Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50

Review summary: Sony's latest bridge camera offers high speed shooting with a fast shutter speed and continuous burst of up to 100 shots.

Verdict: On paper the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H50 looks promising. It's got good resolution, a long lens and a really nice LCD. The viewfinder is better than most and the high ISO and fast shutter are eye grabbing. Its feature list is impressive too with pretty ...

Review summary: Besides the "super thin keep in your pocket/purse all the time model of compact digital cameras" there seems to be a new kid on the block nowadays, the superzoom. Such is Sony's DSC-H50 (available in chrome or black finish).

Verdict: With a retail price of $399 the Sony Cybershot DSC-H50 makes for a must have camera for those who often need a longer range zoom but don't want to carry around the bulk of the standard DSLR type of camera

Review summary: Two ultra zoom cameras for the budding enthusiast, compared

Verdict: last October, it was a close call between the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC H7 and the Canon PowerShot S5 IS. With near identical overall image quality, and similar manual controls, it boiled down to price; and Sony emerged the winner, closely followed by the ...

Review summary: Despite a slightly smaller zoom than the competition (a 15x vs. 18x), the Sony H50 deserves some attention if only for its rotating screen which is ideal for macro shots. Image quality is also good despite what demanding user will see as somewhat ...

Pros: Stabilized 15x zoom, 3 inch rotating LCD screen, Nice image quality up until 400 ISO, 1 cm macro mode, Nightshot mode

Cons: Overall, it's slow, Presence of fringes and chromatic aberrations, Dial a bit tricky to use in priority modes, Significant distortion in wide angle, A lot of smoothing beyond 400 ISO

Review summary: The Sony H50 offers a sensor resolution of nine megapixels along with a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar branded 15x optical zoom lens that includes Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization. Other H50 features include ISO sensitivity from ISO 80 to 3,200, ...

Pros: Long zoom with a reasonable wide angle ; Very good resolution with high-contrast subjects ; Digital zoom holds detail ; Remote control included ; Good macro performance ; Good color performance ; Large LCD with clear EVF ; 9.1 megapixel sensor with ...

Cons: Wheel Dial is difficult to use ; Soft on the right side of the image ; Strong chromatic aberration at all focal lengths affects sharpness at outer edges ; High barrel distortion at wide angle ; High pincushion distortion at telephoto ; Noisy images ...

Verdict: The Sony Cyber-shot H50 has a suggested retail price of US$400, but can be found for quite a bit less via the shopping links above right or below