DSC-P41 Sony Cybershot, Awesome Camera!

Overall Rating4.674.674.674.674.67

Awesome Camera!

This is an amazing price for a Sony 4-Megapixel Digital Camera. I think the reason it’s cheaper than most is because it doesn’t have an optical zoom. That doesn’t bother me; the 3x digital zoom is just fine.

Unlike most, this really is a point-and-shoot camera. It is MUCH faster than my old DSC-P50. It powers on in about 2 seconds and processes an image in less than a second. My DSC-P50 takes about 5 seconds to power on and 10 seconds to process an image.

The still picture quality is amazing. The video clips it shoots are not bad, but it’s no substitute for a video camera. The sound quality is good on a computer but the built-in speaker is not very loud.

The battery life is good with alkalines and excellent with 2000 mAh NiMH batteries; I have had the camera over a week now and have taken about 50 pictures, viewed them, downloaded them, and I still am using the same pair of NiMH batteries.

My only complaint is that it doesn’t include the NiMH batteries or a sufficient Memory Stick. The included 16MB Memory Stick only stores 8 pictures! A 256MB Memory Stick will store 120-130 pictures at 4-Megapixel quality.

Overall, this is a perfect digital camera for anyone who needs a lightweight, compact camera that shoots great quality pictures for a great price.

Update (2/6/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Sony Cybershot DSCP41 4MP Digital Camera Electronics, was written by Jacob Z.

The average rating for this item is 4.7 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

Jacob Z

June 24th, 2010 at 11:10 am    


Overall Rating55555

Awesome Camera!
Rated 5 stars.


Rafael L Torres P

June 25th, 2010 at 3:32 am    


Overall Rating44444

Very good camera and price balance
I got this camera because I find on the “Cybershot DSCP41 4MP” a very good balance between Product & Price, some good things are that doesn’t need a software to connect it to my computer, has a very good resolution, and the videos have good sound, also is one of the smallest of the Sony Cybershot family, but something you need to know is that this camera has a USB cable to connect it to the computer, but doesn’t have a A/V cable to connect it to your TV as many cameras, not even if you have already this cable you will be able to do it, not a problem for me but think about it for you, besides the Memory Stick that cames with the product It’s only 16 Mb (only about 12 pics on Max resolution, wich is the idea to use all resolution, If is not, what is the point to get a 4 Mega pixel camera??) I suggest you to buy also a “Sony MSA128A 128 MB Memory Stick” for about $50 and the “SanDisk SDDR-97-A15 MS reader” for $15, and you’ll see that you have a good camera team for a very good price, I already buy here on amazon all the things than on my review suggest for every one, and I’m happy with them


Anonymous

July 26th, 2010 at 11:04 am    


Overall Rating55555

This camera is a safe bet.
For one reason or another I have owned an aiptek, a mustek, and now a sony and I must say the sony blows them all away. The picture quality is amazing. It does pretty good in low light conditions, but don’t expect any small digital camera to do as well as a regular video camera. I think it has to do with aperture, or the amount of light that such a small lens can let it. Anyway it does better then the others. It’s nice and small, the batteries seem to last a long time, you can learn to use it’s basic functions in just a few minutes. The video quality is very impressive.My only criticism (besides all small digital camera low light capabilities) is the file size of the video. You can choose 640×480 fine or standard, and then all the way down to 160x something with nothing in between. Almost every other camera on the market does the 320×240 setting. The reason it would be so crucial for this camera is because with a 512MB memory stick (the most expensive type) you can only take 6 minutes of video on 640fine and 22 minutes on standard, while you can take almost 6 hours of video on the 160 setting. Why the gap? I think the smart sony people don’t want these little cameras crashing the camcorder market but that’s just speculation. The quality between the 160 and 640 are not comparable. On my Mustek DV 4000 512 MB got you almost two hours of video at 640, though notably not as crisp as the sony. Now the one thing that every darn manufacturer should do is post actual pics and video of the camera. Here’s a 640 standard video that would take up 512MB in 22 minutes. http://www.achadwick.com/media/sonysample.mpg , incase that is bleeped that it is achadwick dot com slash media slash sonysample dot mpg no spaces.


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