Compare Prices : Sony Cyber-shot DSC H2 - Expert Reviews

Award: Highly Recommended!

Pros: Excellent resolution, good edge-to-edge detail, Great color, good exposure, clean sharp results, Accurate and generally fast focus, Low shutter lag, Superb handling, comprehensive photographic controls, Jog dial makes manual / semi-automatic exposure ...

Cons: Some focus hunting at long end of the zoom (especially in low light), Images very slightly soft, Image stabilization doesn't seem quite as effective as competition, Small viewfinder (high resolution though), Screen smaller and lower resolution than ...

Verdict: We praised the H1 - Sony's first foray into this crowded part of the market - as not only a surprisingly mature, well-rounded product, but one offering performance and output that put it very near the top of the tree.

Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: The Cyber-shot DSC-H1 was Sony's first foray into the increasingly crowded compact, image stabilized 'super zoom' market, and it was a very successful one too. The DSC-H2 (along with big brother the DSC-H5) arrived almost exactly a year later in ...

Pros: Excellent resolution, good edge-to-edge detail, Great color, good exposure, clean sharp results, Accurate and generally fast focus, Low shutter lag, Superb handling, comprehensive photographic controls, Jog dial makes manual / semi-automatic exposure ...

Cons: Some focus hunting at long end of the zoom (especially in low light), Images very slightly soft, Image stabilization doesn't seem quite as effective as competition, Small viewfinder (high resolution though), Screen smaller and lower resolution than ...

Verdict: We praised the H1 - Sony's first foray into this crowded part of the market - as not only a surprisingly mature, well-rounded product, but one offering performance and output that put it very near the top of the tree.

Review summary: I really like the Sony DSC H2. It was difficult for me to think of anything that really put me off the camera. It takes a very sharp photo with good colours. With low shutter lag times this camera is a winner in my view. Recommended.

Pros: Sharp images Low shutter lag Picture quality Easy to use considering the features

Cons: Noise problems at ISO 400, Build quality a shade below the Canon Powershot S3 IS,

Pros: Big zoom, Nice colour balance

Cons: Poor image quality overall, Ugly

Verdict: If you desperately need an advanced model with a 12X optical zoom then maybe the H2 is for you, but the poor sharpness level and strange design mean there are probably better choices elsewhere.

Review summary: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H2 is one of the successors to the popular H1.

Pros: Nice long, stabilized 12x zoom ; Very powerful flash ; Good noise performance ; Good image quality

Cons: 2" inch LCD seems small (but keeps price down) ; Long flash charge time ; Some controls a bit uncomfortable

Verdict: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H2 is a solid offering in the ultra-zoom digital camera field.  It takes good images at 6 megapixels and has a nice lens with good image stabilization.  The flash is one of the most powerful that I've seen on a point and shoot ...