Sony Cybershot DSC-W50 Reviews: Digital Compact Camera

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Score: 8.9/10

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This digital camera is a good all rounder. “Low battery usage very good picture quality very compact” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 57 real customer reviews

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57 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
100% of people recommend it.

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Battery life8.4
Build Quality9.0
Ease of use8.9
Features8.5
Image quality8.9
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.1
Weight8.8
Overall rating8.9
 

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Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Low battery usage
Very Good picture quality
Very compact

- Small buttons - might not suit those with large hands !

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50 of 50 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Jul 2006

Score 8.0/10

Alick, Huddersfield

+ Quality product, ease of use, screen size

- not supplied with memory stick as standard

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25 of 25 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Mar 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Light and easy to carry. Not too much gobbledegook information

- Had to purchase a carry case

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2006

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ compact and very light, easy to use

- complicated instructions for downloading onto PC

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23 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Sep 2006

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use.

- None!

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22 of 22 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Sep 2006

Score 9.0/10

David, Kinross

+ Shutter delay is very very low, which is excellent & 1 of the real benefits of this camera.

- None

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Dec 2006

Score 8.0/10

Krutish, Hatfield

+ Sony W series cameras are just great. The battery life is impressive, and the quality of pictures matches its fantastic steel looks. Keep it up Sony

- The prices of Sony Memory Sticks are the only disappointment, wish they were cheap as SD cards

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15 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Mar 2006

Score 9.0/10

James, Peterborough

+ Very pleased with this camera- good battery life unlike the smaller sony DSC-T9 which I almost bought. Easy to use and good picture quality

- Very flimsy battery cover- this is made of plastic whereas the rest of the camera has a good quality metal casing

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Mar 2006

Score 8.0/10

Craig, London

+ The compact size of the camera makes it useful for everyday use.

- -

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2006

Score 7.0/10

Phil, London

+ Size

- Menu very unfriendly. Can't work out how to print date on pictures - assuming I can ?

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14 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Nov 2006

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ truely the first camera i have purchased that can take good photos indoors

- memory card adaptor not supplied

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Mar 2006

Score 10.0/10

Keith, St. Albans

+ Overall great camera- very pleased

- ONLY bad point battery housing cover - very loose and looks like it will not last

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Nov 2006

Score 9.0/10

Dawn, Oldham

+ The Sony DSC W50S is an extemely good looking camera, great range of functions and good value for money

- Haven't yet mastered how to get a good focused action shot, but will persevere.

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12 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Nov 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ THE PRODUCT IS PORTABLE & RELATIVELY EASY TO USE.

- THE MEMORY STICK TYPE REQUIRED IS A LITTLE BIT SCARCE IN EVERYDAY STORES

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Nov 2006

Score 7.0/10

stuart, market harborough

+ compact

- complicated to use all of its features

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Dec 2006

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ very easy to use and instruction in plain and easy ways.

- Reviewer left no comment

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Apr 2006

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Fills the requirement in every respect.

- Non discovered.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Nov 2006

Score 9.0/10

Louise, Dundee

+ Power on and ready to use straightaway.
Lots of picture option. Small and light weight.

- Haven't found any bad points yet

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jun 2006

Score 8.0/10

Jane, London

+ Easy to use. Small size means very easy to carry round. Like large viewfinder. Like having movie facility - movie quality very good.
Multi use lead very useful to connect to TV - especially using slide show facility and also USB connection to computer.

- Still images not as sharp as movies - bit disappointing.
Having to buy a spare battery is quite expensive at ouset, but essential as you definitely need one, as you can't buy a spare when out.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jun 2006

Score 10.0/10

singh, ilford

+ very good

- neighbours envy

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jun 2006

Score 9.0/10

Fiona, Leeds

+ My first digital camera. Compact and easy to use - even for technophob like me. Battery charger really useful, especially on holiday.

- Still get red eyes despite red eye reduction.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jun 2006

Score 8.0/10

Maggie, London

+ good battery life, good quality images, I like the onscreen menu for the feature selection.

- didn't come with a case. is too easy for the features wheel to slip and it stays in the mode it was last time, so easy to forget that you have to switch again. Cannot zoom in when taking movies.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jun 2006

Score 9.0/10

ann, liverpool

+ Takes excellent photo's and the ISO mode is great for taking pics of the kids and reducing blurr

- Battery cover opens very easily if dropped. Selection wheel is easily changed just if caught on something in your pocket or bag.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 May 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very stylish, good size viewing screen, takes great pictures

- None so far

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jun 2006

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use for someone new to cameras. Lots of modes, which when familiar are very useful. Pocket sized it is a good "go anywhere" camera and I have used mine for numerous motorsport events with success.

- Battery cover clip can be easily popped open by accident, but the battery and memory card are held tight so no worries about them falling out.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jun 2006

Score 10.0/10

John, Cheltenham

+ Easy to use and very light to carry round. Can keep it in your pocket.

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jun 2006

Score 9.0/10

Ian, Paisley

+ It has its own internal memory.It has a wide variety of shooting modes. I can easily vary the quality by adjusting the pixels. It was very good quality for the price. Very easy to download pictures to my PC.

- No operational bad points. It would have been nice if it had come with a carry case.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 29 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

PAUL, SOMERSET

+ Quick startup time and shutter response, great screen, macro mode excellent

- Buttons a bit fiddly for podgy fingers, takes a while to make sense of the miriad of settings options available (you can just leave it on auto though)

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purchased 02 Apr 2006

Score 9.0/10

Den, Brighton

+ Main selection feature was minimum shutter delay. It also looks really cool.

- I'm a digital virgin so still find small size and proximity of buttons take a bit of getting used to.

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purchased 10 May 2006

Score 10.0/10

David, Bootle

+ Having a viewfinder, standard 32mb internal memory, 2.5 inch screen.

- None.

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purchased 12 May 2006

Score 8.0/10

Mark, Fairford

+ Great looking (particularly in black), compact, high performance digital camera with excellent large screen size

- Non so far

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purchased 28 Apr 2006

Score 9.0/10

Patrick, Biggleswade

+ Excellent picture quality and feature set,very small easy to use with big screen and great battery life.It is also very fast to start up and has very minimal shutter lag which means you get the shot more often than not.Buy it you will love it too!

- Build quality is not up to the usual high Sony standard, which is a little bit dissapointing though not the end of the world.For such a small cam I would really have liked a smaller charger for travelling, but again I am only nit picking really.

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purchased 10 Apr 2006

Score 9.0/10

JIM, ABERDEEN

+ Size, Ease of use, features, quality

- battery charger is fickle, feels like battery doesn't fit properly, have to fiddle about with battery to get charging to begin.

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purchased 16 May 2006

Score 9.0/10

John, Sidmouth

+ Pocket size, stylish, ease of use, great battery life and quality results

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 16 May 2006

Score 9.0/10

Lee, Northampton

+ beautiful, slim and compact. Fantastic battery life.

- None

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purchased 24 May 2006

Score 10.0/10

s, leicester

+ easy to use
handy to carry
stylish to hold
Perfectly fits what i wanted :)

- should come with an equally stylish case

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purchased 29 May 2006

Score 8.0/10

Eva, Wakefield, England

+ takes beutiful pics

- sometimes difficult menu

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purchased 30 May 2006

Score 9.0/10

Nick, Bury St Edmunds

+ Easy to use
card compatibility for viewing pictures on almost any sony product.. Vaio/psp/camera phones

- cannot recharge battery from usb

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purchased 25 Jan 2007

Score 10.0/10

Christine, Preston

+ Clarity of the close up shots and ease of use

- none at all

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purchased 23 Feb 2007

Score 9.0/10

Mark, Aberdeen

+ easy to use, takes nice clear pictures.

- lack of memory stick with camera. A 512mb card is not that expensive now and really should be bundled with camera to elt people use it upon receipt

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purchased 28 Nov 2006

Score 10.0/10

Mark, Stockport

+ Childs play to use. I bought it for my 12 year old she thinks its great.

- none

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purchased 28 Nov 2006

Score 9.0/10

Saravanan, Exeter

+ Its a superb compact camera. Picture quality is damn good.

- None I have seen

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purchased 26 Mar 2007

Score 10.0/10

Bernard, Leigh.Lancs

+ The camera is very easy to use and the battery last for a very long time,I have only had to charge it once since I bought the camera!
I have had several different digital cameras and this has all the good points and no bad ones ,and it is very easy to slide into your pocket you dont need a case hanging on your belt.

- none

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purchased 29 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

sheila, elmswell

+ Compact easily managed. Ideal for travelling. Immense vesatility excellent performance and results. Am a first with the use of digital and picked it up very quickly.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 13 Jan 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Qyuick start up, easy to use, logical, clear display

- Control dial (back top right) tends to turn rather easily and needs to be checked that's it's in position before a shot is taken

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purchased 01 Mar 2007

Score 8.0/10

iain, aberdeen

+ Simple to use. good quality.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 29 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

nicky, lincoln

+ looks good, very small but easy to use. nice big sceen.

- doesn't come with case or memory stick. some controls a bit fiddly, but just because of size

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purchased 04 Feb 2007

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Product Features

Camera Type Compact
Optical Zoom Ratio 3
Screen Size in Inches 2.5
Digital Zoom Ratio 6
Image Stabilisation No
Memory Card Slot Yes
PictBridge Yes
Macro Mode Yes
Video Recorder Movie and Voice
Video Recorder Yes
Timer Yes
Dimensions (mm) 88.9x57.1x22.9
Weight (g) 157
Flash Yes
Resolution (Pixels) 2816x2112
Shortest Shutter Speed 2000
Longest Shutter Speed 1"
Longest Shutter Speed 1s
Max. Aperture Lens 1 f2.8-5.2
Filter Diameter (mm) Lens 1 30
In-Built Memory (MB) 32
USB Port Yes
WiFi No

Also known as: Sony Cybershot W50, Sony CYBER-SHOT DSC-W50

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Manufacturer's Description

The Cyber-shot W50 – Slim aluminium body with great features: 6.0 effective Megapixels, High ISO Sensitivity for sharper shots, Carl Zeiss 3x Optical zoom lens, extra large and bright 2.5-inch LCD screen, and STAMINA battery life.

* 6.0 Effective Megapixel * Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens * 3x Optical Zoom, up to 13x Smart Zoom, 6x Precision Digital Zoom * “Anti-blur” ISO1000 High Sensitivity * Stamina Battery Life (approx 390 shots by CIPA standard) * Slim & Compact High Quality Metal Body * 2.5" (6.2cm) LCD Monitor * Clear RAW NR * Rechargeable Li-ion Battery & Charger included * Quick Operation (Start-up 1.3 sec, Shutter Time Lag 0.3 sec, Shutter Release Lag 0.001sec) * New “Cyber-shot Viewer” Software Supplied * Real Imaging Processor * Macro 2cm * 16:9 Mode for Wide Screen TV * Internal Memory 32MB * MPEG VX Fine with Audio * 100% LCD Field of view * AF Illuminator * Histogram Indication * USB 2.0 High Speed Transfer * Conversion Lens Compatible (Optional) * Scene Selection Mode * PictBridge Compatible * 15 Menu Languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Hungarian, Czech)

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