Latest Review on Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20 10.1 MP Digital Camera

Overview and Features of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20 10.1 MP Digital Camera

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20 is a new super-zoom digital camera, offering a 10x image stabilized Carl Zeiss lens covering a focal range of 38-380mm, housed in a compact, go-anywhere package. Other key features of the Sony H20, successor to last year’s H10 model, include a 10 megapixel sensor, 720p HD movie recording, large 3 inch LCD screen, enhanced Face Detection and Smile Shutter functions, and Dynamic Range Optimisation.

The DSC-H20 is the third generation of Sony’s unusually styled 10x zoom compact cameras and is, at least from the outside, very similar to its predecessors. Compared to the H10 the megapixel count has been increased (from 8 to 10 MP) and the camera now also features 720p HD video capture and a slightly larger screen. However, the 10x zoom lens remains unchanged. Compared to most recent cameras in this class the H20’s lens is biased far more towards the tele end, which is either a good thing or a bad thing depending on the type of thing you want to shoot. Image quality is pretty good but the lack of wideangle is disappointing.