Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P1

Innovative design and small size make this camera a great choice for casual photographers and frequent travelers who like their gear simple, functional, and attractive.

Innovative design and small size make The Cybershot DSC-P1 a great choice for casual photographers and frequent travelers who like their gear simple, functional, and attractive.

Good image quality, outstanding dynamic range, excellent metering Great colours, only slightly lower resolution than its much bigger Zeiss clad brother the S70 Good auto white balance (improved from the S70) Stylish, pocketable, robust with excellent...

Slightly slow startup, significantly slow scrolling between images in playback Some Barrel distortion at wide angles Nasty chromatic aberrations at full wide angle in extreme circumstances Few choices for the shutterbug (though this camera isn't aimed...

Here's my rating of the Sony DSC-P1: (3 megapixel ultra compact class)

Overall, the DSC-P1 performed very well, with good color balance in the majority of our testing. The camera's white balance system had a little trouble with the indoor portrait shots, but did a good job in most other shooting situations (the camera...

As well as the usual flash modes you can adjust flash intensity levels between high, normal and low. You can set various sharpness levels for the image as well as adjust white balance and exposure. The picture quality is outstanding and images onscreen...

I very much like the P1, though. The supplied 8Mb memory card may be a joke, and the camera may not be very economical on card space generally, which may put a dent in the P1's usefulness as a travel camera. But apart from that, this little trucker's...

Casual shots indoors and out looked nicely exposed, and colours seemed true overall. If you want, you can choose from several built-in image effects, including solarizing, shooting in B&W, or adding a sepia tone. It's these kinds of things that the...

Great design from body to menus- Sony Style, for sure ; Uncompressed TIFF mode ; Great bundle (except for skimpy Memory Stick) ; Cool extras like Clip Motion, image rotating/resizing ; Great movie mode w/sound ; USB support ; Optional Marine Pack...

Memory Stick -- included card too small, not a big fan of proprietary memory cards ; Macro and night shots could be better ; No real manual controls ; Would like exposure information in playback mode

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P1 is what I'd call an "advanced point-and-shoot" camera. It's very good at the basics, and it has some features found on more "prosumer" cameras such as uncompressed TIFF mode. But it lacks the real "pro" features like full...