A little about the Cyber-Shot DSC-H50B I just got. Mini Review. - Digital Camera Forums

jack55 · 06-12-2008, 03:04 AM

I decided to get the Sony last Saturday. I was picking between the Nikon P80 & Sony DSC-H50/B and after playing with both for over an hour, the Sony was clearly the better camera. Much sharper low light hand-held photo's and faster and crisper photo's. I like the remote for the Sony and the flip out LCD which Nikon has neither of. I never forgot when I first bought the sony DSC-H1. That was a great camera... I used it for 2 years.

My camera before this new Sony? The Canon S5is
which I just sold Saturday on craiglist. I tend to keep these cameras only 6 months at a time, then get the latest one out. The Sony H1 was the only camera I EVER kept longer than 6 months... it was that good. I thought I'd try the Canon S5is and it was a good camera, but I missed the Sony... so I got the latest one.

Once again I toyed with getting a DSLR, but it just doesn't justify the bulk and price, compared to these superzooms. Try packing around 3 lenses that will reach the 31 - 465 mm range that the DSC-50 has! With the loads of exposure control and a 15x stabilized optical zoom, this model is thousands of dollars cheaper than the equivalent options on a dSLR with an image stabilized lens. NOPE, no DSLR for me.

I was excited to get mine. Here is what to expect for those of you who plan to get one:

The BOX that I couldn't wait to open!!!

What you see when you first open the box:

What you see when you first open the box after taking the manual & software out:

Everthing out of box and srpead out. Lots'of goodies.

It's going to go well with my XPS notebook. I do a lot of on site photography at car shows:

My 3rd or 4th photo shown on LCD screen "crystal clear"!

This was the 3rd or 4th photo I took! Not bad at all. Resized for posting.

....the properites:

David Rasnake · 06-12-2008, 05:19 AM

Thanks for the mini-review, Jack55! The shots from your H50 look great.

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jetstar · 06-12-2008, 07:45 AM

Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing your experiences with the camera.

jack55 · 06-17-2008, 01:33 PM

Some more shots with new camera!
Interesting shots of the same plane! I love those old engines!

Wifey posing...

Used fill flash in program mode on next 3 photo's to get better detail.

right below the chrome prop hub:

Shooting into that highly polished chrome prop hub!

Andy Stanton · 06-17-2008, 01:38 PM

Very nice shots. Did you do any post processing?

usapatriot · 06-17-2008, 01:40 PM

I agree those shots look great, colors look accurate and they are amazingly sharp.

jack55 · 06-17-2008, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyfromVA

Very nice shots. Did you do any post processing?

Other than cropping and resizing down to 800 pixel width @ 80% compression... none.
I did use fill flash to get more detail on 3 of the photo's.

Andy Stanton · 06-17-2008, 04:32 PM

You're an excellent photographer and the H50 is a very fine camera.

jack55 · 06-20-2008, 04:54 PM

Here are some more shots taken with this fantastic camera. My very first Rose bloom from outside. Same rose, different types of lighting, outdoor, indoors, all hand-held, only one with flash, resized for here. You couldn't hand hold a camera a couple years ago and get shots like these.
Which one stands out the most?

The ROSE inside hand-held with flash.

The ROSE outside in sunlight.

The ROSE inside hand-held with window light, no flash.

The ROSE inside hand-held with window light behind it.
(can't remember if I used flash here or not)

CBNJ · 06-23-2008, 01:59 PM

I'm thinking about this camera, how is the video quality? How much did you buy it for?