- Sony Cybershot with 7.2MP, 3x Optical Zoom and 2.4-inch LCD
- High Sensitivity mode (ISO 1250) and multipoint autofocus
- Easy-to-use on-screen function guide and histogram displays
- Shooting stamina up to 440 pictures
- Motion JPEG movie recording at approx. 30 fps
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The Sony Cyber-shot Silver S730 is a great value entry camera featuring high sensitivity for low light conditions. With 7.2 effective mega pixels and a Super HAD CCD sensor the S730 captures quality images, it has 3x Optical Zoom and 6x Precision digital zoom so that you can zoom in on the action and capture clear images from further away. 'Anti-Blur' technology reduces the effects of camera shake and allows for more succesful capturing of moving images.
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128 of 130 people found the following review helpful
When it comes to buying electronics online, I always spend a good few hours (or sometimes days) reading online reviews and this came up as a very good camera for it's value. In fact, it beat many reviews for cameras over twice its price. The reviews certainly were not wrong- and was very pleased by the quality of pictures and ease of use. I bought another Sony camera about 2 years ago, slightly more expensive, and again, i bought this based on it's value and based on excellent online reviews.
The picture quality is very good and i would say that about 5% of pictures i have taken have come out slightly blurred, other than that no problems. I normally just set the camera to take auto pictures (which works out how best to take the picture depending on the circumstances of the shot (e.g. night/day/snow etc.) and the pictures come out fine. You can however set it manually with easy to follow pictures which indicated on a dial for slightly better results, but I think i have only noticed better results with this so far with the 'night mode' setting.
I was very surprised at the excellent quality of the video setting. This runs at 30 frames a second and does have sound. I think it would be hard to distinguish between the smoothness of this and many video cameras, especially in sunny conditions and indoors.
It is also quite a robust camera, having got in accidentally soaking wet in the rain and dropping it a couple of times while running onto hard hard surfaces- works fine with nothing rattling inside!
A couple of negative points which i feel may be slightly unfair, given all the positives of the camera and the price- also the reason for giving it 4 stars, perhaps 4.5 may have been fairer. The picture given on the website of the camera is slightly deceptive. The camera actually goes back a bit further than the picture indicates so is not as small as you believe, adding a bit of bulk to the back. It's still pretty compact but not as much as i would have liked. The other point was that it takes batteries and while many may see this as a convenient factor, i would disagree. Buying batteries is fairly expensive and disposable batteries are really the only ones the should be used in cameras as recharge ones are not suited and normally last half the time. A camera with a built in rechargeable battery would be slimmer, cheaper and last for longer.
All in all a very decent camera, which i would urge you to buy if looking for a good quality, easy to use camera for under £100. You certainly can't go too far wrong with this neat bundle.
Any questions, feel free to message me.
The picture quality is very good and i would say that about 5% of pictures i have taken have come out slightly blurred, other than that no problems. I normally just set the camera to take auto pictures (which works out how best to take the picture depending on the circumstances of the shot (e.g. night/day/snow etc.) and the pictures come out fine. You can however set it manually with easy to follow pictures which indicated on a dial for slightly better results, but I think i have only noticed better results with this so far with the 'night mode' setting.
I was very surprised at the excellent quality of the video setting. This runs at 30 frames a second and does have sound. I think it would be hard to distinguish between the smoothness of this and many video cameras, especially in sunny conditions and indoors.
It is also quite a robust camera, having got in accidentally soaking wet in the rain and dropping it a couple of times while running onto hard hard surfaces- works fine with nothing rattling inside!
A couple of negative points which i feel may be slightly unfair, given all the positives of the camera and the price- also the reason for giving it 4 stars, perhaps 4.5 may have been fairer. The picture given on the website of the camera is slightly deceptive. The camera actually goes back a bit further than the picture indicates so is not as small as you believe, adding a bit of bulk to the back. It's still pretty compact but not as much as i would have liked. The other point was that it takes batteries and while many may see this as a convenient factor, i would disagree. Buying batteries is fairly expensive and disposable batteries are really the only ones the should be used in cameras as recharge ones are not suited and normally last half the time. A camera with a built in rechargeable battery would be slimmer, cheaper and last for longer.
All in all a very decent camera, which i would urge you to buy if looking for a good quality, easy to use camera for under £100. You certainly can't go too far wrong with this neat bundle.
Any questions, feel free to message me.
36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Battery life is not a problem. Get hi-power rechargeables. Sony do branded ones (even available in larger branches of Tesco!!). I personally use Energizer Advanced rechargeables with a rated capacity of 2500 mAh. They last about 100 shots per pair. I recharge them with an Energizer 15 minute recharger (actually takes about 20 minutes! - and the batteries come out HOT - so I leave another minute or too before putting back in the camera). I suggest other reviewers are using cheap, low-capacity batteries or mediocre disposables. I took three sets of batteries (one pair in the camera, + 4 in the little packet you buy them in (suitable re-taped to hold it together) on my recent trip to Russia - I had no problems with battery life at all!!
be careful when you replace the batteries in the camera - the little battery door is not a stong design, and if you misalign it often, it will eventually break.
be careful when you replace the batteries in the camera - the little battery door is not a stong design, and if you misalign it often, it will eventually break.
133 of 137 people found the following review helpful
I bought this Digital Camera , And what a buy, very pleased with the product, easy to use and understand, Excellent picture quality, and pictures easily transfered to the pc, great value for money , and excellent delivery service. i ordered at 3pm and this was delivered at 9am the folllowing day, Great battery life too. I would definately reccomend this camera to anyone thinking of buying a new camera.
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excelent pictures good all round camara
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I purchased this camera for my daughter (she is in her 20's) so I am sure that she can use the camera as well as anyone. Read more
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It was purchased for my wife's birthday.
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as well.
However... Read more
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Nice camera which does all you want for a standard point and click but the battery life was terrible. Read more
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