Sony MVC-CD500

Pros: 5 Megapixels, records to mini CD-R/RW discs, Carl Zeiss lens.

Cons: Only 3x zoom, large size.

The Bottom Line: This is a well designed general-purpose, consumer oriented camera. It’s numerous customizable functions and features, far outweigh the only two limiting factors, namely size and the 3x zoom.

Review: Why did I buy it?
My wife, who is a real estate agent, needed a digital camera to take pictures of her real estate listings. She wanted to be able to have her office staff use those pictures to quickly design and print brochures. After some...

Pros: Surprisingly easy to use. Excellent quality for the price.

Cons: I'm too lazy to use the camera to it's endless potential.

The Bottom Line: Easy enough for a beginner but (my photographer mother says) definite professional quality.

Review: I must admit, I often buy things impulsively. But 99% of the time, I love what I buy whether I need it or not. I returned this camera the same day I bought it!! I bought the 4.0 megapixal Sony Mavica first and then saw the 5.0 megapixal online that ...

Pros: superb crispy optics, 5 meg pictures, full VGA mpeg

Cons: microphone location, programming of VGA

The Bottom Line: Inexpensive and foolproof recording medium. The recording on CD-R's makes it a very flexible and safe camera. Freecom's have 210 MB and cost half the price of Sony 156 MB's.

Review: The CD500 is a superb camera that works very well even in severe Icelandic weather! Superb optics, 5 ...

Pros: Great camera with great pictures.

Cons: Lag between shots is a little slow.

The Bottom Line: Great pictures ability to shoot in different situations. Easy to learn and fun to use. The battery life is great.

Review: The camera is very fun to use. The display is very beautiful and it looks great outside. The picture ...

Pros: easy to aim and fantastic quality images

Cons: Intro flash screen a little too long so candid photos are limited

The Bottom Line: Great image quality. Ease of use makes this top on my list, after owning other digital cameras this is the top of the heap!

Review: I was pleasantly suprised when getting this digital camera at the true ease of use. Having had othe ...

Pros: Everything! It looks good and works even better!

Cons: It's kind of expensive, but well worth the price.

Review: My husband purchased this camera for me as a combined anniversary and Christmas gift. I love it! The picture quality is better than any digital camera I have come across. It is relatively easy to use (I do recommend reading the manual that comes with it, ...

Pros: Sony quality, lens, large LCD, long battery life

Cons: Expensive

Review: I have owned this camera for at least 2 years now and I love its advanced features. The only real problem I have had with it is that the little plastic black thing that the CD clips into has actually loosened itself from the support and without the disc, ...

Pros: Stores pictures and mpegs directly to mini cdr/cdrw. Plenty of options for novice or pro.

Cons: Might be a little big for women with dainty hands.

Review: We were looking for a good digital camera to purchase prior to going to Disney World with our two kids. After at least two months of intense research and going to video stores and playing with different cameras, I decided to go with this one. After a ...

Pros: Wonderful pictures. This is a camera for all.

Cons: Zoom is small, only 3X

Review: I just bought this camera and used it for two weeks now. I have taken about 200 pictures. They are all great! The 5.0mp FINE setting gave a wonderful 16 x 20 prints. I took a picture of a popular Rock in this part of Nigeria called "JUJU ROCK" in the ...

Pros: Excellent picture quality, economical and easy to use storage, long battery life, affordable price

Cons: None

Review: A previous reviewer gave this one star because of the PIXELA software. I'll bet he's running Windows XP, and you DON'T INSTALL THE SOFTWARE when you have XP. I figured it out after about ten minutes, I don't what his problem is but it's his problem, ...