different types of scenes and selects the appropriate camera setting: Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Twilight, Twilight Portrait, and Twilight using a Tripod. Intelligent Scene Recognition has two different modes, advanced and auto. Advanced mode takes one with the standard automatic settings and the other with optimized settings. Auto mode takes a single shot, utilizing the camera's optimal settings.
Dynamic Range Optimization Standard & Plus
Powered by the exclusive Sony BIONZ high-speed processing engine, Dynamic Range Optimization preserves image data in bright highlights and reveals more detail in shadows or backlit areas -- for great results even in difficult lighting conditions. New DRO Plus mode enhances optimization, analyzing each region of an image and performing additional image processing.
NightShot® Infrared System
Sony’s NightShot® Infrared System lets you shoot photos in near-dark or totally dark (0 lux) conditions without using a flash, so you can capture creative night scenes that lie beyond the power of conventional cameras.
Variable Noise Reduction (NR Level Setting)
To allow greater control over NR, three NR Level Settings are available -- High, Low and Standard - allowing you to select the optimal setting depending on the scene and individual tastes. For example, applying high NR helps obtain smoothly textured images for portraits or dark scenes, while the low setting is helps reduce noise without sacrificing resolution, making it especially useful for landscapes, detailed subjects, and contoured surfaces.
Advanced Sports Shooting mode
Advance Sports Shooting mode is ideal for shooting fast-moving subjects. Just choose Advanced Sports Shooting mode with the mode dial. The camera will then automatically use Auto Focus to analyze subject motion and predict the next move while the shutter button is halfway pressed. A high shutter speed (up to 1/4000 sec.) helps ensure you capture the moment clearly even if the subject is moving at high speed.
Bracket Shooting Mode
In addition to standard exposure bracketing (±0.3EV/±0.7EV/±1.0EV), Bracket Shooting mode now includes settings for white balance and color modes. This function records three images with one shot, each with a different white balance or color mode applied, making it easy to capture the ambience and feeling of the original scene.
Convenient Photo Modes
To adjust quickly for specific shooting situations, you can choose from several convenient photo modes, including Auto, Program Auto, and Scene Selections such as Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Landscape, Portrait, Snow, High Sensitivity, Smile Shutter, Advance Sports Shooting, Fireworks, and Beach environments.
MPEG Movie VX Fine Mode
Capture VGA (640 x 480) audio/video clips at a high frame rate (up to 30 frames per second), with the length of your video limited only by the capacity of your media. The maximum length of time you can shoot continuously is about 10 minutes. Plus, optical zoom is available during movie recording.
High Contrast and Low Chromatic Aberration
The ED lens used is manufactured from super low-dispersion glass, which drastically reduces chromatic aberration. This yields sharp, high contrast images and decreases color fringing, especially on the edges of images shot with telephoto lenses.
Versatile long distance flash
Versatile long distance flash is powerful enough to illuminate subjects up to 55 meters away (at wide angle and ISO 3200 settings). Additionally, an Auto Daylight Synchro provides effective fill-in flash illumination for backlit subjects.
Automatic Macro Shooting
Standard Auto Focus now covers the macro focus range, eliminating the need to manually change focus modes for close-up photography.
9-Point Auto Focus
Because an off-center subject can make your shot more interesting, a 9-point auto focus measures auto-focus at 9 precision points instead of 5 -- giving you greater creative freedom to compose your image.
Smart Zoom® Feature
The Sony Smart Zoom® feature intelligently "crops into" the central portion of interest in your photo, helping avoid the image degradation of other digital zooms.
Burst Mode
You can fire off 100 shots automatically at .64-second intervals (at any resolution: VGA to full resolution mode) -- a great way to capture a child’s first steps or a pet’s best tricks.
Color Filter Kit
Five color filter effects -- including Red, Green, Blue, Warm, and Cool -- provide the same effects via in-camera image processing that are typically achieved with colored lens filters. Each effect provides increased creative control when shooting.
Color Mode "Real"
For users who want to retouch their images after shooting, Color Mode "Real" helps enable faithful color reproduction by minimizing in-camera image processing. The color modes available are Real, Normal, Vivid, Sepia, and Black & White.
Wheel Dial for Manual Exposure Modes
For more creative freedom, a simple wheel-dial control lets you quickly change camera settings in manual modes (shutter speed priority, aperture priority, manual exposure) and also control ISO sensitivity, focus area, and exposure value. In play mode, the wheel dial provides a quick way to view your next or previous shot.
Remote Control Function
In both shooting and play mode, you can use a supplied remote control unit to control basic camera functions -- including zoom, menu settings, etc. -- so you can put yourself in the picture when shooting with a tripod or sit back and enjoy the show when you share images on your home TV screen.
Easy Shooting Mode
A simplified camera environment especially attractive to beginners or digital camera users who want to keep things simple, Easy Shooting provides easy-to-read, on-screen instructions and limits the number of camera settings to help prevent misuse of the camera while still providing excellent results.
Function Guide
This beginner-friendly function helps manage various functions and settings by displaying the description of chosen functions or settings on the LCD screen. The Function Guide can also be switched off.
Electronic Color Viewfinder
In addition to the LCD screen, a built-in electronic color viewfinder lets you shoot in traditional camera style and save battery power by turning your LCD screen off.
15 MB Internal Memory
Even if you forget your flash memory card, you can get the shot because 15 MB internal memory lets you capture a limited number of shots with in-camera convenience, then easily transfer your shots to a PC or optional Memory Stick Duo media.
Memory Stick Duo Media Convenience
A built-in slot accepts optional Memory Stick Duo media or Memory Stick PRO Duo media -- the compact, high-capacity storage media that make it easily to upload photos to your PC and are compatible with millions of devices worldwide.
Stamina® Battery Power
Provides extended battery life and shooting capacity when using a fully charged Lithium Ion battery-- enough to cover a long weekend or a whole vacation.
Easy Image Management
To help you find the right image among many, Date View and Favorites have been added to the standard Folder View. Date View displays a calendar view, while Favorites shows only user selected images. Furthermore, you can filter photos by face types such as portrait, child, baby, and smile.
HDTV Compatibility
High-resolution images can be enjoyed in all their beauty simply by connecting the camera directly to a Sony BRAVIA® HDTV or other compatible HDTV3. This provides an excellent alternative to viewing photos as prints or on a computer monitor, and is ideal for users who want to share photos in the comfort of their living room. Optional HD solutions include a Cyber-shot® cradle/charger with component cable output, or component cable directly to your HDTV.
"PhotoTV HD"
PhotoTV HD compatibility allows the camera to be connected to a PhotoTV HD-capable Sony BRAVIA HDTV via the optional HD output adaptor, for highly detailed, high-definition color images displayed in unprecedented realism and full HD quality.
16:9 High-Resolution Mode
In addition to the standard 2-megapixel size, the convenient 16:9 aspect ratio shooting mode for HDTV3 display can now be shot in 6-megapixels, making it possible to obtain beautiful, high-definition prints with the same aspect ratio as HDTV.
Wide Zoom Display
Wide Zoom Display --- To use the entire image area of compatible HDTV3 screens, Wide Zoom automatically expands standard 4:3 and 3:2 images to 16:9.
PHOTOMUSIC
Expanding the HD Slide Show with Music feature, PHOTOMUSIC combines images with music to produce fun and entertaining slide shows. The five standard visual effects (Simple, Basic, Nostalgic, Active and Stylish) have been supplemented with Face1: Basic, Face2: Nostalgic and Face3: Stylish for a total of eight effects. Additionally, the number of music tracks stored in the camera memory has been doubled from four to eight, and music playback time has been extended from three to five minutes per track. More personalized slide shows are also possible by transferring music from a PC to the camera.
In-Camera Retouching
Add creative effects to photos after you shoot using any of 10 retouching functions, including: Trimming, Red-Eye adjustment, Soft Focus filter, Unsharp Mask, Cross filter, Partial Color filter, Fish-eye filter, Retro, Radial Blur and Happy Face. The Happy Face effect uses photo retouching to put a smile on faces, with smile levels adjustable from 1 to 5.
In-Camera Red-Eye Correction
Irritating "glowing eyes" can ruin even the most creative photos, but in-camera red eye reduction corrects your photos at the touch of a button to reduce lingering red-eye effect that other systems might miss.
Multi-Resizing Function
Resize your photos in-camera for virtually any purpose! Any size picture images can be resized to widescreen 16:9 and 2 MP resolution for display on an HDTV. Conversely, high resolution, widescreen 16:9 images or any size picture can be resized to 4:3 size with VGA (640x480) resolution -- perfect for sharing with friends and family via e-mail (internet connection required).
Picture Motion Browser Software
Supplied software makes it easier to upload, organize, and search photos on your PC. When shooting photos using your camera and an optional GPS unit, the software even provides a convenient map view function that lets you sort photos by location and display their origin on a world map.
BIONZ
BIONZ image processor delivers speed and precision.
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from Fairbanks, Alaska on 3/6/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I purchased this camera 2 weeks before going on my first Caribbean cruise. Got fantastic pictures of the sights, scenes and fun. Totally impressed with image clarity and color. Would recommend to all that want a good camera to capture all the memories as vivid as you remember them.
from Greenville, PA on 3/2/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
This is the 4th Sony digital camera I've owned and they all have been
superior is ease of use. Also, I have several Canon SLRs (film type) but
technology has taken over. Excellent
camera for casual picture taking.
from Paris, TN on 2/22/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I went from a DSLR to this and I love it. I was really looking for something that would have a good quality to it. I use this camera for my kids sports, portraits of the kids, and just general use and needed something with a zoom that stayed in focus! So far I have no complaints about this camera- I have been very pleased with it. The reviews are really what convinced me b/c it had the best reviews of all the cameras I compared.
from Houston, TX on 2/21/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I absolutely love this camera! I wanted a DSLR but figured I needed to learn how to use something like this first. I have two young boys and this camera takes great pictures of them even when they are moving. It's great using the smile capture on older subjects!
Taken from a moving car with window up.
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from the High Desert of Arizona on 2/19/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I use it to get pics of the animals we put on our website, and animals we sale. Use it intensely on several Yahoo groups to show "How you make it" or "What it should look like". I can take pics in the barn or out in the bright sunlight, no problem. It caught "detail" fantastically.
I was a bit intimidated when I took it out of the box, but it's so easy to figure out how to use!
The ONLY thing I was disappointed with was that it wasn't compatible with the older Cybershot memory cards, batteries, rechargers, cases, etc. *Make sure you get the accessories that specifically go with this model!!!!*
from tampa, fl on 2/9/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
Its the most beatiful camera I ever held in my hands. I recommend it to anyone.
from Dallas, Texas on 1/20/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
Just came back from vacation, best pictures we have ever taken.
from La Puente,CA on 1/6/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
Great all around easy to use camera
from MA on 1/1/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
ease of use, great package, price is good
from Mt Pleasant, MI on 1/1/2009
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
Camera works great for photographing our very active daughter...Rarely get blurry photos and fast point and shoot times.
The ISO feature is nice, takes great "soft" photos without the flash.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Crofton, MD on 11/7/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
This camera takes great shots! Pictures from sporting events come out as good as still photos. Bought an extra zoom and wide angle lenses for versatility.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from Butler,Pa on 11/7/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
this camera is amazing, i absolutly love the 3" tilt screen you are able to get amazing shots at a bunch of different angles, it has the features of a higher end digital SLR but for the compact camera, so if your looking to experiment a little with your photography this is a great buy!!!
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Las Vegas,NV on 10/13/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
For the money, this camera can't be beat. The zoom level is great for travel and getting "up close" to animals in the wild. Th face recognigation and smile feature are great.
from georgia on 10/10/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
The main reason I purchased this camera was for taking pictures of our newborn. I love the short lag time, so I'm sure to catch all of her smiles. It's also great for making enlargements without compromising the quality of the photo. I really love this camera!
from Hot springs Village,AR on 10/9/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
It is a good investment. Much more than I imagined. Everyone wants to know how the smile feature works!! It works great, and makes taking pics alot easier.
[5 of 5 customers found this review helpful]
from San Marcos, CA on 9/9/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I'm a longtime Sony user... been using the CyberShot T-series for ages and decided it was time for an upgrade (and that meant being able to use my memory cards too!). This is probably the next best thing to a true SLR. Lots of available features to manually control shutter, apeture, or full-manual mode. Great for someone newly introduced to those types of things. Sony also offers conversion lenses, so you can add more to the 15x zoom (which is GREAT).
taken in apeture priority mode.
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from vermont on 9/4/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
great
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from Northglenn, CO on 8/29/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
Due to a theft I upgraded from the previous version of this camera after only one year. I had loved the previous one but this one is even better. I really like the rechargeable battery and the compact size of the recharging unit. The screen that comes away from the camera and tilts is great for reducing sun glare. It has a very short lag time which is great with children and animals.
[2 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from Rhinelander, Wi on 8/24/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
Nikon's LCD folds inward for protection when not in use and it swings out and angles instead of just angles. I like the flash distance of the sony and the night mode.The larger telephoto lens is great touch.....It's the same physical size as my nikon, but seems more compact.
from Wesley Chapel, FL on 8/20/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
We have had a digital camera and felt it was time to move up. Did our research and visited the store to look and ask questions. We were sold on this camera.
from Ennis, TX on 8/20/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I use for vacation and my sons sports games. Great high speed photos. Clarity is good. For what I use it for, it takes wonderful pictures.
[11 of 11 customers found this review helpful]
from Dallas, TX on 8/20/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
The H-50 is a great camera for it's price. It's not a DSLR, the lens isn't removable and the size of the sensor is small and average @ 1/2.33" similar to a P&S.. if not outdated. I think this camera would've been outstanding if Sony used a 1/1.6" sensor with 9.1 or 10.1 MP. It's manual setting capabilities and zoom range sets it apart from P&S.
Anyways, I've had this camera for 2 weeks now and it's only a good camera. Shutter lag is almost nonexistent, which was very important to me. It uses a semi-wide 31mm lens. Shot to Shot time is Average. The H50 Continuous shooting at 1.6fps is below average.. it can't go any faster even if you lower the resolution, which is a shame compared to other cameras in it's class... but I'm in Single Shot mode 99% of the time anyways. Flash recycling time is below average, but it's very powerful and natural which makes up for it. You have the option to control NR, DRO, and Sharpness... and countless other things for that matter. Chromatic aberration and purple fringe are evident in some photos.. but only if you zoom in so far on the computer you can't even make out what you're seeing anymore...so don't worry about CA and PF unless you plan to blow up a picture for a massive poster... if so, you should be getting an SLR, not the H50. Macro shots are excellent. Videos are very good, the mic really sensitive. Videos are limited to 10 min...but it's a camera! not a camcorder. The Fit and Form of the camera doesn't bother me at all..it's a good looking camera.
I give this camera a 4.5 overall but I round up to 5. Deduction is because navigating the menus are sluggish making it very annoying...almost every sony camera I've touched has had sluggish menus. I don't understand why they don't do something about it..especially with all the processing and technology they have nowadays. Another deduction for Barrel Distortion.. if you try and take a picture of a square.. it won't look like a perfect square.
Anyways I'm happy with it. There is no perfect camera. Good pictures can be taken with any Camera be it P&S or Bridge or SLR... it just depends on the guy behind the camera.
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from Baltimore, MD on 8/19/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
We opened the box and used the camera immediately. The 'Smile' function brought a lot of conversation at a birthday party. The pictures are great quality and the camera is easy to use. The instruction manual is easy to understand and tells you what to use each function for. It will adjust in full sunlight, like at the beach, or take great shots in the dark. The infrared pictures were really cool. The camera was definitely worth the [$]price tag. The memory stick holds tons of photos, so no need to worry about running out of room.
[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]
from New York on 8/19/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
For the price of this camera, this is the best one I've ever owned. I had a $1000 Olympus that couldn't hold a candle to this Sony, beside the fact that it was very complicated to use. You will never be sorry you bought this camera. It is the best out there in my opinion..
ken wilson
from Chicago on 8/18/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
Used to other Sony products and cameras. This is a great upgrade from other Sony Cyber Shot products that we have been used to. I recommend this camera. This camera is very light in weight compared to older SLR cameras which was always our concern in upgrading to this style type.
Others have used our new Sony camera and were impressed also.
A note: we are still learning many of the different fundtions and seem pleased so far.
from East Tennessee on 8/6/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
So far I like everthing about his camera. It is so easy to use. The quality of the pictures are awesome.
from Watertown, NY on 8/5/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I like the feel of the camera. This isn't my first Sony camera, therefore, it was easy to figure out the controls. More than a compact camera, but not as sophisticated as a SLR.
[3 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I just got it for my birthday a few weeks ago but so far I love it!! Great for capturing action shots without missing the action! Great for macro photos of flowers! Great for portraits! Love the built in photo editing features that no other camera has. It means you don't have to go into photo shop to make your photos look creative and artsy. Even though it seems a bit bulky for travel, I'm glad I made the purchase.
[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]
from charlotte,n.c. on 7/8/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
i am in the market for a new house and when looking at houses , if i take a picture of a wall for example i can see possible damage that i could not see with the naked eye it even picks up wear tracks on carpet. awesome camera i just don't like the exposed lcd
[3 of 3 customers found this review helpful]
from El Cajon,CA on 7/8/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
Great zoom. Easy to use.
[6 of 6 customers found this review helpful]
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
This is my 3rd Cyber shot camara, and if the other two had not dropped (by child) I would still have them as well. This camera takes great pictures, and Im finding the features on this camera so much nicer then others. Has a little of everything..maybe a bit to much but Im not complaining. Takes great action shots..kids running around horse back rideing. Im also beginning to love its protrait mode, I have taken some fabulous shots worth framing its just amazing! My only complaint is that it is a bit akward in handling a little bulky but well worth it once you see the photos!
[6 of 6 customers found this review helpful]
from Rancho Cucamonga, CA on 6/16/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I just took it on vacation to Denver, CO; absolutely wonderful.
Estes CO
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[6 of 6 customers found this review helpful]
from Louisville Ohio on 6/12/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
This is my 5th Digital Camera. I had always thought that I would buy only fuji cameras. I purchased a fuji 3 days ago and did not like it as well as I had liked others. I took it back [...] I had never thought about buying a sony but let me tell you that I LOVE THIS CAMERA. It takes pictures fast and they are very clear. I take alot of pictures and I know that this camera will do very well for me. If you are trying to decide what to buy this is the right camera. This camera also has a night time effect on it, and many other features still learning them.
[8 of 8 customers found this review helpful]
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
This is my third digital camera and the best yet. It is great for a variet of pictures, landscape, people, inside and outside. Happy I switched to Sony!
[25 of 27 customers found this review helpful]
from Northwest suburbs of Chicago on 5/21/2008
Comments about Sony Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 Digital Camera (Black):
I have been researching digital cameras for over a yr. This one caught my eye. Once it came out, I had to try it. Have had it a couple of days now, and love it. Lots of reading in the manuel, and still learning how to use somethings, but so far I am enjoying it.