Sony Cyber-shot® DSC-H9 Digital Camera

Pros: Wide angle, 15x optical zoom with stabilization, large articulated LCD, features, sturdy
Cons: Proprietary memory, price, size

A significant update on the 7 .2-Megapixel Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H5, the 8.1-Megapixel Sony CyberShot DSC-H9 improves in several aspects, including resolution, zoom and wide angle capabilities. It also uses a proprietary ...

Pros: Many features including image stabilization, night shot, face recognition, many shooting modes and more
Cons: None really, other than Sony proprietary batteries and filters are quite expensive.

It was like something out of a silent-era Buster Keaton film. I was at my daughter's dance recital and I brought along my six year old Olympus 3.3 megapixel camera. Just as I dropped the lens cap, some kid stepped on it - CRACK! As I was picking it ...

Pros: Infrared nightshot, face recognition,15x optical to 78x with digital zoom, 3200 iso, optical image stabilization
Cons: Only 8.1 Mega Pixel, uses proprietory batteries.

Bought this camera May 07, now it's December 07 and never failed me, the pictures are very good since I have gotten to know what the camera is capable of and adjust accordingly. This camera can be fully automatic or totally manual. I was looking for a ...

Pros: Fast shutter reaction, tilting LCD display, good video quality
Cons: power on button, zoom button, and mode button to easy to change accidentally.

I had used a Sony DSC-S75 for at least 6 1/2 years. I carried it in a pouch on my belt when I hiked or traveled. Most of the time it lived in my back pack. It still had the original battery and over 5400 photos. So when it failed to work one day, maybe I ...

Pros: Excellent, Any one can use all, the functions are very simple to use.
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I was looking for a good digital camera for the last 6 months. Finally I found SONY CYBER SHOT DSC H9 and PANASONIC DMC FZ18 was excellent. I decided to go for Sony DSC H9.I went for this mainly because of night mode and 15 xs zoom. The picture quality ...

Pros: LCD display is great, light weight. Love the photo editing abilities.
Cons: Not impressed with finished photos. yet.

My wife and I got the DSC-H9 last week, finally retiring our 3.0M Cybershot. We printed off 30 or so pics yesterday, and we were very disappointed. We are not professional photographers, but we do take lots of pics, and we were expecting very clear pictures from this camera.
As we are not experts, most of our pictures were taken in Auto program mode, (idiot proof, right?), but the pictures all came out a little grainy, and out of focus. Before you question it, the camera was set for auto focus, and 8M pics.
We are a sony family (handy cam, camera, dvd player, tv, etc), and have never had a problem before, so we have not made up our mind on this yet. We are going to try 2 things:
1. Take our photos to be developed so where else.
2. If that doesn't help, take the camera back and exchange it for another and see if ours now is just a dud.

I'll post another review after we do those.

Pros: LCD screen is great. Camera is light. Menu is easy to use.
Cons: Need high speed memory stick for movies. No adaptors to rectify engineering flaws.

I have an 18 month old Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9. I also called the factory within 30 days of purchase explaining to a speaker of English their design flaws and asking for some way to correct them. No response. 1) The camera takes a picture of the adaptor ring edges, so all four picture corners show interference. 2) The lens adapter/hood sits in front of the flash. All flash pictures have a half moon shadow through the middle of them. The only way to avoid this is to unscrew the adaptor at night. 3) Flash pictures have grainy reds, greens, and blues throughout. The camera is designed for very small hands. My thumb base covers the sensitive control button and changes flash settings. This is definitely a small hands camera.