Good beyond belief. Full of fun features that are easy to use and fun to experiment with. For example, the automatic slide shows on a TV with music is a real eye popper. How can all of this fit in a camera so small?
Lens quality is superb, but this is a Zeiss lens.
The only drawback is having to use Sony’s special chips. But I bought a couple of 2 GIG cards on super sale. And, the cost of digital storage is dropping faster than the Dow Jones.
The perfect “tweener” camera. Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black is between the tiny full of compromises cameras and the bigger prosumer cameras. Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black does not do RAW but then Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black is a tweener.
Pretty close to perfect. As an owner of several digital cameras over the past 10 year, here is my opinion for what it’s worth. I put a lot of thought and research into choosing this camera and while I haven’t owned Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black long, I plan to update this as I learn.
The camera really rocks in many categories.
Pros
The screen is beautiful, not bad even outdoors.
I love the red color of the camera!
The scene selection should prove helpful, haven’t used Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black yet
Zeiss lenses do seem to be very high quality
The flash is one of the features that closed the deal for me. I tried all of the cameras at best buy side by side. When taking a photo inside with a flash, many cameras, including my old canon made everyone look white and washed out while the background was very dark or even blank. Not on this baby. The color, indoors and out, foreground and background really seems well lit and very even in tone.
Cons
Lose the smile thing, both for picture taking and editing. The one in editing is just creepy looking.
Want really creepy photos? Make the person have a smile intensity of 5, and then do Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black again and again and again….. Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black looks like a worm stretched across their face. Also doesn’t detect faces if they have mustaches.
This seems designed for a lot of portraits, but I like landscapes and sports events.
Where is the panoramic stitch type help? One of the cameras out on the market right now has Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black where they show a little bit of a ghost image of the last shot to help line up the panoramic shot. Even my cameras that are 5-10 years old had something for panoramic.
Can’t they add the little plastic thingy that tightens around your wrist so you don’t loose this $300 gem?
Why no sport mode?
I want pics of kids at their sporting events and such, still trying to figure out how to take good photos inside with poor lighting and speedy kids at volleyball. They are ending up blurry. I am sure there is a setting that will work, just not sure what Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black is yet.
I do like how some of the other models have lenses that don’t stick out and move, so particles don’t get caught in them.
Why does the underwater case cost nearly as much as the camera?
Looking for a good blog to learn tricks about my new toy…
Best Camera On The market Today For The Price. This Camera Was Well Planed When They Designed It. There Are Way Too Many Features To List. You Can Take Pictures From Low Res All The Way Up To 16:9 Wide Screen capability And Huge Size Files and Ultra high resolution. Get The 8 Gig Mark II Chip And You can Get Almost 4000 Picture @ Over 3 Meg A Piece. The Quality Of The Pictures And The Size of The Camera Will Astound You And Sony Cybershot DSCW170/B black fits In The Palm Of Your Hand. The Stibility Control Can Take A Picture Even If You Have A Condition That Wont Allow You Hands From Shaking. Also The Camera Has 10.1 Mega Pixels. Great Product At A Great Price What More Can I Say!!!!!