Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W300

In the sub compact range, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC W300 is an elegant digital camera encased in a titanium shell that is scratch-resistant. This 13.6 megapixel camera has a 3x Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar optical zoom lens and a 2.7 inch LCD screen. Other features include an optical viewfinder, Smile shutter and face detection technology, super steady shot image stabilizer that takes care of camera shake, minimizing blur, HD output to the HDTV set and intelligent screen recognition, which, depending on your subject, chooses the right shooting mode for you. The full manual exposure and in-camera editing with cropping, fisheye lens, unsharp mask filters and real color mode, along with several auto mode picture-making options is attractive to beginners. About the only cons with the camera are its menu system and perhaps price. But this can be overcome. The camera is powered by a proprietary lithium-ion rechargeable battery.

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC W300 is ideal for those who want plenty of point and shoot features with automatic operations. If you happen to be a budding photographer who is keen on user-friendliness, excellent optics and a DSLR-like resolution in a camera that you can pocket around, the W300 is for you. The W300 can click superb quality portraits, informal portraits, candid photos, street shots, and environmental portraits.

Considered the best in Sony’s W-Series, the W300 cannot zoom in movie mode. Nevertheless, its image quality is outstanding, and for the beginner as well as the professional photographer, that’s the primary feature.