Sony Cyber Shot DSC H20 Digital Camera Review

The 10.1  Zoom ratio is one of the very first features you notice when reviewing the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H20 Digital Camera. The Car Zeiss Quality Zoom Lens with a 10x optical zoom ratio provides the photographer with a very flexible zoom ratio which results in a myriad selection of focal lengths to chose from. 

The Sony DSC-H20 features a 3 inch LCD display that graces and  completes the back of this small and affordable digital camera (see photo below). Offering 230,000 pixels of resolution with a wide angle viewing area and bright and sharp colors that meet the requirements of today's photographer and digital camera user allowing for easy to share and compose digital masterpeices with every shot. 

HD Movies are easy to capture with this Sony digital camera allowing you to capture your memories in high definition color (720p) and video using the MPEG4 format for stunning large screen video playback and recording of up to 2GB and 29 minutes of high definition video. 

Intelligent scene recognition allows for this little Sony to automaticall detect up to eight different types of scenes and in just 1/30th of a second determine which settting is most appropriate for your digital photography needs and the current lighting conditions that  are presented in front of you. using the Auto Mode, the Sony Cybershot will automatically detect the perfect setting for the photographer allowing him or her to compose and never miss a shot thanks to the BIONZ image processor for fast and speedy image processing. 

Face Priority and Face Detection are two new features of the Sony DSC-H20 and the compact digital camera will automatically detect faces in the scene and compensate focus, exposure and ISO settings to result in perfectly exposed skin tones and smooth realistic colors. The face detection technology used in this digital camera from Sony detects up to 8 individual faces and computes the proper exposure for each and every face in the viewfinder and scene. The Auto Blink and Red Eye functions on this camera guarantee a higher ratio of perfect photos as blinking and red eye are gone, leaving you with fantastic memorie of friends and family

High ISO sensitivity combined with the anti shake technology in the Sony DSC-H20 make for great photos - the anti shake technology eliminates and reduces camera shake which can happen in low lighting situtations such as indoors. High ISO speeds of up to ISO 3200 guarantee faster shutter speeds and wider apereture setttings which greatly reduces the chance of blurry and non useable photos. 

Using the Dynamic Range Optimizer settings, this camera uses a complicated algorithm to determine the best exposure and contrast situations regardless of the shooting environment. This results in more natural images  and clearer backgrounds that more closely match what the naked eye would see. 

The autofocus system use 9 different points to determine the best focus point and combined with the speedy and fast BIONZ image processor, you'll never have to wait for this little Sony to catch up to fast moving action. 

Using the Easy Shooting mode on the Sony DSC-H20 digital camera, basic intructions are displayed on the 3 inch LCD display and the camera switches to full automatic settings so you can worry less about settings  and more about making perfect photos every time. 

With a sale price of just over $200 from most retailers, the Sony DSC-H20 packs a feature set into a small and compact point and shoot digital camera that constantly is rated a best selling digital camera day in and day out with HD Video recording, face detection, and 9 point autofocus system being just a few on the many standard features on this affordable digital camera.