Cybershot DSC-T100 8MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom and Super Steady Shot (Red)

I bought this camera 10 years ago and have taken about 20000 pictures. A few years back, after shooting about 15000 pix, I bought a fast -zoom as a replacement, thinking this one was close to the end of its life but continued to use it. Last year i got a DSLR which I like. But I still toss my Sony in my purse. I like the quality of the photos, even after 10 years. It's easy to use. and doesn't require a lot of set up. The picture quality comes close to those of my old 35mm film camera but minus the weight and film cost plus the convenience of point and shoot. It's my go to for quick garden shots of flowers and insects.Downloading can certainly be an issue if you don't have a Memory Stick adapter or the Sony cables handy. That kept it from getting a 5.

My camera doesn't work properly. When I took my first photo, I felt deep disappointment. The performance is very bad for these features.I've sent it back to SOny, then as far as I can see, my camera is in repair mode for a long time. I am so remorseful that I could not buy any sony products. I hoped that Sony could change my camera, but they didn't . I don't know how long it will take their response. It's needed to think twice before buying this camera.

The 5X zoom is a rarity among the point and shoot cameras. It gives me the ability to shoot at a distance without disturbing my objects. The T100 was rated by the CNET as a must-have-if-you-can-get-one, while rated the T200 a not-so-good. After using it for a month and a half, and after over 2,000 shots on my vacation trips, The camera's minuses are more than its pluses. I am a Canon SD630 user. The SD630 provides faster initial machine turn on time and faster prepared shot to shot time over the Sony T100. It often means that in a split of a moment`s difference, the best of a seize of the moment shot has been missed.PROS:1. 5x zoom is great and no one else makes this powerful so far.2. 3-inch LCD is crisply clear and offers great colors.3. Long battery life for 325 pictures per charge, including zooming and viewing time. That is remarkable.4. Very good picture quality for in museum no flash allowed low light shooting.5. Excellent colors under reasonably sufficient light either outdoors or in.CONS:1. Slower recovering time between shots.2. Slower start-up time, you'd easily miss your catch-the-moment shot.3. Lens protector sliding down takes two hands to operate.4. Zoom in/zoom out control not as handy to operate.5. It is not compatible with Windows Vista.6. When it's used in Windows XP, its software CD-ROM is not as smart and convenient.7. The camera's control menu is not easy to handle.8. There is no 1600x1200 image size. This size is an optimum size for 4x6 prints.9. No Date Stamp function. Sony decided to remove this popular function a couple years ago on T9.10. Heavier and thicker than the T200.11. Sony is more expensive as usual. It cost me $420 plus shipping.Conclusion: A Canon of equivalence would be a better alternative, if 5x zooming is not what you must have.

I bought this camera b/c of the strong reviews for it. I am generally not a big Sony fan b/c they are generally priced a little higher and the issues with imbedded software whenever you use their programs. I like the UI-there have been some complaints about the size of buttons being too small, but I have not found that to be an issue. Also, I think that the menu items that you want to get to are easily accessible and easy to use.My complaint is that I really just wanted a point-and-shoot camera right out of the box...and it is, except when it isn't. I set it up for 'auto' adjustment and the first pictures I took were grainy and not evenly lit. I messed around with the settings and found there to be significant differences in the picture quality after doing that, however, that means that to take really good pictures everytime, I have to mess with the settings-I just don't want to think that much about it.