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This is the first time I'm writing a review. Avoid. Period.Do not be fooled by the touchscreen, the 5x optical zoom or the Sony brand.
You are about to purchase it because you want to take PHOTOS so you can print them or view them on your computer screen. Period.Another reason I would avoid buying this camera (as if the 1st reason is not enough) is that Sony cameras use their own "memory stick" which unlike the standard cards which other brands use cannot be used directly with your laptop or desktop computer, you will always need to use either their docking system or an adapter. I never felt before so strongly about a product that I thought that I should warn against or endurance it.until now.The Sony Cybershot DSC-T500 is a digital camera.
The picture quality is horrible. That is the main function of a camera - photo making. The quality of pictures that this camera produces is substandard.
This means more expanses, more wires, more things that can go wrong. Period.
I HAVEN'T TRY IT YET BECAUSE I'M WAITING FOR MY MEMORY STICK TO BE DELIVERED BUT IS A NICE CAMERA, I LIKE THAT IS A TOUCH SCREEN, NICE,BUT THE INTERNAL MEMORY CAPACIT IS TO SMALL I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY MEMORY CARD TO TRY IT OUT.
Nothing new to add about its limitations. We keep a spare battery in the camera case (bought separately). It takes great pics and films in HD. We've been very happy with this purchase.
Though the video is "high def" the quality is almost always poorer than what we get out of our old Canon which takes standard def. However, if the subject is more than 15 feet away the flash is too weak and cannot lighten them up at all. I have always been a big fan of Sony consumer electronics and recommend them to my friends all the time. However, my wife and I wanted a small camera that could take some high def video because we presumed that would give us better video quality.
When trying to photograph my children, that is an eternity.4). We had to take three batteries for this camera on our recent trip because it would always go through at least 2 every day. Although, we do not use point and shoot cameras for our business we do use them day to day and on vacation because we hate carrying the big boys around.I have been a long time user of Canon cameras (both professional and point and shoot) and I have always been extremely pleased with them. Now, if you are taking a video outside with good lighting conditions, this camera does an awesome job and the high def quality is great to have. 3).
If you take a picture with a flash you will definitely be waiting at least 3-5 seconds before it is ready to take another. However, I am very disappointed with the DSC-T500 for the following reasons:1). However, when inside or if lighting is not perfect than the video you receive is very poor because it is grainy and the coloring is always off. You can literally watch the battery meter fall while recording a video.
I run a photography studio, so I know a little about cameras. The camera is slower to take a picture than my Canons. Also, the refresh rate on the flash is miserably slow. The battery life is abysmal. The picture quality is WAY below that of my Canons. I haven't seen a digital camera go through batteries like this in over 7 years.I definitely would NOT recommend this camera to anyone. We also wanted a camera that you could optical zoom while recording video.When we bought this camera 4 months ago, there were not any Canon point and shoots with high def video so we bought this Sony.
The only feature this camera fulfilled that we wanted is that it can optically zoom while recording and does a fine job with that. Everything looks very red when videoed inside.2). The flash is always too strong and washes out anything within 6 feet of the camera. My Canons never did anything even remotely like this. However, since the video recording is so poor this feature is basically worthless, too.
Believe me, you will hate this approach. First, the IQ is ok, better than the T30 but not as good as my Panasonic TZ5. Of all my 3 T-series cameras, this is by far the worst. Lo-res screen, fingerprints everywhere, dim in bright daylight, buttons that require many presses to register. The 720p video quality is however, awesome, almost as good as my VadoHD 720p pocket camcorder. The fatal flaw in the T500 is the HORRIBLE touch screen and the goofy menu structure. Finally, did I mention the 20-minute battery life. I could not even review 125 images I had taken over the course of a week without draining a freshly-charged battery.
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