new camera,

[Phil]

I wanted a small point and shoot camera to replace my cannon dslr that was just too bulky to carrry around.
ended up with a Sony cybershot dsc wx350.
Really pleased with it.fits into jeans/jacket pocket nice and has a x20 optical and x40 digital zoom which is better than the two lenses I used to lug around with my cannon.
cost me around £150 mark.

How do you find the battery life with that? This review says its good for 470 shots!
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras...1/review/2

This review gives the camera a decent writeup too as well as reviewing its competitors.
http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/s...onclusion/


So its good to hear someone who has used a DSLR as well to give their opinion as I wouldn't just trust some blog review.


I've been looking around for a new compact recently. Most of the cheaper compacts have small sensors and quote large mega pixel numbers. A lot have a big zoom range which means the lens is slow (in terms of letting light in). All this could lead to poor pictures in less than perfect light. Sometimes I think a lower zoom range/better lens would be better. They are all all-auto with few manual controls which I prefer.
They all seem very small as well. When I'm out on my biking tours I quite often stop and take photos with gloves on. My Canon was fine but I know the tiny Sonys wouldn't be.
I guess you need to have a play before you buy to find out what suits.


I use this site www.dpreview.com a lot as it seems in depth and unbiased. Unfortunately they don't seem to review lower cost cameras.

I've been into photography since the 80s and learnt a lot from reading Amateur Photographer mag, so Id trust what they say.  www.amateurphotographer.co.uk
Guess what, they don't review many sub £200 compacts either.



Seems the people who have bought the camera like it overall.  There are some reports of defects though.

http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/co...er-reviews
http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/co...er-reviews