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Sony CyberShot DSC-R1
Sony CyberShot DSC-R1
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"Fabulous pictures at a good price"
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  • 5 out of 5

Sony R1 rocks.!!!

(JEFFERY VU - 3/24/07)

hi all!.
i've got this new Sony R1 for about 2 months now, i love to use it, i've shot over 2,000 shots with it already. most of the pics are dead on..i love Sony colors, its very true, contrasty, bright, neutral, and very sharp..plus smooth on higher iso. i've shot many shots with 400, 800iso. Sony does earned thier reputation., the build quality is solid, long life battery, very clear and bright Zeiss lens, great range on 24mm to 120mm, very useful for everyday shooting. The results images can look like from a DSLR, you cant tell the differents, with its swivel top LCD is a very neat feature, you can lay the camera on the floor to shoot, which i like to use...
Now come the negative about R1, its design style is for 2 hands user, the battery charges from the camera plugs in the wall outlet, it can be handycap if you want to use it, but you cant use it when its charging. The AF focus is on the slow side, it can struggles in the dark..the refreshing time is on slow side too. its heavy for its size, to use external flash you have to go to menu and change it to external, then you have to remember to change it back to internal flash for most uses. pain in the butt,
For what its worth, i think the R1 is over price to start with, Sony should learn from this and improves on the next generation cameras.
i cant wait to see the next generation of Sony cameras.
i saw the new Sony DSLRs coming out soon in summer of 2007
my 2 centz.
Chao`.
JV.

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