Sony DSCS85 CyberShot 4.1MP Digital Still Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom Here’s a digital still camera for you, putting the power of creativity and the freedom to capture a moment just as you see it in your capable hands. If you thought you could only get true-to-life resolution, definitive control and stunning output from an SLR camera, check out Sony’s DSC-S85 Cyber-shot camera. A digital still camera that combines exceptional control with extraordinary performance, the DSC-S85 is designed to deliver a huge array of impressive features. Its Super HAD CCD image sensor delivers an awesome 4.0 Effective (4.1 Gross) MP resolution, and the 3X optical/6X precision digital zoom Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lens puts the picture in your hands. Experiment with tons of built-in features or take your picture the old-fashioned way. Other features include an AF and AF Illuminator light that can briefly illuminate your photographs and provide you with sharp focus in low- or no-light conditions, a 40-step shutter priority (8 sec , 1/1000 sec), 13-step aperture priority (f2.0 , f 8.0), and full manual exposure option.
Customer Review: Good camera for it’s time
This was my first digital camera, I’ve had it since 2001 and have taken over 3,000 pictures with it. The image quality is excellent, My biggest complaint is that the auto focus is sometimes erratic. I’ve had pictures sometimes end up out of focus for no reason, and it’s not always obvious looking at the display. Battery life is good. Camera has a good selection of manual features, Auto white balance setting consistantly gives great results, Build quality is excellent, The shutter lag is slow compaired to newer cameras. A very good camera at it’s time, Image quality is as good as most newer P&S cameras.
Customer Review: The best first camera
I got this camera as a gift 4 years ago and it’s seen a lot of use since then. This was a great first time camera. I took wonderful pictures with its automatic settings and even better ones once I learned how to adjust them to the scene.
Currently I’m upgrading. While I love this camera, there are much better prospects on the market now.
This camera has downsides that come with age:
-Size & weight are too much. It easily gets in my way.
-Turn on time and delay between pictures have both made me miss many spur of the moment shots
-Battery is big and obsolete. My biggest problem right now is I can’t find the charger and if this camera only used AAs it wouldn’t be such a big deal. When I can charge the batteries, they don’t last very long. I always need to carry two fully charged ones if I’m going to be out for a day.

Still, this camera taught me a lot about digital photography with just playing around with it. I don’t think I’d have picked anything else that was out there 4 years ago.

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