want to buy a sony H10 camera. Is it really good?

Recommend Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H20

I bought mine last week and it arrived 2 days ago. By the time i got the camera, I tested it immediately and had a couple of shots. This is my first personal camera and I am really enjoying it a lot. We had a lot of cameras before but my dad/mom owns it and most of them were Sony and I'm just borrowing. This is one of the best Sony's P&S camera in my opinion.

At first, I was planning to get a DSLR or just the DSC-H50 but I am not feeling the bulky cameras as of the moment. I travel a lot and I don't think I want to bring those bulky and heavy gadgets with me. So, I did some research for a good camera specifications (that are small enough) and I ended up choosing between the Canon SD960 and this one (DSC-H20). Both of them almost have the same specs but the Canon camera is a little bit more expensive than H20. Also, I'm looking for a camera with better optical zoom and Sony-H20 offers twice the zoom strength as the Canon model that I am aiming for.

What I like about it:

- The HD quality video that it can take PLUS you can zoom while recording.

- It's like a mini-dslr because you can switch it to Manual mode and you can adjust the aperture and shutter speed so you can do panning as well. A small camera that really works.. what can I say?

- I love doing Bokeh and Macro shots!!! A+++

- The features such as SCN, editing in camera etc.

- The built and grip! Eventhough the body is made out of plastic, you can feel that it's tough and you can hold it really tight.

- The smile shutter - works well for the Kids..

- Ofcourse, the optical zoom.

- The strong flash

What I don't like:

- No viewfinder

- Popping out of flash, if you're not aware/forgot that you're going take a shot with a flash on/auto.

- Lens cap - you tend to forget that it's there and may block the lens from popping out when you open your camera. It's a little bit annoying and it gives me the feeling that it might break my camera. Though it says that you should remove the cap and turn off your unit and turn it on again, before it works.

Well, overall it's a great small camera and very worthit for its price. The cons I listed are not pretty much of a big deal especially when you see the crisp brilliant photos that you can take with DSC-H20. I bet you're going to love it too and it's worthit worthit and worthit!

I bought the camera with the following stuffs: Sony 8gb mark 2 pro duo memory card, the sony pouch and a tripod.

i would like to suggest to you to look at the panasonic lumix ft1 its an amazing camera im taking lots of macro shots its waterproff to 3 metres and snow proof check it out and it can macro to 3.6 life size cheers its in panasonic site usa as a DMC-FT1