Sony Cybershot S650 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

very good camara for the price ,excelents photos one of the best i have ever owned .

CONS
bad lighting
no image stabilization
blurry grainy pics
sucks up batteries
bad indoors
cant see screen @ night or near beach

PRO
good for starters
bets a disposable camera

BTW currently shopping for another one

bad in low ligth, blazing fast almost no shutter lag and image storage delay, when you have sunlight in the back you get some red lines in the picture.

get a lumix, better digital zoom and low light performance.

I bought two of these cameras for gifts Christmas 2007. Unfortunately, I lost my own camera and decided to use one of these as an emergency replacement. When I opened the box the first camera was dead on arrival. Well, not exactly DOA. It constantly powered up only to shut down immediately. I tried replacing batteries to no avail. Sent it back to Sony for warranty repair. Then I decided, I had better open the second to see if it functioned correctly. It did. But unfortunately only for a few months. Now, it has the same problem. Evidently, it has to do with the the lens not retracting. I have to physically force the lens closed in order to power up the camera; in addition the flash never works.

I'm not sure if they're still selling this model, but if they are, you would be wise to stay away. I thought I got a great deal because of the Sony name and Black Friday price, but it was a total waste of money. Buy a Canon instead!

Simple and easy to use. Decent exposure. Zoom quality is poor but expected at this price point. You will need to buy a card to store your photos as the internal 16MB memory won't get you very far. This is no Leica quality camera or lens but it does a very decent job considering the price.