Re: Sue Douglas review

Sony to a certain degree make hardware quite well, they do not make good software. One shouldn't purchase Sony hardware and expect a full software suite to be made available to them, on the off chance of something like that ocouring, its a definite bonus. Go download Google's Picasa if you want brilliantly designed and highly intuitive software to manage your image collection...

Back to the camera itself:
Like many of the reviews already posted, I have found the flash recharge time to be so slow as to miss 99.9% of opportunities for low light image capture. The camera, although wonderful in the majority of aspects, fails to capture any decent low light images at all, regardless of the settings. I bring a camera to every gig I attend and the Sony H2 takes the worst, grainy noise filled images in the absence of any form of decent light source, unless you want to blind the performers with your intrusive flash; something I refuse to do out of respect.

In decent light, the H2 takes vividly crisp images, I have captured some wonderful images of moving water (sea/rivers), animal on the move (humming birds/dogs running/cats leaping/snakes), nature in all its glory (from bright snow filled mountain vistas in Tuscon to achingly red rock canyons in Sedona to the flowing green hills of Ireland) and multiple portraits of humans and still life objects.

I would recommend this camera to anyone who will be doing the majority of their shooting during the day or with adequate light sources available. Its a fine point-and-shoot model and has enough automatic options to keep most of us happy for the price.

The design has provided zero issues for either myself or my wife, we share the camera so its in use almost daily. It suits both of us in terms of functionality and results!
(We got ours for a substantial saving through best buy by purchasing on their online store for in store pick up)