Sony DSCW730S Voucher

Karen in Mommyland (USA) : I found this camera to be a pain in the rear as far as navigating the menu to change settings was concerned. They make it near impossible to play with the settings easily. In that area, every Canon and Kodak point and shoot I've ever operated has Sony beat. The irritating toy like sounds this camera makes drove me crazy and convinced me that it was just a cheap camera that looked nice, but I still needed to take some pictures and see how they turned out. I wasn't impressed. The camera just doesn't take a very impressive picture. I think my iPhone 4s takes a far better picture, and I'm really not all the impressed with the pictures my phone takes. I honestly expected better picture quality from a dedicated point and shoot camera. I'm sure there have to be a better compact point and shoot camera out on the market than this one. I would honestly keep looking if you're considering this camera.

Personal Robot (Always here, sometimes there) : The big draw here over other low-end cameras is the 8x zoom but my title says it all: I'm not real impressed with the quality of the images, as I think the Sony firmware compresses the images too much which compromises image quality, making them murky and blobby when viewed close-up, but my 7 year old daughter took to the camera right away, figuring out its features and falling in love with it immediately. That zoom lets her get up close to all the things she wants pictures of - birds, bugs, trees, etc. And in her hands, over less expensive but less-capable cameras, she gets some great stuff. She's even had fun with the panorama feature, which she just stumbled on and figured out by the on-screen instructions.

VW Smith (Eastern Idaho USA) : This camera wants to be the answer for adults who want a very compact point-and-shoot, but it simply isn't good enough for most adults when we all have smartphones that have similar quality cameras built-in and which are lacking only the zoom. I think most of us, if we are interested in good photos, are willing to shell out a bit more and get a better quality camera for that kind of zoom (or more) and better quality pictures. You're not going to find it here. But if you're looking for a solid "second camera" for you school-age kids, this might suit your needs.

Sony a7K Full-Frame Voucher

someonetofind : The screen protectors don't stick very well. I put mine on there, fairly easy after you cut it, fit it to the screen, especially if you have other devices that you protect. Mine fell off once I set the camera back down on the counter. I didn't even get a chance to carry it around with the protector on (this is not a no sell for me, I have never protected the screens on any of my cameras, and have never scratched any of them).

Paula L. : I haven't had the camera very long. It works a lot like my Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H20 only on a grander scale. It doesn't seem to take as sharp pictures as my Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20. It may just be I need practice. The scenery shots seemed to look flat...not high definition. It may just take time. I didn't like the charger that came with it. It charges great, but the lights never go out to let you know when you are charged. It is going to take some practice to get on to the settings, but what fun.

G. Perez "Always having fun!" (CA) : Let's get one thing straight, more megapixels DO NOT mean better picture quality, and this camera proves my point. It sounds great on paper, it has all these awesome features, but what good are they if the picture quality is mediocre? Is it really worth carrying this extra bulk around as opposed to just using your cell phone? It's not. In all honesty, iPhone 4th generation and above, takes better pictures.

Sony DSC-W730/L Voucher

M. Kelly "Life is a Cabernet" (Wonderful NJ) : This is a great little point and shoot. It's easy to use, has good picture quality and is small. The only negative thing I can say about this camera so far is that it came with a rechargeable plug that connects to the camera itself. This means if your battery dies you can't charge it while using a back up battery. I personally like to do that very thing and find it annoying I can't.

JM : (Not Amazon's fault; I bought it locally.) The camera seemed easy and intuitive enough to use, but the latch over the battery and memory card was so flimsy that with the card inserted, the pressure (spring) from the card pushed the door outward enough that the memory card no longer made contact. Granted, even great things can have a defect now and then, but this just seemed cheaply constructed.

error : I his camera is just fine for someone just starting out, someone who doesn't take that many pictures and just wants something very portable around just in case, or for the kids. However, if you're looking for consistently good pictures without weird blurriness/fussiness and something that takes good night shots, look elsewhere. I have tried adjusting the settings but for some reason half of my pictures just come out fuzzy looking. They're not utterly blurry by any means but you can clearly tell the difference between this camera's images and my other camera. I'm guessing there's something wrong with the lens or some sensor

Sony FDRAX1 4K Camcorder Voucher

Sibelius (Palo Alto, CA USA) : Sony's FDRAX1 4K provides decent, all around point and shoot functionality with respectable image quality thanks to good image stabilization, intelligent flash lighting and a Carl Zeiss (licensed) lens. While most of the unit is housed in a metallic plastic case build quality seems decent for the price point. What I appreciated the most was its compact sizing (slightly smaller then a deck of cards) and speed at which the unit can go from power-off to photo taken in less than 2 seconds. The 8x optical zoom goes through its progressions smooth and quickly and the 3 inch LCD display is adequate when considering the devices size. The menu and options UI is mostly standard and intuitive if you've used other point and shoot cameras over the past 5 years. Overall, a handy little camera with image quality that will surprise you if you experiment with the manual settings.

Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) : As with pretty much all cameras, you will have to get a memory card (which for $10 to $35 you will be able to get a real decent one). Again, like most cameras, this one doesn't have a case. It does have a strap and a recharge cord for the battery (which is nice as it is such an improvement from the days of having to buy batteries that last for about an hour in a digital camera)

Mark Perry : I am a little disappointed with the quality of this point and shoot. First, the pros are that it is light, attractive, small and easy to carry. Everything else, in my opinion, really revolves around what you get for the money. Quality of the pictures is just ok, I honestly think my Apple iphone takes better pictures (even in dimly lit areas). But for those people who want to take a lot of pictures on a trip and need memory card, then a camera would be a must have. Not crazy about the zoom capability, seems to definitely be less than advertised. As I mentioned, in low lighting camera stabilization seems low. Overall, if this was in a gold box deal for $99 I would jump on it for the name and durability of a Sony product. But not for $20-30 more than that. I think you can do better.

Sony a7R Full-Frame Voucher

Raul Colon (Puerto Rico) : While this camera is intuitive to use, transferring images to my PC was not. I expected to connect it to my PC and find it as a drive (like with every other camera I've used) but the DSC-W730 will not show up under File Explore by default. It required me to download and install the SONY "Play Memories" software for transfer of my photos and videos.

Koala1356 (FL, USA) : There are some photo effects, like those you might normally apply via additional software on your PC, that you can apply directly on the camera as you take the shot. I particularly like the Partial Color effect. It takes a b&w shot with the color of my choice highlighted. EG: a red rose, only the rose would be red and the background would be b&w. This makes for some truly striking imagery. Can be applied to stills, movies, or panoramas.

William Polm (North-western Oregon, USA) : Some reviewers concluded that the image quality is poor. I found just the opposite. Now this is not a technical review, like some others on this page, but I tested this camera against my phone camera (Samsung Brightside SCH-U380, 4 MP), a Canon Elph (Sd8009is, 7.1MP), and my Canon SX30is (14.1MP). Frankly, the Sony's photos came out clearer than all the other cameras. I was a bit surprised (after those negative reviews), so tried the the test a second time. Same result. Also the colors were right on when compared to the scene (using my eyes to view it).

Sony DSCRX10 Voucher

cacat : We bought it at BestBuy then returned it the next day. The picture quality is awful. The size of the picture files are at 6MB. But the quality of the pictures is obviously much much worse than that of the pictures taken from our Nikon Coolpix S6200, even though the file sizes from the S6200 are in the range of 1MB.

ACustommer : The auto smile detector is kind of creepy, but I think it could be useful in some situations. Also, the red laser beam scanning thing for the smile detector is kind of annoying. The camera did not come with a memory card, as far as I could tell, and without one it only holds 4 pictures on the default quality setting. So definitely bigger memory card is needed.

MM (Bellevue, WA) : Very easy to use for a beginner like me who has no photography skills what so ever. Just put it in automatic mode and start snapping pictures. Zoom function, panoramic, etc were all self explanitory and worked well. Easy to charge and get pictures from the camera onto the computer. Picture quality is pretty good too.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H200/B Voucher

Lily : My only downside is the 16 megapixel images. The files are large, and to upload them to an online photo service takes more time than my previous Sony. A 6.5 meg picture is a lot of megapixels. Clear, sharp, absolutely, but my previous camera with 14meg was just as clear. The good thing is you don't need to shoot in the 16meg mode. You can reduce it to 10, and even further down. I would have wished the gap from 16 to 10 wouldn't have been so distant from each other. A 12meg setting would have been a better choice.

Ashley Mott (United States) : I have a current generation smart device that I was using to take pictures prior to receiving this camera, and I will probably continue to use it for snappy pictures since I usually have it right beside me. However, the flash and image optimization can leave a bit to be desired at times, and this camera avoids that *in most instances*.
I'm generally a very pale person, and I have a hard time with point-and-shoot and smart phone cameras leaving me with white ghost face, but the automatic image optimization and flash adjustment of the Sony actually left me looking the way I look in the mirror. Ditto for my husband, though his problem isn't paleness -- cameras usually just make his wrinkles look more prominent than they are because of a hot flash -- this doesn't.

Anonymous : I had a Panasonic Lumix briefly last year and returned it because it was overkill for a point-and-shoot and required too much work to take good pictures consistently. If I wanted that kind of trouble, I would invest in a DSLR and dedicate time to learning how to operate it properly. I don't want that. I have only ever been interested in point-and-shoots that let me get the picture I want within a few shots if I'm doing something posed or that will take nice pictures for reproduction as 4 by 6 (and occasionally 8 by 10) prints for a scrapbook. This camera does that.