Sony Cyber-shot® DSC-T50 Digital Camera

Bought for my girlfriend for christmas, saw a friend's T-10 and was really inpressed with photo quality, large lcd screen on the back and gorgeous looks. Went for the T-50 because it had the larger 3 inch screen and a better flash.

First picture taken was of a TV (on) in pitch black from 6 feet away and you'd be hard pressed to know there wasn't another light source in the room. Very impressive. Colour reproduction is vivid and accurate, it takes very fast photos - much faster than my own pentax which the sony makes look mediocre at best. With 2gig memory card it can take over a thousand pics or 25 minutes of continues shooting at 640 x 480. Sound reproduction when played back through proper speakers and not those onboard the camera is also suprisingly good. Battery life is excellent (just like most sony portable devices).

Long range shots appear to me to be more detailed than other cameras in the range. I spent a good amount of time researching other cameras both online and asking a number of different sales assistants in a number of shops, the Canon range seemed to receive high praise but i compared similar photos and preferred the sony. Canons seem to suffer from poor barrel distortion which i hated...

Overall, i'm blown away with the quality, the feel of the camera, the touch screen desplay is easy to navigate and has great colour to it, pictures are fast which is so important for capturing the moment and it's hands down the best looking camera on the market - no arguments. Full marks Sony...