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.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Nice camera, but…
I tried this camera for a very specific purpose: The HD video quality had to greatly exceed that of my Fujifilm F10′s VGA video quality. In a head-to-head comparison, it flunked. The resolution at 720 Fine was not quite as sharp as the F10, and the autofocus searched excessively. The macro function is also not as good as the F10, losing focus at about twice the distance from the subject. For someone less fussy, who doesn’t already own an F10, it might be a fine choice. My F10 is 5 years old or so. I hope we don’t have to wait too much longer for truly crisp HD in a point and shoot. The limitation might be the compression. It’s in motion video that the new Sony seems to lose out.
4 Stars great for the money but not perfect
pros
quick cam, cheap, great functions, video hd 720, good perfomance, great batery, great lcd, awesome bang for the buck, no rivals
slim, good looking, great overall
m2 with adapter and micro sd with adapter works fine
flash is great for night pics, they look very nice
cons
image quality sucks, is not the best at all, even at great light the pics are kinda blurry, not great detail
stupid sony pro duo sticks, are expensive and sucks
video hd is not compatible with dxva
only mp4 video is supported, old sony cam recorded mpeg2, it would be nice having options
sony pro duo clones do not work
taking more than 5 pics in burts mode creates a great lag, but is because of the memory speed, it should have more ram and internal memory for cache
4 Stars Great Camera.
The only downside that I have found so far is that you have to take the battery out to charge it. It comes with this little box that the battery pops into, then that plugs into the wall. Just a little different. Also you cannot zoom while you are taking a video. But the ease of use and picture quality are very very easy. Takes quick pictures in succession, with very clear pics. The image stabilizer seems to work well. Especially for me.
4 Stars My best camera so far for that price!!
Wow, finally i got this excelent camera from SONY. The 5x optical zoom and flash are awesome. All my photos are very clear. My wife was very happy and decided to keep as a christmas present. All was easy friendly to use and in 5 minutes i was taking all my shots with smile and face detection: all happy faces and perfect shots. I am totally convinced of the great quality of this camera.
5 Stars USER FRIENDLY!!
Just got this camera for my b-day and I’m very happy with it! Super easy to use – I don’t want all the bells and whistles – I just wanted something that would take clear pictures easily. It is replacing a camera I could never get to work properly with terrible directions. If you want a camera that’s easy to use, has clear directions and takes nice pictures and video – this is the one for you!
