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Sony Cyber-shot DSCS85

Sony Cyber-shot DSCS85

User Rating: Sony Cyber-shot DSCS85 (57 reviews)
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Bizrate User Review.

Product Rating: 5 star(s) Sony DSC-S85

, Jul. 16, 2002
Comments:
I bought this camera a year ago after much research into high quality digital cameras. I wanted the ability to zoom (both digitally and optically) but wanted something that was similar in size to a standard SLR camera. I was not disappointed. I bought an

QuickTake:

Pros: Great features, easy of use, portability
Cons: Flimsy plastic door on battery recharge port
Has Owned Product: 12 months
Bizrate User Review.

Product Rating: 5 star(s) DSC-S85

, Jul. 16, 2002
Comments:
I bought this camera a year ago after much research into high quality digital cameras. I wanted the ability to zoom (both digitally and optically) but wanted something that was similar in size to a standard SLR camera. I was not disappointed. I bought

QuickTake:

Pros: Great features, ease of use, very high quality pictures
Cons: Flimsy plastic cover on recharge port
Has Owned Product: 12 months
Bizrate User Review.

Product Rating: 5 star(s) DSC-S85

, Jul. 16, 2002
Comments:
I bought this camera a year ago after much research into high quality digital cameras. I wanted the ability to zoom (both digitally and optically) but wanted something that was similar in size to a standard SLR camera. I was not disappointed. I bought

QuickTake:

Pros: Great features, ease of use, very high quality pictures
Cons: Flimsy plastic cover on recharge port
Has Owned Product: 12 months
Bizrate User Review.

Product Rating: 5 star(s) Great camera for novice and experienced photographer

, Jul. 13, 2002
Comments:
Camera has great auto and manual features. Can be used as point and shoot with all the auto settings or used creatively with the manual settings. My first digital camera and I am very happy with it. It has everything on it to make it possible for me to do

QuickTake:

Pros: Great features and ease of use.
Cons: Haven't found any
Has Owned Product: 2 days
Bizrate User Review.

Product Rating: 5 star(s) Perfect camera for the novice user or advanced

, Jun. 15, 2002
Comments:
I have to admit I was a little wary of buying a camera that was almost $600 (for internet price, not store price which was $700) because I wasn't sure if the quality would be noticeable over a smaller, cheaper digital camera. Sony, however, proved me wron

QuickTake:

Pros: Very user friendly, Great picture quality, tons of options
Cons: Little on the expensive side, only comes with 16mb mem
Has Owned Product: 4 days
cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 3.3 star(s) Sony Cyber Shot DSC S85

Comments:

Review Verdict: While its performance isn't always stellar, the feature-rich DSC-S85 represents a good value among 4-megapixel digicams.

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QuickTake:

Pros: High resolution ; excellent image quality in brightly lit shots ; lots of features ;
Cons: Poor low-light image quality ; slight shutter delay ;
asia.cnet.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4 star(s) Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S85

Comments:
Great features, nice price, but not so friendly. Cannot use battery and memory on non-Sony devices.

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QuickTake:

Pros: Video mode, Mac OS X friendly ;
Cons: Uses Sony-only Memory Stick ; InfoLithium battery and flash ; no dedicated Delete button ;
personal computer world Professional Review.

Product Rating: 5 star(s) Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S85

Comments:
Sony's new 4.1megapixel digital still camera features improved prints and MPEG movies.

Review Verdict: Sony has essentially upgraded its S75, which was already a great camera. The resulting S85 may be pricey, and only work with Memory Stick media, but it offers great control and wonderful quality.

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QuickTake:

Pros: High resolution ; great manual control ; good ergonomics ; broad features ;
Cons: Memory Stick format is pricey and the slot won't take IBM's MicroDrive ;
dpreview.com Professional Review.

Product Rating: 4.5 star(s) Sony DSC-S85

Comments:

Review Verdict: Many people expected 2001 to show the same evolution in image resolution that we saw in 1999 and 2000.

QuickTake:

Pros: Unparalleled image resolution at its price and at the time of writing this review, Good metering, good white balance, good colour balance (more 'neutral' than S75), Fast, sharp, high quality lens is able to deliver resolution to the sensor, Low image nois
Cons: Slow startup times (lens extension), Zoom controller does not have enough increments / multiple zoom speed, Memory Stick compartment on the base of the camera, Auto exposure limited by minimum 1/30 sec shutter speed, Flash synch terminal is proprietary (o
steves-digicams.com Professional Review.

Sony DSC-S85

Comments:
The Sony DSC-S85 CyberShot has the distinction of being the first four megapixel digital camera to be priced below $1000, in fact it has an unbelievable MSRP of just $799. On the outside it's physically identical to the Sony DSC-S75 except it's finished i

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