So far it has taken great pictures. After a little time you will learn how to use all the features. I haven’t had the camera that long. Took it to Disney World and shot a ton of pictures and movies. Like I said pictures look great when viewed on the camera. I haven’t downloaded them to my computer yet.
Rating: 5 / 5

Have the camera, and new telephoto and wide angle lens, The tube adapter was for a h9 at 12x. when trying to use for a 20x, will not work at all. Have been trying to get fixed–good luck
Rating: 3 / 5

The camera isn’t a bad buy for the money -and it’s on the high-side of prices for its class. It has lots of features. But anyone who thinks that an ultra zoom “works” is deluding themselves. There’s barrel distortion at wide angles and the images at 560mm telephoto equivalent are not very sharp. The lens also produces images with relatively weak contrast.

The camera does not allow one to manually adjust contrast or color. That has to be done post processing, and the lack of RAW images limits serious image manipulation.

There’s some other annoying design attributes. To view images in the camera, the camera obviously has to be turned on, but that also extends the lens and pops the lens cap off. The program control knob is loose enough that the sometimes you’ll find it set for something other than expected -that is, it’ll switch with casual use from, say, Intelligent program mode to Easy or Vibration mode. Sure, that’s user “error”, but the engineering could be better.

The main problem, though, is the optics for any advanced amateur. Sony can and should do better.

Rating: 3 / 5

I’m still getting used to the cam. I had a Canon A620 before. I’m a little bit worried about the noise in this cam, when using higher ISOs… But I’m glad about my choice till now.
Rating: 4 / 5

This was a gift–I did not personally use it, but heard from the recipient that it was great and she really likes it.
Rating: 5 / 5