This is an excellent product. I bought my Sony to make video reviews and to take a multitude of pictures. The camera comes with a very user friendly "how to" manual for those of us who aren't too tech savvy. For the price, it is a steal. The picture quality is excellent and rivals the quality from a lot of more expensive cameras. The Sony software isn't interchangeable with other brands so be ready to pay a little more to equip your product with Sony only products. All in all, an excellent purchase!

I'm in the Saltwater Fish Bussines, and its very important to have nice pictures of the exotic fish that arrive every time, and this camera does the job , nice, crisp, 8 MP say averything and if you add a 2 or 4 GB memory stick you can take hundred of pictures .....

Sony has been around for a long time,and they have a great reputation,all
my stereo components are Sony.This Sony camera is compact,lightweight,and takes great photos.Great zoom,much better than most cameras,the overall performance is awsome!

This was a birthday gift for my teenager. The camera is awesome. In my opinion, better than the Canon PowerShot I have. It has a very nice display, the pictures are clear and crisp. The shutter movement is quick. I would recommend as a good deal for anyone needing a quality camera for a good price.

Okay, so I got my new camera, about a week before my best friend's sweet 16.

I'm sitting at the table at the sweet 16, looking at some pictures I had taken.
The camera slips out of my hand SLIGHTLY and the lens was out.

the camera shut off but the lens was still out & it kept saying "turn power on and off"
and i kept doing that but NOTHING happened.

this camera is WAYYY too delicate.

literally, i dropped it about 3 inches from the table. it's rediculous.

it wasn't that great in the first place.
the effects weren't great. the shutter time was VERY SLOW.

almost all the pictures without flash came out orangey and blurry.

the flash made everything a little TOO bright.

find another camera.