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Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W290 Digital CameraThe Sony CyberShot W290 offers HD movie recording, plus a powerful Carl Zeiss 5x optical zoom with 28mm wide angle lens to fit more into the scene. The compact Sony W290 put even more shooting power in your pocket.
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Worst Sony Camera I have ever Owned.
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Pros: None that I can think of as it takes plain lousey pictures.
Cons: Poor quality pictures in both indoor and outdoor settings.
The Bottom Line:
AVOID IT. Very poor quality pictures. I have the W170 and it is worlds better in every regard. Sad, always have loved Sony.
I know that many of the know-it-alls here at Epinions want the stock list of technical details that can be found at the manufacturers website and if they are not in the review they they give the review a low score. Sad, truly sad.
This is the single worst Sony product I have ever owned. I'm a BIG Sony fan as you can see by the currently owned Sony Cameras in our family:
- DSC-W170: Wonderful camera, buy it if you can find it!
- DSC-H7: Super family camera, takes excellent sports shots of the kids!
- DSC-P73: Older 4meg camera that the kids use now, very nice photos for 5x7s
- DCR-HC46: Descent Compact Digital Tape Camcorder with fair camera, good value.
- MVC-FD91: Old Floppy disk <1meg digital - amazing in its day!!
This w290 one has fewer controls on the body, they are hidden in the software but nowhere near the level you used to get with the DSC line from Sony. No option other than the 3in screen (which is beautiful) so no way to save power with an optical viewfinder.
The absolute kiss of death for me is that the W290 took terrible indoor photos, about 1 out of 10 were usable. I thought, well it doesn't do low light well. So I took it on a field trip with my daughters Kindergarten class to a nature center on an absolutely beautiful clear day - same story, horrible pictures. The W170, under identical conditions, produced 8 out of 10 usable photos.
The HD videos are worthless without the HD cable that is not included. They just plain won't play well on any of my computer based video players and I updated all their CODECs.
So, stay away, far away and get a different Sony. Sad, I really wanted to like this model. I have returned mine to Amazon, first time ever with a Sony.
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