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The Sony Cybershot DSC-H3 brings together an 8 megapixel sensor, 10x optical zoom Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens (38-380mm) and a 2.5 inch LCD screen.
It features super steady shot optical image stabilization, face detection (auto exposure, focussing, white balance and flash), ISO of up to 3200, 31 megabytes of internal memory and an advanced sports mode with predictive auto focussing and high shutter speeds. It comes in silver and black.
The Sony Cybershot DSC-H3 will have a retail price of $299.99 USD and will hit stores in September.
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CNET reviews the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 and gives it a rating of 7.0 out of 10. They write - "Image quality from the H3 can be quite nice if you stick with ISOs 100 and 200, though that niceness is marred a bit by the lens' noticeable distortion, as well as some purple fringing on high-contrast edges toward the edges of images. I saw more noise than I would've liked at ISO 400. While images are still very usable and much of the noise is minimized during printing, there is a noticeable falloff in shadow detail and fine detail at ISO 400. Stepping up to ISO 800, noise increases only slightly, but there's more of a falloff in shadow and fine detail. At ISO 1,600 noise becomes heavy and most shadow and fine detail is lost. The top sensitivity setting of ISO 3,200 yields extremely noisy images with completely blocked up shadows and fine details. For example, text which was crisp and clear at ISO 200 and below, becomes completely illegible at ISO 3,200. I suggest staying below ISO 1,600 when shooting with the H3 and sticking with ISO 100 or ISO 200 whenever possible."
Imaging Resource reviews the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H3 and writes - "As a quality digital camera for the everyday shooter, however, the Sony H3 offers a lot. A 10x zoom in a small package is always welcome; and it comes with the image stabilization it needs to get the long shots. Face detection and lots of ISO headroom mean you'll be able to take better photos of friends and family with and without flash in more places. Though there are a few foibles that might not make the Sony H3 for you in particular (see the Pro/Con list above), we still see the Sony H3 as a great camera."
Posted by Darren in our Sony category on August 22, 2007