Sony Cyber-shot DSC W200 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: (Top): The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W200 is a shirt pocket-sized digital camera that's capable of producing very large, high-quality prints.

Review summary: The brushed aluminium case looks superb and the camera feels solid and capable of absorbing a few knocks

Pros: Well built, Decent-quality lens

Cons: Disappointing performance, Difficult to use

Verdict: Instead of the LCD you could try the optical viewfinder - a rarity on pocket-sized cameras these days - but it's a bit like peering into a long, dark tunnel

Review summary: If you buy a Sony W200, allow yourself an hour to read the manual. We didn't bother and a short time after taking it out for a spin we were furiously pressing all of the many buttons to try to delete an image. Why hasn't Sony included that familiar bin ic

Pros: Well built, Decent-quality lens

Cons: Disappointing performance, Difficult to use

Verdict: If you're going to bring a 12MP compact to the market, it needs to meet expectation. Build quality, metering and the lens are all good, but the image quality lets down this compact. The W200 seems to be more about an exercise in marketing rather than

Pros: Generally good image quality. SteadyShot image stabilizer.Manual mode.Optical viewfinder.Very compact.Sturdily built.

Cons: Compression often too strong, limiting the use of a 12 megapixel image size.Noise from 400 ISO up.Low-power flash.Impractical menu system.