The Sony Cybershot DSC H20 has 10 megapixels and a 10x optical zoom lens. More zoom becomes available when shooting at lower resolutions. The maximum zoom at your disposal is 57x when shooting at VGA resolution. 2x digital zoom is another zoom option. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 38 - 380mm in 35mm format.

• Image stabilisation
• Self timer 2 or 10 seconds
• Sensor size: 1/2.3 inches
• Smile Shutter
• Face Detection
• Special resolution for widescreen television playback
• Special resolution for 6 x 4 inch prints
• Colour options - Vivid Sepia, Black & White
• Red eye correction
• Macro Mode: 2cm
• Adjust sharpness
• Adjust contrast
• 58mm filter diameter
• Conversion lens compatible

The LCD monitor is 3 inches in size. The screen is made up of around 230,400 dots.

Flash Modes: Auto, Forced Flash, Slow Syncro, No Flash

Flash Range: 7m (wide), 5.5m (tele)

Red eye reduction can be turned on.

There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a tripod, Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Landscape, Macro and Portrait.

You can shoot High Definition movies with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The top recording speed is 30 frames per second. Sound can be recorded and zoom can be applied during shooting.

Among the more advanced features are:

• Shutter Speed: 30 - 1/2000 seconds
• Maximum Aperture: f/3.5 - 8 (wide) f/4.4 - 10 (tele)
• Exposure Compensation: +/- 2.0 EV, 1/ 3 EV step
• White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent1, Fluorescent2, Fluorescent3, Incandescent, Flash
• Sensitivity: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
• Light Metering: Multi Pattern, Centre weighted, Spot
• Burst Mode: Up to 100 shots at 0.57 second intervals

All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Sony Cybershot DSC H20 to a computer, television set and compatible printer.

Description:	10 megapixels and a 10x optical zoom
Ease of Use:	8
Features:	8
Colour:	8
Macro:	8
Indoors:	8
Value for Money:	8
Style:	8
Movie Mode:	9
Image Quality:	8
Build Quality:	8
Total:	81
Verdict:	This is a neat, compact digital camera offering extra zoom. Picture quality is good and the movie mode is advanced too. I like the design of the camera and there is a manual exposure mode as well.
Review Date:	June 2009
Related Pages:	Sony DSC H20 Specification Sony DSC H20 Sample Images Sony DSC H20 Features

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Sony DSC H20	81
Fuji Finepix S1500	81
Olympus MJU 9000	79

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Sony DSC H20