Five months later I still extremely happy with the DSC-W70, it is not perfect but it comes close. Overall, the initial impression I posted here back on July 5th still applies. Here are some additional pros and cons:
Additional Pros
- The size and weight are perfect for traveling.
- The screen size works well for viewing pictures and movies.
- Excellent picture quality (people are impressed with the picture quality)
- Excellent video quality (same here, people are amazed that this camera can take decent videos)
Additional Cons
- The camera's sensor does not deal well with too much light. The results are streaks in the image, which can be seen on the view finder. Adjusting the camera's position solves the problem 99% of the time. It seems that the camera's sensor was designed for low light with an ISO capability of 1000, and it does not handle bright light situations well.
- The inability to zoom in video. The video quality is excellent, however it would be very nice to be able to zoom.
The lack of aperture priority has not bothered me, although it might help with the bright light situation. Now that I have found Adobe's Photoshop Elements 5.0 and Sony's Vegas 6.0 Video editing application work well together, I can easily create DVD photo shows of my travel memories (see my discussion here).
I just noticed that the price of the camera as dropped to around $224. When Sony allows a price drop like this, it usually signals the end of a model. This is probably because the DSC-W100 is basically the same camera with 8 mega pixel sensor, however it sells for $299. At $224 the DSC-W70 is really tough to beat.
All of my posts related to the DSC-W70 can be found here.
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