Average Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Total Number of Reviews: 106
Editorial Review: The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W290 camera combines style with power and intelligence. The W290 comes in 4 sophisticated colors and has a stylish look. With the W290 taking great pictures is now easier than ever. The iAuto mode goes beyond the traditional auto mode, thinking and working for you; recognizing scenes, lighting conditions, faces, and automatically adjusts camera settings resulting in clearer images, and faces with more natural skin tones and less blur. The W290 also features HD Movie mode, recording in 720p for capturing your precious moments on video. Compose, review, and share your memories on the large 3.0” (230k pixels) LCD.
Pleased 4 out of 5
I'm pleased with the camera. It produces some nice results and I cannot fault it overall.
I bought it as a cheap point and shoot camera to slip into a pocket and not worry if it gets damaged or lost and produces good quality shots that I can use. For that purpose it ticks all the boxes.
Fast delivery and so far trouble free snapping!
Amazing Camera 5 out of 5
Got this camera for my daughter after reading a number of reviews and was very pleasantly surprised. I have had a number of digital cameras starting with the early generations to the digital SLR ones with the replaceable lenses and this matches or exceeds almost all of them (the DSLR is a little better on action shots). The video quality is so amazing that we have stopped using our video camera and use this almost exclusively. The audio quality with the built-in mike is pretty good. We recorded our daughters concert and the audio was pretty decent (video was amazing).
Have had this camera for about six months and it has survived a trip to Disney World, Graduation and Prom and a number of concerts and games. Two things to look out for:
1. The camera is not the thinnest/smallest in its category. Although not large, it is about the thickness of two iPhones, a little large to stick in your pocket but pretty easy to carry in a bag or pouch.
2. You can NOT zoom in or out while recording a video. Has not been a major issue for us, but could be a an issue. I just stop recording, zoom and start recording.
Even with those two minor issues my daughter absolutely loves it.
Get this camera 5 out of 5
I purchased this camera for my wife who wants it simple and has had a problem with dropping and loosing cameras. I did not want to spend too much for those reasons. I spent $170 for the basic camera. I was so impressed with the picture quality and ease of use that I bought myself a used one for $140. The lens is excellent and the setting are more than sufficient for a small camera. And who needs more than 12 MPs anyway? Who really needs even that many? I like this camera. It is mostly about the lens.
Excellent wide lens. Superb video quality. 4 out of 5
While not a perfect camera, it definitely has strengths. I love the wide lens and the huge field you're able to capture. Fully zoomed out, it takes excellent pictures in bright, outdoor light. It suffers a bit in low light and when utilizing the digital zoom - that's where it could use improvement.
When shooting video, it is downright film-like. This camera has exceptional video quality. Unfortunately, you cannot zoom at all once you begin recording. Also, it only records audio in mono.
Other than that, the LCD display is excellent and the controls are easy to use (though it might be an issue with people with huge fingers).
I also like that this Sony camera gives you the option of B & W / Sepia color modes - something their newer models do NOT feature at all.
I'm so pleased overall with this camera that I bought another one to keep in case my first goes faulty (which it hasn't yet!).
nice for the money 4 out of 5
The colors are brilliant! We went to Alaska and I took over 1500 pix and movies. Alaska offers a full range of overcast, cloudy and sunny full light days. The little W290 did well. I bought an 8G and 4G strip and used up about 20 g or more...but transferred it to a laptop to keep it managable. I never even pulled the 4G strip out! BTW...the 4G strip was only $12 on Amazon. Imagine a roll of film holding 350 shots reusable for $12! The HD video mode allows for 30 min/2G of memory.
To me a 4 star is perfect. Nothing probably deserves a 5 STAR so that's why I gave it a 4. It is a well engineered, well thought out highly technical camera but EASY to use. You don't need to even hardly read the manual. Just keep an extra battery and memory strip...as with all cameras. You will love it so much you will USE this one! Good luck!
Secondly, I've had many cameras in my life including 35mm 'old' film styles. I have 3 Sony digitals and each one was 'ahead of it's time' technically. This one is no different. I'm not a photo affecionado but know good pictures when I see them. I opted for small size to throw in my front pants pocket rather than a bulky larger more powerful camera. But I too was surprised. This is one powerful camera! Every feature of this camera is great. The high resolution allows photo editing to crop and enlarge great pictures. The BURST mode allows for fast action multiple pix. The stabilization software appears to work great, almost completely eliminating the unstable 'hand'. The HD video movie mode is wonderful but even though the stabilization software is great be careful when 'zoomed in' and taking video. It will shake! Better than no stabilization but it does shake.
Most of the neghatives reported by others seem to be true...but probably for a reason. The small buttons keep you from turning it on/off or taking pixs while it's in the pocket along other small items like keys etc. Smile detection is for babies and kids and works very well. You need 4-5 feet focal point minimum for it to work but it does and pretty well. Those that think it's useless never took pix of kids before.
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