June 2009 Weddings
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Hopscotch
What are your thoughs on the Sony H20? We went camera shopping this past weekend and ended up purchasing this over a Nikon Coolpix S630. We'll be using it primarily for family and friend photos (which will hopefully end up in my digital scrapbooks) and our upcoming hm. We have 2 weeks to use it and return it but I wanted to get a real photographer's perspective.
TIA!
Re: Hopscotch
I generally stay away from Sony cameras. Personally, I've found that Canon makes the best point & shoot (short-zoom) and Nikon makes the best DSLR. A lot of people on the DPReview forums (where I hang out when I'm not on The Nest) share my opinion. Then again, it's always a matter of personal opinion and what you value in a camera.
DPReview, did do a review of compact super zoom cameras and they rated the Sony H20 pretty well compared with the cameras they compared it to(as can be seen from the conclusion I linked above). I guess it all depends on your needs for a camera. If you want a compact super zoom, it looks like that camera, along with a couple of Panasonics rated highest in DPReview's test. If you're willing to sacrifice zoom for higher image quality, there are many other cameras I'd recommend...but if you're looking for a super zoom camera that is compact in size with decent image quality, looks like you are in the right ballpark. Although, you may want to check out the Panasonic cameras in a store too. From the conclusion of that review, it sounds like the two Panasonic cameras mentioned there are better overall than the Sony - in terms of image quality, dependability, and flexibility.
I've owned a Panasonic in the past, and was quite happy with it (I had the TZ1 that they refer to as the "first compact super zoom"). It did have a decent amount of noise at high ISOs and in black colors of a photo, but it was also the first 10x optical zoom Panasonic made. From everything I've heard and seen...Panasonic has greatly increased their image quality, reduced noise, and made some high quality cameras since my TZ1. They have the most history with the compact super zooms, and have thus improved what they needed to. Sony is new to the market on compact super zooms...so they have a longer way to come to compete with Panasonic.
If it were me, without looking at either camera and testing them out myself, I'd still lean for one of the Panasonics...solely on name brand...followed by Canon then Nikon. Sony would be one of the last cameras I'd look at. Then again, it all depends on your preferences and what some of the most important features for you are. In the past, however, Sony and high image quality haven't really gone hand in hand...and image quality is just about the single most important factor for me.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Henri and Charlotte, Christmas 2012