Best Price: $499.95
Product Description
Look as brilliant as your pictures will with the Cyber-shot DSC-W55 digital camera. Powerful, colorful and pocket-sized, this ultra-compact camera offers superb 7.2 megapixel imaging, Carl Zeiss 3X optical zoom lens, high ISO 1000 sensitivity for low-light shooting and Stamina battery power for up to 380 shots. A bright 2.5 LCD screen helps you compose shots, check results and read menus even in bright sunlight. 56MB of internal memory lets you capture the moment without a flash memory card. And a built-in slot for optional Memory Stick Duo media makes it easy to save and exchange photos.
Product Reviews
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Number of Reviews: 32
Sony DSC-W55 Camera is junk
This is my second camera of this model. I loved the first one I bought last year, but dropped it on the kitchen counter about 12 inches and the lens stopped working. I was quoted $150 to repair it, and instead opted to buy the same model again because it took great photos and thinking the first camera was a lemon. Six months into owning the 2nd camera, the lens quit ejecting. In addition to cheap plastic parts on the sides, this will be my last Sony camera.
One year later...Still 5 stars!
One year ago I took a photo class. The teacher of the class took a few minutes to discuss what kind of camera you can take with you when you do not want to lug all of your full size SLR camera gear. The camera he used was this same Sony DSCW55 digi camera. The teacher mentioned that the most important part of any camera is the Lens.....not the mega pixel rating. As you are probably aware this particular camera uses a lens made by Carl Zeiss. Zeiss lenses are known worldwide for being one of the best lenses money can buy. I bought this camera the following weekend.
One year later I am still very pleased with the camera. I have taken approx 3000 pics with it and it still works like new. It actually still looks pretty good as well. Probably due to the fact that most of the housing of the camera is made of metal not plastic.
One very nice surprise with this camera is the video function. While its nowhere near HD quality it is still very good quality considering the size of the camera. Even when viewed on my 50" plasma TV. In case you are wondering,unlike most cameras that limit the length of your videos to a pre-determined max time, you can record video for any length of time as long as you have available memory on the card. You may also mix video with photos on the same card as well.
As far as picture quality goes, I feel it takes pictures Equal to or greater than cameras of a much higher pixel rating...in fact it almost takes as good of a photo as my $1200.00 canon DSLR set up.
If you are looking for a small camera that takes great photos, has a great video feature, a good battery life, and is very durable. Stop looking because you just found it.
HORRIBLE durability!
I got this thing and barely ever used it.. took OK pictures but I dropped it ONCE in the grass while i was camping and the shutter wouldnt open, the flash bulb blew out and I couldnt open or close the shutter! I sent it back and they wouldnt fix anything because I had tried to manually close the shutter to see if it would reset it self or something? But no.. they wanted me to pay something like $140 on a camera that I got for $150.. I always trusted Sony but now im going with another company. What a piece of junk! Get it if you know you will never ever drip it.. not even on soft grass. Good luck, losers.