DSC-P93 Sony Cybershot, Great camera loaded with a..

Overall Rating55555

Great camera loaded with a lot of features.

I waited and waited a long time before I finally bought a digital camera for my wife and I’m glad that I did. Although this not the smallest camera (Casio has several good small models), I like it for several reasons.

1. I have the larger DSC-F828 and very happy with Sony’s line of cameras. The DSCP93 uses memory sticks just like the larger camera so no extra media to buy.

2. This is a 5 megapixel camera so whatever pictures I take will look good even at 8×10.

3. It’s a decent size, not too large and not too small. The button placement is good. I had a camera where a function button was placed near the right thumb rest. I kept activating buttons that I did not need to.

4. It has many features like movie taking and sharpness control.

5. It has an optical viewfinder to save on battery life. I use the digital viewfinder for picture review.

6. Talking about batteries: It gets a long life out of two “AA” rechargeable batteries, which came with it. Although you do have to use an external charger for these batteries it’s fine since you don’t have to worry about down time while the batteries charge like you would if the batteries were charged internally.

7. The batteries are standard nickel metal hydride and relatively cheap and available anywhere, not expensive batteries designed just for this camera.

8. Very important! When you change batteries, you do not lose your settings like the date and time.

9. There is a built-in lens cover.

10. Flash is bright and recharges relatively quickly.

11. The telephoto is optical rather than digital.

Overall, I am very happy with it. I do hate Sony’s 90-day labor and 1 year parts warrranty though.

Update (2/7/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Sony Cybershot DSCP93A 5MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom Electronics, was written by J. Kim.

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

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Reviews (3)

J. Kim

May 13th, 2010 at 9:22 pm    


Overall Rating55555

Great camera loaded with a lot of features.
Rated 5 stars.


John Owens

May 22nd, 2010 at 9:44 am    


Overall Rating55555

WOW! What a camera!
A long-time SLR user, I was concerned that a digital camera would not satsfy my photography needs, since the only digital camera I have ever had came free with my computer. I was not sure the convenience of a digital was worth the several hundred dollars this camera cost, but my wife kept nagging me until I bought it. She was tired of carrying our bulky SLR camera and several roles of film every time we go to Disney. I must say, she was right and I was wrong!! This camera takes such excellent pics that I doubt I break out the old dinosaur too many more times!

My only complaint is the very large storage size of the 5MP pics. They look awesome, but you can’t email them and can’t store too many on your computer unless you have a very large storage disk. I take hundreds of pics, so over 3MB each is just too large! At least this camera has the ability to downgrade the size and MP for your everyday pics or pics you want to mail. It also comes with software to easily transfer images to CD.

The video and sound are good except for the fact that it is lacks the anti-vibration feature. All-in-all, this camera is definitely worth the money! Just make sure you have plenty of money if you decide to buy accessories–they are very expensive, but at least they are available.


Dupont

June 11th, 2010 at 9:50 am    


Overall Rating55555

Fabulous!
This was the first digital camera I purchased, and I must say that I got quite lucky. The resolution is brilliant at 5.1 MP. You can stretch and crop all you want without distortion, and it doesn’t have that blurry look quintessential of digial cameras. The price is an excellent bargain, especially since here it is offered for $350 (probably subject to change) as opposed to the list $450. It is very user friendly, and has many functions to produce the optimum photo for your situation/context. The amount of flash is automatically decided by the camera, making one’s life easier, although you do have the power to override flashes. I recommend that you pruchase the two-sided, 128 MB each memory stick by sony to go along. My only negative comment would be that the batteries are not the super-power ones found in most other cameras. I don’t know much about their chemical composition or any of that, but I do maintain that the batteries have a tendency to run out rather fast. However, they are rechargeable and the camera comes with an included recharger you can plug in to an electrical outlet. I really suggest you buy this camera. I am certainly glad I did.


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