Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 - Expert Reviews

Pros: 10x zoom, slim build, lots of features, nice colour balance, fast

Cons: Noisy shots above ISO 200, pictures a touch soft

Verdict: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 is a great ultra-zoom camera. Its compact build makes it ideal for travellers and it has a boatload of features along with capturing some fairly good shots.

Review summary: Sony has packed an optically-stabilised Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 10x optical zoom lens and 8-megapixel imager into a compact body in its new DSC-H3 Cyber-shot camera. Small and light for a long-zoom camera, the H3 is well designed. Neither optical nor ...

Verdict: Pictures taken with the test camera were bright and sharp, with natural-looking colours and a slightly better-than-average dynamic range. The Super SteadyShot stabilisation system worked extremely well with the lens at full tele extension and also in ...

Review summary: This year, we saw new superzooms without electronic viewfinders, and the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 is one of this new breed. This 8-megapixel compact packs in the manual features, plus a long zoom lens in a camera that's smaller -- if not lighter -- than ...

Pros: 10x optical zoom lens ; small size ; optical image stabilisation ; face detection

Cons: Noisy images at higher ISOs ; no place to put your thumb

Verdict: If you don't like electronic viewfinders but want a superzoom, this Sony stuffs a 10x zoom lens and 8 megapixels into a tiny package, although image quality at higher ISOs is a bit lacking

Review summary: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 has pretty much everything that a high zoom SLR-like camera(it's still not a SLR, it comes with an integrated lens) should have: full manual controls, RAW mode, pop-up flash, histogram display, features like face detection and ...

Pros: Has 10x optical zoom lens ; small size ; optical image stabilization ; face detection

Cons: Noisy images at higher ISOs ; no place to put your thumb

Verdict: If you don't like electronic viewfinders, but want a superzoom, this Sony packs a 10x zoom lens and 8 megapixels into a tiny package, but image quality at higher ISOs is a bit lacking.