Home > Consumer Reviews > Sony Cyber-shot DSCW270B Digital Camera - Black (12.1 MP, 5x Optical Zoom) 2.7 inch LCD

I purchased this camera as an upgrade from the Fuji which I had for a long time. I read the reviews and decided to go with this as it seemed to offer a fair bit. I purchased the camera from Amazon as a bundle which worked out to be a pretty good deal.

The camera performed really well, the holiday I went on was a beach holiday. The camera captured the colours and movement without any issues and was a perfect re-production. I could not get over how good the quality was and the zoom was well worth it.

The camera is packed with various function such as smile recognition and HD video Which I was a bit shocked to find worked really well. Specially the HD video which was a lot better than my normal 640x480 video on my old camera (Not surprising, but big difference)

If I was going to be a bit a critical I would say that the night photos do loose quality and can prove to be a bit tricky (Might be down to me not reading the instructions)

I am currently getting around 260 photos and some video on a full charge which I think is pretty good.

I have had the camera for around 4 weeks

I would recommend this camera for anyone who need a camera for normal usage such as holidays. Family trips, sight seeing.

I wasn't sure what camera to choose so I asked a photographer friend of mine what sets a good camera apart from the rest because there were so many to choose from.He told me to get one with a good lens, not just one that takes pictures with the highest megapixels. Reason being, if you get one with a poor lens you get 8,10 or 12 megapixels of poor picture. The Sony has a Carl Ziess lens so he told me I wouldn't go too far wrong with the W270. He was right! I am amazed at the detail I get even in the poorest of light. Even my photographer friend was impressed with it when I showed him the quality it produces. Well worth the money. Thoroughly recommend it.

I deliberated for ages before buying this camera - deciding between the new Panasonic Lumix and the Sony T900 - and finally bought this one. Ideal size and weight, slim and stylish and picture quality is perfect day and night. Unlike my previous camera - Sony T7 which was a great little camera - there is no shakiness in night mode. An absolute bargain!

After a long search about which camera meets my needs, I ended up to this camera and proved to be the best choice that I could make.
Of the most significant properties are i) the 5x optical zoom which, in compination with the additional 5x digital, gives great detailed shots, and ii) the fine quality video (the only con here is that you cannot zoom while filming)

Along with that camera, I bought a SONY memory card of 8Gb and a second battery SONY info-lithium, which really proved to be helpful as I was never worried about whether there is still enough memory or run out of battery.

I own what I call my big camera, which although great for quality, is too big to take everywhere. However, when my small Casio packed up after 8 years I decided to go with a Sony as my bigger camera (DSLR A200W) proved to be a great buy. After quite a bit of shopping around I decided on the W270 although it's a little bit on the pricey side I figured it was worth it. Thankfully I wasn't wrong!

Okay the first thing I noticed was the sleek design, it looks smart without too many complicating buttons to get to know. The screen is 2.7 inch LCD which is clear and bright (this setting can be changed so your display is bright, very bright or has extras on the display and so on). The camera was also very light and slim with the exact measurements being 56.6H x 97.6W x 22.6D

On to the techie stuff, this is the basic highlights of the camera:-

12.1 Megapixels
5x Optical zoon and 10x digital zoom
11 Mb internal memory
Wide Angle Lens
HD Image Capture
Face Detection and smile shutter technology
Optical Steady shot
9 scene modes

First off, I though I would give it a go without reading the manual. Never a good idea but I wondered how easy it was to use. Thankfully I managed to work most of the basics, however once I read the manual I found there were many things I could do that I wouldn't have worked out myself. My advice would be to read the manual in full first as it is very helpful.

There is an option to have your camera in easy mode which basically decides which setting it should be on, so all you need to do is point and click. However if you are feeling more adventurous you can change the settings yourself to various scene modes. I found that when you use the optical and digital zoom, when you look at the LCD screen when you are taking the picture the image looks slightly blurry, however once you have actually taken it the image is crystal clear. There are lots of quirky little features on the camera such as smile shutter which automatically detects when people are smiling. However after a little playing around I found it easier to do my own `detection'. There is a bizarre feature on the camera where once a photo is taken if there is somebody who is not smiling it can change that for you to make them appear as if smiling. The only downside to this feature is that it ends up making the person look slightly deranged! The video camera function on the camera is very good and not only has great picture as well as sound but is done in HD. One of my favourite features on this camera is the retouches you can do directly to the memory card. In the past if I wanted to crop an image, remove red eye or so on, I would download to my PC and then make the changes, but with the Sony you can do it directly on the camera itself, a very hand little feature. All in all a feature packed camera that although on the pricey side WELL worth it.