Sony Cybershot DSC-T500 10.1MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom with Super Steady Shot Image Stabilization
The Sony DSC-T500 offers excellent performance and a stylish, elegant design. It includes Smile Shutter technology to help capture smiles automatically as they happen, as well as Face Detection technology to optimize focus, exposure and color for up to eight faces. The compact body features 10.1 megapixel resolution and a wide 3.5-inch touch-screen LCD for easy operation. The DSC-T500 completes the package with a Carl Zeiss 5x optical zoom lens and Sony’s Double Anti-Blur solution, for crisp, clear images.
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- 10.1-megapixel Super HAD CCD image sensor
- Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 5x optical zoom lens; Optical SteadyShot image stabilization
- HD Movie Mode records 720p high definition video
- Face Detection technology captures faces naturally;
- 4MB internal memory; capture images to Memory Stick Duo Media or Memory Stick PRO Duo Media
The rest of the world has gone to SD cards, yet Sony insists that you only buy their type of "film" that will only work in their cameras. Why such arrogance?......
This is the first time I'm writing a review. I never felt before so strongly about a product that I thought that I should warn against or endurance it...until now. The Sony Cybershot DSC-T500 is a digital camera. You are about to purchase it because you want to take PHOTOS so you can print them or view them on your computer screen. That is the main function of a camera - photo making. The quality of pictures that this camera produces is substandard. Period. Do not be fooled by the touchscreen, the 5x optical zoom or the Sony brand. The picture quality is horrible. Period. Another reason I would avoid buying this camera (as if the 1st reason is not enough) is that Sony cameras use their own "memory stick" which unlike the standard cards which other brands use cannot be used directly with your laptop or desktop computer, you will always need to use either their docking system or an adapter. This means more expanses, more wires, more things that can go wrong. Avoid. Period. ......
I HAVEN'T TRY IT YET BECAUSE I'M WAITING FOR MY MEMORY STICK TO BE DELIVERED BUT IS A NICE CAMERA, I LIKE THAT IS A TOUCH SCREEN, NICE, BUT THE INTERNAL MEMORY CAPACIT IS TO SMALL I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY MEMORY CARD TO TRY IT OUT.......
Nothing new to add about its limitations. We keep a spare battery in the camera case (bought separately). It takes great pics and films in HD. We've been very happy with this purchase.......
I run a photography studio, so I know a little about cameras. Although, we do not use point and shoot cameras for our business we do use them day to day and on vacation because we hate carrying the big boys around. I have been a long time user of Canon cameras (both professional and point and shoot) and I have always been extremely pleased with them. However, my wife and I wanted a small camera that could take some high def video because we presumed that would give us better video quality. We also wanted a camera that you could optical zoom while recording video. When we bought this camera 4 months ago, there were not any Canon point and shoots with high def video so we bought this Sony. I have always been a big fan of Sony consumer electronics and recommend them to my friends all the time. However, I am very disappointed with the DSC-T500 for the following reasons: 1.) Though the video is "high def" the quality is almost always poorer than what we get out of our old Canon which takes standard def. Now, if you are taking a video outside with good lighting conditions, this camera does an awesome job and the high def quality is great to have. However, when inside or if lighting is not perfect than the video you receive is very poor because it is grainy and the coloring is always off. Everything looks very red when videoed inside. 2.) The picture quality is WAY below that of my Canons. The flash is always too strong and washes out anything within 6 feet of the camera. However, if the subject is more than 15 feet away the flash is too weak and cannot lighten them up at all. 3.) The camera is slower to take a picture than my Canons. Also, the refresh rate on the flash is miserably slow. If you take a picture with a flash you will definitely be waiting at least 3-5 seconds before it is ready to take another. When trying to photograph my children, that is an eternity. 4.) The battery life is abysmal. We had to take three batteries for this camera on our recent trip because it would always go through at least 2 every day. My Canons never did anything even remotely like this. You can literally watch the battery meter fall while recording a video. I haven't seen a digital camera go through batteries like this in over 7 years. I definitely would NOT recommend this camera to anyone. The only feature this camera fulfilled that we wanted is that it can optically zoom while recording and does a fine job with that. However, since the video recording is so poor this feature is basically worthless, too.......
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