Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-P72

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Kurtis Kronk
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Iocombo
Oct. 14, 2003

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Sample Photos Pg. 1

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Left: Noise apparent in sky and water. Some barely visible jaggies on some houses. Colors are nearly true to life.

Middle: Noise mostly visible only in sky. Most colors appear true to life with the exception of white houses which are too bright.

Right: Very little noise in sky, some noise on road. Stone wall not in great detail. Overall great image quality.

Left: Upon close inspection some noise is visible in most areas of the image. Foreground in great detail and subject in moderate detail. Overall very good image quality.

Middle: Fairly noisy background (mainly sky). Subject and foreground crisp and colors true to life.

Right: Noisy sky. Great amount of detail on subjects (buildings). Some jaggies apparent. True to life colors (including skin tones).

Middle: Noisy sky as usual. Fountain looks great (both water and stone true to life color and in good detail). Some noise apparent on shaded areas of flesh. Skin tones accurate.

Left: No noise apparent in sky. Awesome color and great detail throughout image. Note the great detail on the dome (red tiles). A few jaggies on tower. Overall excellent image.

Right: Noisy sky. Good amount of detail throughout image. True to life skin tones (yes, we were in the sun a bit too much). Note that stud on the right (yours truly).

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: First Looks
Page 3: Camera Controls & Layout
Page 4: LCD Screen
Page 5: Features
Page 6: Included Software (Image Mixer 1.5)
Page 7: Sample Photos Pg. 1
Page 8: Sample Photos Pg. 2
Page 9: Sample Photos Pg. 3
Page 10: Sample Photos Pg. 4
Page 11: Pictures of DSC-P72
Page 12: Overview & Conclusion

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8 User Comments

1 - Posted by EmoMakesMeCry on October 14, 2003 - 10:21 pm

that's the camera that i've been lookin at getting......now to just get the $200

2 - Posted by Kurtis on October 14, 2003 - 10:24 pm

$200? where do you plan to buy it for that amount? lowest ive seen is like $300.

Ebay or something?

3 - Posted by EmoMakesMeCry on October 14, 2003 - 10:27 pm

my friend has one and bought a bigger better digicam so he has offered to sell it to me for $200.

4 - Posted by Kurtis on October 14, 2003 - 10:33 pm

ah nice. don't forget you could get a nice new one from ioCombo $321.95 - $10.00 with coupon code: ttlio0001

$311.95 :D

5 - Posted by Mister E on October 15, 2003 - 9:08 pm

I was just researching this camera... Anyway, thanks for the great review. I just have one question: How long is the shutter lag (time from pressing the button to taking the picture)? I really hate having to wait a second or two to take a picture, and I need to know this before I buy the camera. Any reply would be greatly appreciated.

6 - Posted by Kurtis on October 15, 2003 - 9:40 pm

when you use flash, there isnt really shutter lag, but you ahve to wait for the flash to recharge, which takes 2-3 seconds.

When you use no flash, it will take about half a second to take the shot, and then you can immediately take another picture, but you will want to focus again first which takes about another second.

We use this camera for all our reviews, and i used it on vacation etc... and the short wait wasn't a problem for me

hope this helps, and thanks for your kind words. let me know if you have any more questions

7 - Posted by Neolander on November 23, 2003 - 7:01 pm

I still love my Nikon Coolpix 950, even though it's considered obsolete and in the aging process.

The Nikon Coolpix 950 is only a 2MP digital camera, but I'm still amazed at the quality of the photos it takes that rivals the quality of some of these new 3-4MP cameras. Given the resolution/pixel count is not as high, the balance between the colors and capture of the depth aspect and shadows is amazing.

Since my Coolpix was bought as remanufactured and it's already considered old going on 2-3yrs, it's already showing its signs of wear and tear with the switch that's going out on me, but it still takes awesome pictures :) Nikon is a bit more pricey than other digital cameras, but the quality shows for it.

A review I found on the CoolPix 950:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/nikon950.html

8 - Posted by Guest on April 15, 2004 - 7:10 pm

Great review - extremely through! Nice to have real photos to review as well.

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