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SONY Cyber-shot DSC-H20 Black 10.1 MP 3.0" 230K LCD 10X Optical Zoom Digital Camera

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SONY Cyber-shot DSC-H20 Black 10.1 MP Digital Camera

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When you demand the very best in point-and-shoot the Cyber-shot DSC-H20 offers all the features for taking amazing photos. Every shot is worry-free due to the innovative Intelligent Auto feature that automatically adjusts camera settings based on the scene’s conditions. Thanks to high ISO sensitivity and Optical SteadyShot motion blur in your photos will be minimal.

Taking pictures of yourself, friends and family is a breeze with innovative features designed for human subjects. With Smile Shutter technology, the picture won’t be taken until a smile is identified – a great alternative to timers! The DSC-H20 can also detect up to eight faces in the scene finding the correct focus, white balance and exposure for the best picture. Red-eye reduction also reduces annoying red pupils and the anti-blink function helps ensure you can see everyone’s eyes.

You’ll also appreciate Intelligent Auto Focus that measures nine points and offers a quick response. For those moments when only video will do you can capture them in 720p resolution for playback on your high definition television. Add the Cyber-shot DSC-H20 to your mobile world and never miss another memory again!

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67%

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Product Rating:
Total Reviews:	6

Overall good camera

Reviewed By: HardwareGuru on 9/20/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

Pros: -Easy to understand interface.
-Comfortable size. Not too big and not too small.
-10X optical zoom stays sharp and focused at full zoom. Minimal focus hunting at full zoom.
-Pictures come out focused and sharp under most conditions.
-IA(Intelligent Auto) works good compared to older technology. Automatically adjusts itself according to condition.
-Offers manual mode to adjust shutter speed and aperture value.
-Macro mode can go pretty close up to 2cm. Impressive macro in photo taking and video recording
-Optical Zoom is useable in video recording. A big plus. Most point and shoot cameras don’t allow this.
-Videos can record up to 29min in length at the highest mode (Fine Mode)
-Built in microphone has good audio pickup. It is in mono channel though.
-Fairly compact camera to offer 10X optical lens.
-Powerful Flash with the ability to increase and decrease flash intensity.
-Battery compartment/Memory card is accessible when mounted on a tripod.
-H20 camera can be found at m

Cons: -Narrow lens at 38mm vs. 25-28mm on other cameras. You will need to step back farther to capture a big group of people.
-Optical zoom is slow when recording a video. It takes a while to fully zoom in and zoom out when taking videos.
-Pictures are sharp but image quality is not as good as my older 5MP Sony DSC-H1 12X camera. Images tend to be noisy when blown up.
-Larger and heavier than the other cameras in its class.
-No built in lens cap. You need to manually cover and remove the lens cap.
-Battery life is a little shorter than the other competitors. 290shots vs. 300shots on the Panasonic Lumix ZS3.
-Battery takes a good 4 hours to recharge.
-Movie mode does not allow you to pause during recording.
-Wish it had stereo audio recording like the Panasonic Lumix ZS3.
-Memory stick media costs more than SD media.

Other Thoughts: Overall, this is a pretty good camera for the price, size and features. What really attracted me to this camera was the ability to capture 720P video at 30fps and use the 10x optical zoom in movie mode.

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oh my goodness!!!

Reviewed By: ponking on 8/16/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day

Pros: --fast processor. took a picture and it was ready to go in about a second. the picture came out fantastic
--video w/ sound 720p...HD video. Looked great on my computer. It was not so good on my 1080p 120hz. TV. Ill get to that in Cons
--10X zoom. compare and you will see it has the most. Dont confuse Optical with digital. Optical is so much better when higher and 10x is high.
--10.1 m pixels and the quality is sick. Well I have not printed any pics yet but looks great on my comp and on the LCD.
--Smile Shutter is hilarious. you just aim and when the person smiles, the camera automatically takes the picture. It works.

Cons: --It comes with composite cabling. to be able to view your movies in HD. you need to buy a separate cable that has component cabling. Is there one with HDMI.
--U may want to buy another battery. It only takes 290 per charge.
--The connector the computer and TV is under the camera and you wonder how to sit it down. on the lens or on the LCD screen.....

Other Thoughts: compare and pound for pound this is the best camera in the market for the price.

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Quick Specs (view all30)

Model	DSC-H20/B
Series	Cyber-shot H Series
Color	Black
Type	SLR-Style
Image Sensor	1/2.3" CCD

Review Summary (read all 6 Reviews, write a review)

67%

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Product Rating:
Total Reviews:	6

It's good

Reviewed By: wei on 12/3/2009

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: The camera is OK.
The shipment is quickly
Thanks

Cons: OK

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Great Camera

Reviewed By: on 11/28/2009

Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Very reliable camera, I have had it for 6 months and it has never given me any trouble, exceptional quality pictures, HD video

Cons: Not a very good wide angle at close range.

Other Thoughts: I would highly recommend this camera! Great versitile compact camera. 10X optical zoom is a huge plus

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Best Quality non-DSLR.

Reviewed By: Arel203 on 11/20/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: What a great little camera Sony made here. First let me start off by saying the quality and parts made in this thing feel so sturdy and nice it reassures me to stick with the Sony brand. The lens on this thing is shockingly strong for such a size. The blur effects and enhancements are ACTUALLY usefull unlike in most cameras at this price range. I own a Nikon D40 with the stock lens and I can honestly say I regret my purchase on that. For the money this Sony I bought for my girlfriend does everything and more in picture quality wise. The zoom obviously isn't nearly as good but for what I do I never need to be zooming in too much for detail. Alot of begginers think they need a great zoom camera but really they just need a camera with a lens that's going to be good enough to capture detail. This thing does.

Cons: The shutter time is good but I don't really like the width of the picture capture, it does feel like it needs to be a little wider, I find ways around it obviously but it can take an extra 10 seconds to find the perfect angle to do that, but again, not a big deal. Esspecailly when you're only paying 250$...

Other Thoughts: Battery life in this thing is great. And the factory charger is actually oddly fast. Sony put together a great little camera here. Even the included software proved to be usefull after I messed around with it. I end up using it more then my girlfriend I bought it for!

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General
Brand	SONY
Series	Cyber-shot H Series
Model	Cyber-shot DSC-H20
Color	Black
Dimensions (WxHxD)	4.25" x 2.75" x 1.88"
Weight	Approx. 9.8 oz. (279g) - With battery and Memory Stick media.
Type	SLR-Style
Image Sensor
Image Sensor	1/2.3" CCD
Effective Pixels	10.1 MP
Image Stabilization	Optical SteadyShot Image Stabilization
Lens
Optical Zoom	10X
Focal Length	f=6.3-63.0mm (38-380mm)
Shutter
Shutter Speed	Auto (2" - 1/2,000) / Program Auto (1" - 1/2,000) / Manual (30" - 1/2,000)
Self-timer	10 seconds, 2 seconds, Off
Focus
Focus Modes	Center Weighted AF / Spot AF / Semi Manual (1.0m / 3.0m / 7.0m / unlimited distance)
Focus Area/Point	9 points
Flash
Flash Mode	Auto / Flash On / Slow Syncro / Flash Off
Flash Range	ISO Auto: Approx. 0.2 - 7.0m (Approx. 0.66' - 23.0') (W) / Approx. 0.9 - 5.5 (Approx.2.95' - 18.0') (T) ISO3200: up to Approx. 14.0m (Approx. 45.9') (W) / Approx. 11.1m (Approx. 36.4') (T)
Exposure
Exposure Compensation	Plus / Minus 2.0EV, 1 / 3EV step
Metering System	Multi-Pattern Measuring
Sensitivity	Auto / 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200
White Balance
White Balance	Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Fluorescent 1 (White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 2 (Natural White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 3 (Day White Fluorescent Lighting) / Incandescent / Flash / One Push Set)
Viewfinder & Monitor
LCD	3.0" 230K
Functions
Continuous Drive	Max 100 shots at approx. 1.8 fps
Scene Modes	Intelligent Auto / Easy Shooting / Program Auto / Manual Exposure / Movie (Auto Adjustment / High Sensitivity) / Scenes (High Sensitivity / Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Soft Snap / Landscape / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / Advanced Sports Shooting, Gourmet)
Color Mode	Normal / Vivid / Sepia / B&W
Movie
Movie Format	MPEG4
Movie Recording	1280 x 720 Fine @ 30 fps 1280 x 720 Standard @ 30 fps VGA 640 x 480 @ 30 fps
Max. Recording Resolution	1280 x 720
Recording Media
Internal Memory	11MB
Storage Media	Memory Stick Duo / PRO Duo
Interface
USB	Yes
A/V Out	Yes
Battery
Battery	LITHIUM ION / InfoLITHIUM G type
Feature
Features	Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens BIONZ image processor Intelligent Auto Mode Intelligent Scene Recognition Face Detection technology Selected Face Memory Anti-blink Function Intelligent Auto Focus In-Camera Retouching Tools Multi-purpose Resize function

Introduction

Highlights

	10.1 MP Super HAD CCD The advanced Sony Super HAD (Hole Accumulated Diode) CCD allows more light to pass through each pixel for increased sensitivity and reduced noise. 10.1 megapixels provides high-resolution detail and definition for making big prints or cropping in tight on your subject.
	BIONZ Image Processing Engine The BIONZ Image Processing Engine suppresses color and luminance noise, delivering enhanced color reproduction, rich tonal graduations and an amazing clarity of detail that captures the instant the way it was meant to be.
	Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 10x Optical Zoom The 10X optical zoom Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens captures crisp details and vivid colors, and provides a focal length of up to 380mm (35mm equivalent) - extending your camera's optical reach without having to compromise on your shooting position.
	3.0" Clear Photo LCD Plus The 3.0-inch Clear Photo LCD Plus display features a special, multi-layered coating that reduces reflection and increases contrast, so pictures can be previewed and framed in superb detail, even under extra bright or dark lighting conditions.
	Double Anti-blur Technology Sony's Double Anti-Blur combines High Sensitivity and Optical Steadyshot technologies to significantly reduce motion blurs and allow you to capture sharp images in any situation.
	Sony Authorized Dealers Sony Authorized Online Dealers have the knowledge you need to stay on the cutting edge of technology.

Quick Specs

Brand	SONY
Series	Cyber-shot H Series
Type	SLR-Style
Image Sensor	1/2.3" CCD
Effective Pixels	10.0 - 11.9 MP
Optical Zoom	10X
LCD	3.0"
Movie Recording	Yes
Movie Format	MPEG4
Storage Media	Memory Stick Duo / PRO Duo