Sony Cyber-shot DSC S85 - Expert Reviews

Pros: High resolution; excellent image quality in brightly lit shots; lots of features.

Cons: Poor low-light image quality; slight shutter delay.

Verdict: While its performance isn't always stellar, the feature-rich DSC-S85 represents a good value among 4-megapixel digicams.

Review summary: Great features, nice price, but not so friendly. Cannot use battery and memory on non-Sony devices.

Pros: Video mode, Mac OS X friendly.

Cons: Uses Sony-only Memory Stick; InfoLithium battery and flash; no dedicated Delete button.

Review summary: theVooner reviews the newest Sony 4.1 Megapixel Digital Camera

Verdict: In the end, what can I say? I had to lose my digital camera to find this one. As one of the first 4.1 Megapixel cameras, the Sony DSC-S85 is a spectacular wonder. For what I paid, I have to admit that it wasn’t a bad deal (I paid about US$850 for the

Review summary: The Sony DSC-S85 CyberShot has the distinction of being the first four megapixel digital camera to be priced below $1000, in fact it has an unbelievable MSRP of just $799. On the outside it's physically identical to the Sony DSC-S75 except it's finished i

Pros: Unparalleled image resolution at its price and at the time of writing this review, Good metering, good white balance, good colour balance (more 'neutral' than S75), Fast, sharp, high quality lens is able to deliver resolution to the sensor, Low image nois

Cons: Slow startup times (lens extension), Zoom controller does not have enough increments / multiple zoom speed, Memory Stick compartment on the base of the camera, Auto exposure limited by minimum 1/30 sec shutter speed, Flash synch terminal is proprietary (o

Verdict: Many people expected 2001 to show the same evolution in image resolution that we saw in 1999 and 2000.