Product Description
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 camera combines style with power and intelligence. The W290 comes in 4 sophisticated colors and has a stylish look. With the W290 taking great pictures is now easier than ever. The iAuto mode goes beyond the traditional auto mode, thinking and working for you; recognizing scenes, lighting conditions, faces, and automatically adjusts camera settings resulting in clearer images, and faces with more natural skin tones and less blur. The W290 also features HD Movie mode, recording in 720p for capturing your precious moments on video. Compose, review, and share your memories on the large 3.0” (230k pixels) LCD..
On 11.04.09, In Uncategorized, By admin
I bought a Sony CyberShot (DSC-W290) specifically because it records 720p video (MPEG4). I recorded few clips and inserted the Memory Stick Pro-Duo into PS3 (and on Sony HDTV). It recognizes all my pictures but the video folders are empty. Either 720p standard or fine videos does not show in the folder to play. Only the video recorded with the lowest resolution (VGA) shows up and able play them (I was experimenting recording with all 3 options). I called Sony’s camera Customer Service and they told me to use a different Memory Stick which I did (different brands) but same results. They told me that something is wrong with my PS3 and told me to contact PS3 Customer Service. I did that and they are telling any MPEG4 video should play on PS3 (no fireware updates needed) and telling me to call Sony’s Camera Cust. Service. I tried connecting the USB to PS3 and playing the videos on the PS3 but still no luck.
This camera while it does take excellent photos has its down sides. With its own special battery you need to buy a spare just in case the battery dies since you can’t just run into 7-11 and pick up a spare. This jacks the price up one step. Second problem is that is comes with enough internal memory to take two pictures. So you need to buy a memory card Price Jack up again. I think I would go with another model next round.
The quality of the photos with this camera is very disappointing. My older Sony DSC-T9 takes much better photos and it is 1/2 the megapixels.
I have owned about 5 digital cameras over the past 10 years, I did not even bother to try to take outdoor photos, and the quality is so poor indoors that it is on its way back to Amazon for a refund.
This was replacing my DSC-T9 that I must have dropped over a dozen times and finally it was showing an error code but still takes better photos then a new DCS-W290
I picked this camera because it had a wide angle lens that most compact cameras don’t have. Now I have to figure out what I will replace it with.
This is what I’ve been hearing from all these 1-3 star reviews.
Great outdoors, Bad indoors. Sony finally solved that problem with the WX1 it has a: 10.2-megapixel Back-Illuminated “Exmor R” CMOS Sensor Producing Stunning Images in Low Light. Finally. A good all around camera!!!!!!Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX1/B 10MP “Exmor R” CMOS Digital Camera with 5x Optical Steady Shot Stabilized Zoom and 2.7-inch LCD (Black)
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We purchased this camera in an attempt to locate an upgrade to our old Kodak EasyShare DX7590 5mpx. What a disappointment. This camera, though 12.1mpx, does not deliver quality photos nor does it stabilize images. You ‘think’ the photos are crisp when viewed on the live viewer, however once uploaded, you see a slightly different reality. The photos are blurry, have shadows, rain and glares galore. The video isn’t as good either. When uploaded and viewed on your TV or computer, the frames per second looks choppy. Unfortunately we are back to the drawing board now looking into purchasing a Canon, with $300 down the drain. I still can’t understand how it has gotten so much positive reviews. Perhaps I received a defective model, or all these reviewers have either never had a digital camera in their life or have yet to upload the photos they’ve taken to their computer. Please don’t waste your money here.