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Sony DSCH3B Digital Camera (8.1MP, 10x Optical zoom) 2.5" LCD

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Technical Details

  • 8.1 effective megapixels with BIONZ image processor
  • Carl Zeiss 10x optical zoom lens
  • ultra-compact body
  • High-performance Face Detection
  • Double Anti-Blur: high sensitivity ISO 3200
  • Super SteadyShot image stabilisation
  • Advanced Sports Shooting mode
  • In-camera retouching with red eye reduction
  • Dynamic Range Optimiser corrects exposure and contrast with backlit subjects
  • ‘Photo TV HD’ Full HD image display on new BRAVIA televisions
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Product details

  • Item Weight: 264 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 1.4 Kg
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  • Item model number: DSCH3B.CEH
  • ASIN: B000V5E6G8
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 1 Jan 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 54,112 in Electronics & Photo (See Bestsellers in Electronics & Photo)

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Sony Nav-U Buying Guide
Sony Logo
Cyber-shot Logo

DSCH3 Sony’s Smallest High-Zoom Cyber-shot is big on looks and performance

For sports, for travel or simply for having fun with friends and family – the
Cyber-shot H3 from Sony packs big-camera features into its ultra-compact body

DSCH3 Sony’s Smallest High-Zoom Cyber-shot

Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics

Weighing only 246 grams and measuring 106mm (w) x 68.5mm (h) x 47.5mm (d), you’ll find the H3 is compact and light enough to carry with you on all occasions. The viewing screen is an impressive 2.5 inches making it easy to see exactly who & what will be in your photo.
Megapixels

Megapixels

Digital photos are made up of dots of coloured light called pixels (picture element). To make a photo requires millions of pixels (mega pixels). The more mega pixels a camera has, the smoother and clearer the photos will be. So, crisp, clear images are assured courtesy of the 8.1 effective megapixel sensor and Real Imaging Processor.
Powerful 10x Zoom

Powerful 10x Zoom

The beautifully-styled H3 is the smallest ever Cyber-shot featuring a Carl Zeiss 10x zoom lens (38-380mm equivalent; F3.5-4.4). The powerful optical zoom pulls distant subjects closer with superb clarity. Its wide range also broadens the scope of framing options for greater creative possibilities – from expansive
landscapes and intimate portraits to dynamic nature shots and sporting scenes. Magnification is boosted further still by the 17x HD Smart Zoom (in 16:9 shooting mode) for powerful telephoto images that can be enjoyed with stunning quality on a large HD-Ready television.
Face Detection Technology

Face Detection Technology

The DSCH3 offers easy-to-use Face Detection which helps photographers of all abilities capture great-looking ‘people pictures’. Powered by the camera’s super-responsive BIONZ image processor, Face Detection automatically adjusts exposure, flash and contrast using the Dynamic Range Optimiser (DRO), analysing each image for balanced, natural-looking results.
Double Anti-Blur

Double Anti-Blur

Double Anti-Blur technology reduces camera shake for clear, bright images when shooting conditions are less than perfect. Super SteadyShot image stabilisation is coupled with high sensitivity (ISO 3200) for blur-free, atmospheric results without flash. When you’re shooting indoors or in low light at high ISO settings,
Sony Clear RAW NR noise reduction suppresses colour and luminance noise for natural results.
Sports Mode

Sports Mode

The Cyber-shot H3 keeps pace with the action in challenging situations like live sports. A new Advanced Sports Shooting Mode teams a high 1/2000 sec shutter speed with predictive autofocus for crisp, clear capture of fast-moving subjects.
Photo TV HD

Photo TV HD

It’s easy to enjoy the finest quality High Definition images captured with the H3 on a BRAVIA or HD Ready display so you can share your images with friends and family. Photo TV HD optimises the images for subtler, more natural colour and textures on the latest generation of Full HD BRAVIA. This offers a significant improvement over viewing still images on conventional TV sets.
‘Sony’, ‘Cyber-shot’, ‘Double Anti-Blur’, ‘Super SteadyShot’, ‘Real Imaging Processor’, ‘BRAVIA’ and their logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation, Japan. All other trademarks acknowledged.


Product Description

Capture every scene in high quality with the DSC-H3 powered by theBIONZ imaging processor for fast performance and impressive shots.Get closer to your objects with the high zoom range and eliminateblurred photos with the double anti-blur solution. The adv
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sony H3 Highly Recommended, 10 Jan 2008
I rate this camera highly. I was considering the Canon SX100IS and Panasonic TZ3 but went for this as it's cheaper and looked and felt more rugged. I looked at test shots for all three cameras and to me the Image Quality from the H3 looked better. Sony did a good job in reducing noise problems as the pics made with the H3 in iso400 or iso800 are much better than pics from the Canon SX100IS and Panasonic TZ3

Problems:-
1) It's far too easy to rotate the mode button by mistake.

2) No built in lens cap.

3) Most manufactures now seem to use SD cards but Sony use their own format memory sticks so if this is your first Sony allow for the expense of the new memory format.

But this is a small price to pay for great IQ and super low light performance.

(£159 from Amazon, the price seems to have increased by £15 since I bought it at the start of the week!)

Up-date 22/5/08
I have used the H3 for almost 5 months now and have had great fun using it to capture lots of great shot's. I have just sold the H3 and have replaced it with a Sony H10 which is basically the same camera with a bigger/higher resolution screen. I'm still glad I bought the H3 but if you're in the market for a small zoom camera the H10 would be a better buy now.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, 27 Jan 2008
By R. P. Sedgwick "Grim Rob" (UK) - See all my reviews
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I've been using this camera for a few days and am very impressed with it. The zoom quality of the lens is excellent and the photos produced with it are good. The burst rate is good too compared to others in the price range - you can get 10 or so very rapid photos at whatever zoom setting you are using. Another feature which seems good is the macro setting which enables you to take up things very close, a feature which was missing altogether on a slightly cheaper camera I bought recently.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars There is something in a name, 13 Jun 2008
By S. Pegden "pixie_0" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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How I wish i could take the plunge and buy some no-name brand electronic and be blown away, but truth be told, after months and months of research, it always comes down to the best known brands. And for good reason. This camera was the right choice. I didn't want the bulk of an SLR but the flat square "fit in your pocket" point-and-shoot is just far too simplified for my grand photography attempts :)
So my final decision came between this one, the Panasonic Lumix FZ-18 or the Lumix TZ3. FZ18 was just that little bit tooooo big for convenience, and the Lumix TZ3 flash was a little too bright.
The picture quality of the Sony H3 is grand! The zoom on screen seems a little underachieving, but when you download the pics to your pc, the zoom truly is excellent!! The flash can be set from -2 to +2 so you indoor portraits are not overexposed as with alot of compact cameras. There are various scene settings like snow, beach (which works great on the beach...funnily enough) landscape, fireworks etc. Then you have fully automatic...which is fully automatic (duh) and then you have M and P modes. which allow you more control, exposure settings, apeture priority, etc.
My pictures are great, i will upload some soon so you can see!

Every review should have a negative point, no matter how trivial, so here are mine.
You cannot set the white balance by metering. There are presets, but you cannot meter it yourself. Not tragic but i do feel its a little bit of a let down.

If i had the choice to choose another camera in retrospect, would i? most definitely not!
Sony is fast becoming my favourite brand, almost against my will ;-)



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