Sony Cybershot DSC-H3 Super Zoom Camera - Performance and Image Quality
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The Sony DSC-H3 performs well against the competition in terms of speed. The H3 is most impressive when you look at shutter lag times, which are around 0.4 seconds for typical shots. The fast shutter lag times are important when shooting moving objects. Shot-to-shot times are about average. The H3 takes just over 1 second between shots with the flash off, and about 2.5 seconds between shots with the flash on.
The H3 does come equipped with a burst mode, which works relatively well in this camera. This camera will take about 2 frames per second in burst mode. This is better than most of the H3's competition, who typically average about 1.5 frames per second in burst mode.
This Sony lives up to the high image quality standards of other Sonys already on the market. This camera does a good job of taking nice, steady long-range shots without much blurriness. Colors appear very accurate, and typical shots look very good. The combination of the Carl Zeiss lens and Sony's Bionz 8.1 mega-pixel processor works beautifully together, producing excellent quality images in most situations.
The H3 is capable of ISO 3200 levels, but like most cameras it does not perform well at this high of a setting. You can start to see images become noisy at around ISO 800 and above. It is recommended that you keep the ISO levels around 400 or less, and there shouldn't be a problem with image noise. At high ISO levels, smaller prints are still relatively good quality, but for larger prints you would need to keep the ISO setting low.
Overall, I would say that the performance and image quality of the H3 is above average. The H3 is not quite up to par with a DSLR camera, but it's close. I think that most people will love what the H3 offers in terms of small size, nice features, excellent image quality, and good performance.
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