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Review summary: All electronic viewfinders blackout for a short time between frames when shooting a series of images, making it difficult to keep moving subjects properly framed.

Review summary: The DSC-H1's powerful 12X zoom brings you close to your subject, but images from the camera could look better.

Verdict: The large, comfortably formed, rubberized right-hand grip makes the DSC-H1 easy to use single-handed. A long, two-piece lens hood screws onto the lens, but you have to be careful when using it with the built-in flash--the hood casts a shadow in your ...

Review summary: With a massive 12x optical zoom lens equivalent to 36-432mm on a 35mm camera, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H1 is Sony's representative in the ultra-zoom class of compact digital cameras. The DSC-H1 has a 5.1 megapixel sensor and features Sony's image ...

Verdict: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H1 is Sony's first attempt at an ultra-zoom digital camera, and on the whole it is a very successful one. It's easy to see why - the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H1 is stylish, well-built and takes good 5 megapixel photographs that ...

Review summary: Sony's $500 Cyber-shot DSC-H1 packs a powerful 12X optical zoom lens and an impressive 2.5-inch LCD into a chunky but intelligently designed package. Its built-in image stabilization helps produce sharp pictures, especially in low-light conditions or ...

Pros: Powerful 12X optical zoom Optical image stabilization

Cons: Mediocre image quality

Verdict: There's no Memory Stick bundled in the box with the DSC-H1, but you can store up to 12 shots at the camera's highest resolution in its 32MB of built-in memory. In our battery tests, we took 306 shots between charges--an impressive total for a camera ...

Review summary: Sony's $500 Cyber-shot DSC-H1 packs a powerful 12X optical zoom lens and an impressive 2.5-inch LCD into a chunky but intelligently designed ...