Lightweight and compact. Simple to use. Carl Zeiss lens. Inexpensive. Manual settings. Optical zoom, though not much.

2 megapixels. Proprietary flash card.

I use mine for action photography mostly. It's compact size makes it fit easily into a camera case strapped to a hydration pack for quick and easy access. Sure, it's not the cream of the crop, but does a decent job most of the time. I mostly use manual settings to fit the conditions/shot. I especially like the optical zoom "line" that lets you know when the camera switches from optical into digital zoom. I have dropped it a few times onto rock surfaces and it's still going strong, though the body has a few dings in it. Good camera for a burgeoning hack like me: http://www.angelfire.com/freak2/jdmtb

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My Problem: About 80% of the pictures taken with the Sony DSC-P51 digital camera turn out as you would hope, but the other 20% of the pictures are pathetic and make me very frustrated. I kick myself that I didn't take it back to Circuit City before the warrantee period ended. I've been battling this camera for over a year now thinking, "maybe it's just me, maybe I don't haven't learned how to use it yet". Because sometimes the pictures turn so amazingly well, I told myself the camera has such potential, I just have to figure out it's quirks. Slowly that feeling melted away as my fustration got hotter and hotter, the Sony DSC-P51 that I bought is unpredictable. There are some examples below. I called technical support and spoke with a very polite/business like person who told me to reset the camera settings back to factory default. But he was not able to grasp the problems that I was having. He lacked the experience with the camera to quickly understand what I was talking about, and so I have erected this web page to help myself and other Sony DSC-P51 pre-owners & owners to understand the issues. If you have comments, similar experiences, examples, send an EMAIL so I can post them on this page. By the way, I'm trying to get rid of my Sony DSC-P51, any bids? Note: These pictures were taken with camera defaults, they are about 800kBytes each so if you use a modem, it will take a 2 minutes or so to download. You must click on the thumbnail picture to see the full sized picture. See examples at : http://www.scienceshareware.com/DSC-P51.htm

My Problem: About 80% of the pictures taken with the Sony DSC-P51 digital camera turn out as you would hope, but the other 20% of the pictures are pathetic and make me very frustrated. I kick myself that I didn't take it back to Circuit City before the warrantee period ended. I've been battling this camera for over a year now thinking, "maybe it's just me, maybe I don't haven't learned how to use it yet". Because sometimes the pictures turn so amazingly well, I told myself the camera has such potential, I just have to figure out it's quirks. Slowly that feeling melted away as my fustration got hotter and hotter, the Sony DSC-P51 that I bought is unpredictable. There are some examples below. I called technical support and spoke with a very polite/business like person who told me to reset the camera settings back to factory default. But he was not able to grasp the problems that I was having. He lacked the experience with the camera to quickly understand what I was talking about, and so I have erected this web page to help myself and other Sony DSC-P51 pre-owners & owners to understand the issues. If you have comments, similar experiences, examples, send an EMAIL so I can post them on this page. By the way, I'm trying to get rid of my Sony DSC-P51, any bids? Note: These pictures were taken with camera defaults, they are about 800kBytes each so if you use a modem, it will take a 2 minutes or so to download. You must click on the thumbnail picture to see the full sized picture. See examples at : http://www.scienceshareware.com/DSC-P51.htm

it was smaller lighter more compact

was too close obn shot angle etc.. no 37 mm lens attachm4ent for wide angle like the dscs30 or digital mavacia made by sony i liked the dscs30 much better

this sony DSC P51 was to replace my dscs30 which i really liked a whole lot

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not bad at j&r ...

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the dscs30 i wish i could still buy