Sony DSC P20

Review Date
October 5, 2002

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
2-5 years

Reviewed by
mitchell25 , Intermediate

Price Paid
$199.00 at Best-Buy

Summary
All around, good "cheap" digital camera. I bought it just to "fool around" with. Always have a camera there for those shots you don't want to miss. Still doesn't top using a 35 mm in my eyes.

Strengths
Digital. No more wasted film developing costs on those pictures that just didn't turn out. Inexpensive. Lots of special effects. I don't use the mpeg, or clip motion much. You can adjust ISO, make small
email copies that don't take up mega storage space. It is small and portable.

Weaknesses
Battery dies too fast. I DID NOT go out and purchase the battery pack, instead I just bought plain Ni-Cad rechargables, and always bring an extra set with me. The person who is using the Duracells is obviously using the wrong battery, as my rechargables last me for hours. The image quality is weak when using the zoom, so try not to. Comes with a small memory stick...So I spurged on a 32 mb stick. All in all I like the camera

Similar Products Used
Pentax MZ-7 (ZX-7 USA) 35 mm SLR

Customer Service
SONY....Never used it.

Review Date
June 30, 2002

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Reviewed by
Nick , Expert , from Netherlands

Price Paid
$399.00 at dixons

Summary
Nice camera, doesn't cost a lot, quality good, printed pictures in photostore are brilliant.
I use 1800 mah Nimh battery's in it and they power the cam, with display on for more then one hour, when you close the display it takes more then one day to empty this battery's and the cost less then 5 dollars each.
I have an extra set, so 4 batteries for 20 dollars, much cheaper then the recommended accu and the live much longer.
I love this cam.

Strengths
It does what it have to do, easy to use, very good macro, light, pictures are very clear.
High speed loading, easy software.

Weaknesses
Lens is not positioned in the middle, so you easy snap your finger on the picture.

Similar Products Used
Epson photopc 600, canon.

Customer Service
not needed.

Review Date
April 3, 2002

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by
joey , Intermediate , from birmingham al

Price Paid
$200.00 at circuit city

Summary
Very high quality pics from this camera at the price

Strengths
quality of pics, pic effects, lcd adjustability

Weaknesses
batterys, i recommend any nimh rechargeables, you get over an hour and a half out of nimh's

Similar Products Used
no digitals in this class

Customer Service
didn''t need it

Review Date
January 4, 2002

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 2 votes

Reviewed by
annettel , Beginner , from Syracuse Ny

Price Paid
$199.00 at Best Buy

Summary
This is an excellent starter camera. It takes excellent pictures, and is very easy to use. I did purchase an infolithium battery pack, which also included the charger and a nice battery case. The double a batterys should only be used as a backup

Strengths
None

Similar Products Used
None

Review Date
December 27, 2001

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
0-1 years

Visitors rate this review
1.57 of 5, 7 votes

Reviewed by
5lunG , Beginner

Price Paid
$400.00

Summary
It's a very cheap quality camera. plastic shell. comes w/ 4Mb memory card. camera DRAINS BREAN NEW DURACELL BATTERY IN 5 MIN. If u look @ the spec. from sony, the camera uses two AA battery(supplied) or 3.6v InfoLITHIUMTM battery NP-FS11 (not supplied). so the camera is desigend to work with 3.6V but 2 AA battery will only give 3V. so my point is SONY is trying to sells u basic camrea, ready to use, don't need to buy extra EXPENSIVE sony accessory. but with 2 AA battery and a 4MB memory card u can take 20 low res. pic. in 5 min. after 5 about 5 min. the battery is drained.

so if u really want to shoot more pic. u'll have to spend $169 for the SONY InfoLITHIUMTM battery NP-FS11 and AC Adapter ACLS1. that will last longer and another $99 for a 64MB memory card.
Total comes to $619 + tax.
or carry many AA battery and change every 5 min.

Strengths
I find sony is very good @ marketing their garbage.

Weaknesses
drains battery extreamly fast. long wait for flash to charge up.

Similar Products Used
None

Customer Service
i''''''''m going to give it to them.