Just got the T30 but had to go to Sony to get black. I've waited months for this camera to come out and the wait was well worth it. The 3 features that sold me were "anti-shake", a 3 inch LCD and a 1000 ASA capabiliIty. It replaces a very nice Konica Minolta X50 and the Konica camera case fits the T30 better than all the Sony cases available ( I bought 2 of the sony ones) and has a belt loop (and good padding). It is a solid fit. Wish the camera had a little more than 3x but none seem to yet (probably be the T 31). I highly recommend this camera

This camera corrects every single pet peeve regarding digital cameras I've ever had. I've owned a Sony Powershot and Canon Exlim in the past. The main problems I've had were blurry shots when I go out with friends to dim restaurants at night, missing shots because of the prolonged lag (esp from the Powershot), and forgetting to put the memory card back in the camera after I downloaded the last batch of pics I took.

The T30's Steady Shot works really well. While holding the camera with one hand, I purposely tremored my hand while taking a pic of a still subject; the shot turned out perfect. However, when I take the pic while shaking the camera, the pic still blurs...but really who really shakes their camera when taking a pic?

When the camera is set to full automatic point and shoot, the lag time is pretty much unnoticeable. I was at a wedding where the bridal party was walking into the dinner hall....caught every shot and didn't miss the ball because of lag.

58MB of internal memory is awesome. I can take 30 really high quality pics when I forget my mem stick...enough to cover an evening out in the city ... but definitely not enough for a vacation trip.

These were the main things which made me choose this camera over others. Another plus which is nice is the 3in screen with slideshow feature...my friends were really impressed with this (esp the lady friends hehe).

Otherwise, size wise, this camera is not the smallest. The Casio Exlim is definitely smaller and lighter than the T30, but it has features the Exlim is lacking in. But don't get me wrong, this camera is not big at all by any standard, it's only 0.1cm thicker than the Exlim. It still easily fits in my suit breast pocket and is not a hassle to tote around.

There is nothing else to say about this great camera. Would buy it again in a heartbeat. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just got my Sony DSCT30 from Amazon.com Friday, in time for holiday weekend with the family. Very pleased with quick shipping - next day - right on time. The camera is really sharp and easy to use, screen is awesome, size is perfect. I was disappointed that there seems to be no time/date stamp option - my previous Sony digital camera had this to turn on or off. I liked this for taking garden pictures so I could easily print and see progress by date, but the DSCT30 doesn't have this. None of the review sites mentioned whether it had or didn't have this so I rolled the dice that it would. Also, so far I'm underimpressed with the whole anti-shake feature. I have a 2 month old, and even her little head movements while laying on a blanket causes some blur. But there are a ton of mode options, way more than my previous Sony, that I'm just getting into figuring out. Seems like a really solid little unit that I'm sure will be in my pocket for the next couple years. By the way, you get a lot of "that's a cool camera" comments when you whip this one out of your pocket and they see that awesome LCD screen and sleek size. I really like it for the most part.

Yes it is sharp, the big screen is perfect, and it works amazingly under low illumination condition. BUT, it has some serious problem to its (I think is) auto white balance. It is worse than my old p5.

Whenever I took picture with large area of bright surface - sunny or cloudy sky, or even light-colored wall exposed to sunshine - but a person's face is not directly exposed to sun shine, the face becomes completely dark. I don't think the focus area has any effect on this. I can't not understand why even I put the face in the center of the screen, and the person to be taken picture is very close to the camera (yes, a big face), the result is still the same!!! That sucks.

I am a person who loves to take pictures under the sun, say 80% of my pictures. This problem could prevent me to take good picture for at least 40% of the time!! This is way beyond acceptable!

This camera was supposed to arrive NLT 4 July 2006. It's 24 July 2006. Still no camera. Buyer beware!

The longer I own and use this camera, the more enthusiastic I become about it - and I was happy with it from day one. Each use in a different situation proves how brilliant it is. Good photos in low light situations of all kinds. Not always"perfect", professional-result photos in low light, but certainly good enough to share with others in situations where other digicams can't take pictures at all. If there is any ambient light around, the pictures will be fine. The videos are excellent quality, with good sound pickup. I took vids and photos of jellyfish in a darkened aquarium and most of them came out fine. Love the slideshow feature and use it all the time. Am starting to take more and more vids, and loving it. Perfect for animal photos without flash, thus eliminating "green eye", the animal equivalent of red-eye. The 3" LCD screen is wonderful, and I have always been able to see my subjects, in bright sunlight or almost no light. Something new users might not notice or understand - there is a setting for 'vivid' color, a setting for 'normal' color, and one for 'natural' color. When I first got the camera I had it set on 'normal', but noticed that the photos tended to look a little over-saturated. Once I set it on 'natural', that disappeared. It's all a matter of taste, I guess - but very nice to have the choice.

Using this camera just makes me want to use it more and more. I can't say enough good things about it.

Amazon needs a commenting feature for reviews so that we don't need to actually submit a whole review to make a comment about another review.

Anyhow, just wanted to say that the reason why "sunshine lover" has had problems with a dark face is not the fault of the camera nor because of color balancing. EVERY camera will do this when using matrix or scene average type auto exposure. The problem is that a camera does not have the dynamic range to capture details in BOTH a dimly lit object (face in shadows) AND a bright background. So it has to choose one of them to properly expose. Since the overall scene is bright, it sets the exposure (aperture and shutter speed) as such. Even if you "spot" expose or use exposure compensation, to properly expose the face, the background would then be overexposed and show up as bright white.

The only way to really "solve" this problem is to either set up the shot so that the face gets more light, or turn on the flash so that the face is bright enough to match the exposure of the bright background scene. Use the flash - it's a very common technique for getting proper exposure of shaded faces.

Snap! Snap! And so this powerfull little gadget with its recticle of doom has captured my soul! I dare not open the case to exorcise it lest thine warranty be made void! Oh! How I've become enchanted by this horrible thing! Now I merely serve to do its evil evil bidding! For the charms of this opti-electronic demon has made itself incarnate! The result is a lack of basic human morality! God forgive me as I do love it so! Please beware!

I own five digital cameras.This little gem is the best of the lot.The pictures are sharp both inside & outside. I have not tried the movie mode as they do not interest me.The camera performs like a precision instructment should.If you are looking for a small shirt pocket camera, this is for you.
I bought this from Amazon & received it right on time.

3in LCD, White Balance, 7+mp res., Zeiss lense, compact enough for any pocket or pocket book, and good battery life, you know just to name some of the high lights this little package has. A great value, a lot of bang for the bucks.

great camera, the image stablilzer isnt so much better then other models from other companies. BUT, the RAW(an algorithum applied at the code itself, as opposed to after interpolation of the image)image noise reducer really works well. I can't say enough about that feature. I mean at iso 1k, there's still a "little bit" of noise, but it's not nearly as bad(most people wont notice it, certainly not the common user) as some of the older cameras that just fully blurred out. DO get the lcd protector/cover(they sell them here at amazon, i dont know what brand), otherwise the lcd will get scratched from just being in pocket with keys.

This camera is great! There's no question about it. It takes great pics indoors and out, has greeaat battery life, and small enough to insert into a shirt pocket. I upgraded from an olympus which is 3 years old, and did not regret one bit. There's nothing wrong with the olympus, just wanted a newer camera with better shutter lag. Also love the pics playback on its 3" lcd screen with different music moods -- at first i thought what a cheesy feature but grown to like it almost immediately. I got mine at a major retailer at premium price and it looks like the price has dropped quite a bit now... my advice to anyone who's reading this: Stop doing your research and get this camera!

this is a portable product which we use weekly to take pictures of my
daughter so we do not miss any memorable moment. highly recommended for
any parent.

The screen on this camera is lovely although it results in a larger camera body than some of the competition. The image stabilization features work nicely and do their job well.

In video mode, I was pleased that the zoom worked while shooting video.

My major problem with it was that it would "hunt" focus in video mode when using auto-focus. For example, upon just shooting some trees in the distance (nothing in the foreground), it would drift in and out of focus. I don't know if this was something wrong with my particular camera or a design flaw but I returned the camera because of it.

Also, I found the lens position on the camera problematic. Myself and many others (the people you hand your camera to to take a picture) would hold the camera in a way that a finger would sneak into the top of the picture. Cameras (including other Sony's) that have the lens in the middle of the camera don't have that problem.

I have been a DEVOTED fan of Sony products all my life..so it was no surprise when i decided to buy this camera for myself. I take a lot of pix--mostly at night, so i thought this camera would do the job well. The stabilization shot was a feature that convinced me that this camera was a good buy.
they sould call this camera--the un-stabilzation mode camera, because that is exactly what it did for me. My success rate for my pix were about 50%--day or night. Mostly all pix were blurry, and fuzzy. It actually became the topic of conversation as all faces were destorted....and it made for good laughs...but really...who wants a camera that barely works!?
And this happen from the very beginning..the worst part is that Sony did not want to replace the camera for a new one--even though I'd had it for only 1 week---somewhow it didnt seem fair that a brand new camera would have to get "repaired" at such an early stage...i would just bought a used one then.
Not happy, and you should beware...

Mostly I love this camera. I do have one complaint. The macro mode button is easy to bump and when you switch off the camera and then switch it back on it will return to the macro mode. It is easy to be in the macro mode when you do not want to be. Also, yesterday the camera just stopped working for no apparent reason.

I upgraded from the Sony T1 to this Sony T30 the other day and what a huge improvement. The Sony T30 has the new Super Steadyshot and ISO 1000, and a more powerful flash, and don't forget the beautiful 3.0 inch LCD. I have 3 kids and its very difficult to get them to sit still for a photo. With this camera they can just keep going because this camera stops the action. I took photo after photo indoors at night trying to test the camera, but it worked under all kinds of conditions and even in total darkness. We were very pleased.

This summer, my digital camera got stolen out of my car, up the street from where my boyfriend and I live. I was upset twice over, because first, it was a gift from my best friend, and second, it was a Sony CD-Mavica, 5.1 megapixels, and a darn fine camera at that. I loved that camera, and the many fine pictures I took with it. When it got stolen, I was determined to replace it with something better, but still a great camera.
My reservations with the Mavica were mainly its size, and that it took usually a half an hour to download photos off of each disc. That's a lot of camera (and a lot of time spent hovering over a 12" G4 laptop), and its portability left a little to be desired, so when I looked for a replacement, I wanted one that was smaller, but still a Sony. I figured for an extra few bucks, I'd get more megapixels this time out.
I didn't know all that much about the DSC-T30, but I liked the way it looked, and it got solidly good product reviews.
I am no expert...I just like taking pictures. I love this camera. It's small, powerful, and sturdy. I've dropped it, and it's been fine. The SteadyShot Stabilization zoom is outstanding...I've even been able to take great pictures with it from a moving car. It's easy to use, pictures download much faster, and it takes seconds to wipe off the memory stick.
I haven't taken one bad picture with the camera since I got it.
I got a 2 gig memory stick when I got the camera...I might get another one, but so far, this is about all I need.
So...if you're starting to appreciate photography as a hobby, and don't know all that much about cameras except that Sony makes really good ones, this is THE camera for you. Well worth the money.

I have the DSC-T1 , which was the first one made of this whole series. Mine is , ehh compared to this one. I bought the DSC-T30 for my boyfriend for his birthday gift. It is so much nicer than mine is. However, there are things I was upset about that mine had and this oen did not. I thought it was a little upsetting because I think some features should have been left how they were, because they were so nice! For example, my camera has a case that is great. For such a small camera you want it to be kept as safe as it can be. My case you can actually open the case (while the camera is still inside) and then take the picture. This camera, the DSC-T30 does not have that kind of accessory. Dont get me wrong it has a very beautiful leather case you can buy for your belt, but I think I prefer the case that opens better. Also, the DSC-T1 has a dock that you can rest the camera on so you dont have to take the battery out to charge it. With this camera, you have to take the battery out to charge it in this little charger case thing. Now, maybe they do have a charger dock that I just dont know about, if they did, that would be amazing !

Now, on to the picture quality. Man this thing beats my camera so bad ! The DSC-T30 has AMAZING picture quality. It not only has a macto lense, it now features a magnifying glass ! The quality on this thing kills. I mean, mine has a great macro feature, but this one blows mine away ! The color is so vibrant. It also has a cute little slideshow you can hook up to your tv and it plays music ! I wish it was more like canon though. Canon digital camera flip the pictures right side up. For example if you want to take a picture of a person, full length (verticle) the camera would flip it within the view finder so you didnt have to rotate the camera. Well, sony doesnt do that. Also, what is great about this little camera is that it uses the Lithium Ion batteries. Those are the best batteries to have because they can recharge and they have such a long life span. You can use two 1 gb memory cards and the camera battery still wont die.

All in all this is a great little camera to have. Takes great pictures and fits in the back of your jeans right in the pocket ! Love it !

I am very pleased with this camera's view finder, over all size, ease of use etc. The only disappointment is the mysterious white spots that have been appearing throughout the recent indoor photos we have taken. At first we thought that the lens and/or flash may be dirty so we cleaned and then realized that the spots were still appearing and in different areas in many different photos. This seems to happen more often when we are using the red eye reduction flash. After reading the manual it states that this is the result of reflecting dust in the air and is unavoidable. I find this very hard to believe as my Kodak and Canon have never had this issue and all dust particles will never be entirely eliminated! The pictures are not salvageable unless you have great skill with Photo Shop. Any suggestions as to why this may be happening are greatly appreciated. I won this camera in a contest so I cannot complain too much but I would be regretting my purchase had I spent over $400. Buyers beware!

I have owned other Sony cameras previously. I bought this for my dad a couple of months ago. I also got him a 1 GB memory stick to go with it. Works perfectly so far. He likes the large LCD screen and the slideshow feature with music when you connect it to the TV. So bottom line.....if your are looking for easy point and shoot camera with a very limited manual features and no viewfinder...this is a no brainer.

Glitch free transaction. Helpful & Respectful Customer Service. Fast delivery. Really love the camera. Everything I expected.

This camera is very small, less than the size of a cigarette pack. It takes fantastic pictures and has a wide range of settings which permits photography under almost any circumstances. With the 2 GB memory stick, it can take over 1200 photos, or 2 hours of video, when set at 3 Megapixels. It can go as high as 7.2 megapixels. It also records sounds, and has various slide show options which are accompanied by different music. You can download other music into the camera.

I recently recorded about 5 minutes of an orchestral performance without flash, and it came through remarkably true to the scene and sound. I have had the camera only a couple of months and have already taken more than 2000 photos. I can slip it my pocket and whip it out if any scene strikes my fancy. With the high memory stick, I never have to worry about running out of memory. It comes with a battery charger which quickly restores the battery strength, the only real limitation on its use over extended periods.

There can't be a better camera for its size on the market.

This camera seemed to have everything I wanted. But a Carl Zeiss lens doesn't always make for good pictures. The reviewers on all these camera sites seem to all pander to Sony (how many of them are paid reviewers??). I am a semi-professional photographer and I needed a camera to carry with me on my journeys when I don't want to carry a heavy camera bag.
This camera takes the worst pictures I have ever seen. They are noisy (lots of scratchiness), lack sharpness and the colors are totally off. The flash is ridiculously strong even at the lowest level and leaves these big flash marks in the middle of the pics. Red eye is obscene and I haven't been able to fix it with any automatic programs, they require hand painting in Photoshop (most of you wont' be able to do this). There are terrible phantom spots and people are generally washed out. I just got this camera for Christmas because I put it on my Amazon wishlist. Now I have to return it and lose money because Amazon charges for the return. First off, don't buy a camera from Amazon and second, don't buy this camera. Lesson learned.

this is my third camera from the cybershot series (unfortunately I keep getting them as a gift) and the problems with them just gets worse and worse. I get the white spots all over my pictures, red eye in almost all low light pictures, about 80% of my pictures are blurry and people and bright colors are pretty washed out. 100% of my pictures have to be retouched and fixed on photo editing software.

The nice part about the cybershot series was that is was so compact, this one doesn't really have that good point as it is the size of most cameras out fight now at about $200.

The camera is so not worth getting at virtually any price and I would go for a nikon, fuji etc.. instead. I'm so disappointed because I looked at the reviews and they were pretty good. I didn't find the camera to perform at an even satisfactory level. Hopefully I can get rid of it and get another one soon.

I'm what you call one of the loyal Sony customers and this is my third Sony digital camera. I was extremely happy with the previous two I've had, but I'm very much disappointed with this model! Sony traditionally has very great features (as with this camera), however what is unacceptable is that Flash photography with this model totally sucks -- 95% of shots with Flash appear with Red Eye (although Red Eye reduction is turned on), and WORST of all, photos appear with huge white spots (Sony comments this as dust particles in the air - I don't care what they are, I've never had huge white spots in my photos and this is simply unacceptable)!! Unfortunately, photos very often get blurry as well (somebody mentioned steady shot? doesn't work on this one)! This camera is simply not worth the money, for the similar amount you can get 7 M-pixel Sony P200 that doesn't have these issues...

Some of my pictures come out blurred no matter how steady I hold the camera. The steady shot seems to do nothing. The shutter speed is a lot faster than my old digital, so that I like. The pictures that don't come out blurred come out great.

Uber cool little gadget! My opinion the negative reviews are a bit over stated, all digital cameras have some issues. This one has no more than any other. If you understand the limitations of digital than you will not complain but be very happy with this line of camera. Yes it is true that Sony CCD imaging chip is on par with the MOST noise which you can only see on a computer monitor screen BUT you only get that noise when shooting higher ISO above 200. AKA higher sensitivity 1000 and beyond is total pointless, avoid these settings. Bottom line this camera is suppose to be a fun daytime camera and to catch those impromptu moments. Another note since this T30 is discontinued and replaced with another yet to be discontinued T50 which is the touch screen version hence barely any control bottons on the back if you have scene and were wondering. Im loving the 3" screen! Might I add I picked this up from Sony factory outlet for 229, plus got a 3 yr warranty for 59 dollars. I have never been so happy about a purchase! One note, battery charging takes awhile be prepared!

I can confirm the white spots (see Sony KB article C388461), at times almost looks like water drops as others have mentioned. It only happens indoor flash shooting with low light at a distance. I picked this slim line version because of the slick 3" screen and all black back finish. Retrospect I would have gotten the W55.

I have had my Sony Cybershot DSC T100 8mp for over 6 months now, and love every minute using it. It does eveything that the reviewers say it will do (and more). The picture quality and "ease of use" are excellent, and the 3" LCD screen is just fantastic. It replaces an older model Sony Cybershot that I have, and I couldn't be more pleased. It is compact and has all that you would every want in a digital camera. I purchased it from Amazon. It arrived on time, and the price was the lowest in the market.

I paid about $400.00 for this camera. I liked it at first and was impressed with the magnifying mode. Pictures were good, but I think the Exilim takes better pictures. After about a year and a half of operation, the image stabilization started to vibrate causing the camera to be unuseable. This problem got worse over time. The camera flashed an error code E62:10 on the LCD. I googled the error code and found a sea of people out there with the same problem. Some of them could hit there camera and make it work and some could not. Thet are getting repair quotes for over $200. My camera was never dropped or abused. The problem seemed to start in real humid weather. Dry weather helped at first, but eventually it made no difference. I would be aware of this camera or any of Sony's image stabilization cameras based upon the number of people on forums with this same problem. It's a nice feature but high maintenance with a large repair tag.

This camera is a great basic point and shoot. However my major gripe and the reason I am going to sell this and buy a different digital camera is its shutter lag. It takes so long from pressing the button to take the picture to actually taking the picture (with auto flash). I primarily use it to take photos of my small children and I am constantly missing those 'adorable' moments. Group photos are difficult too as the first flash seems to indicate to the group that the photo has been taken and they move before the second flash has occurred - thus messing up the photo. Not worth the money when there are cheaper, faster, cameras available out there.