Sony’s Cyber shot DSC H50 was released in May 2008. This is a 9.2 mp cyber shot camera for still photography as well as video recording. With the optical image stabilization and effective flash range of up to 30 ft, this camera promises a great quality experience of photography.

Let us have a look at its specs:

Specifications:

Product Type: Digital camera – Compact
Dimensions: 4.5” x 3.4” x 3.2”
Weight: 14.6 oz
Resolution: 9.2 mp
Display: LCD display, TFT active matrix, 3 inches, Color, Resolution 230,000 pixels
Optical Sensor Type: Super HAD CCD
Light Sensitivity ISO 80, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1000, ISO 1600, and ISO 3200, ISO auto
Digital Zoom: 2 x
Max Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec
Min Shutter Speed: 1/4 sec
Digital video format: MPEG-1, MPEG VX
Still Image Format: JPEG
Image stabilizer: optical (Super Steady Shot)
Face detectionVideo Capture: MPEG – 640 x 480, MPEG – 640 x 480, MPEG – 320 x 240
Integrated Memory: 15 MB
Supported Flash Memory: Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro
Zoom lens, F/2.7-4.5, Carl Zeiss
Camera flash: Effective Flash Range 8 in – 30 ft
Built in microphone
Additional Features: DPOF support , Face detection , Contrast control , Histogram display , Sharpness control , PictBridge support , PRINT Image Matching , USB 2.0 compatibility , Digital image rotation , Digital noise reduction , Dynamic Range Optimizer , Dual image stabilization , Camera orientation detection , Automatic face-tracking technology
Being just under a pound, this is surely a light weight camera, which can be hanged around neck, or can be held in one’s hands with the help of attached straps. The camera features a zoom rocker switch, a context sensitive Menu button, a Home button to give easy access to settings, a wheel dial, directional pad and an ok button.
It has a 3 inches LCD screen which can be tilted, and gives an enhanced access to objects present at different levels. Some intelligent features are also there like smile shutter, face detection and an easy mode. The Advanced Sports Shooting Mode offers to capture moving objects quite easily. One can even zoom while shooting the video.
It showed quite well performance while burst shots, while the performance level was not high while checking time to first shot, typical shot to shot time and shutter lag.

Pros:

Manual controls
Easy to use features
Tilting 3 inches LCD
Zoom in movie mode
Effective flash range

Cons:

Slow start up
Slow shut down
No raw support or hot shoe
Rare fringing

Automatic shut down after 3 minutes of stand by

Final Words:

This is indeed a good camera with a lot of special feature which will provide a better performance level while photo taking or video making.

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