Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W100 review

When you toss the DSC-W100's movies into the picture, the camera suddenly looks a lot more appealing. Though you wouldn't want to play its standard-quality VGA captures at 100 per cent, they look very good at QVGA (320x240). And its fine-quality movies look quite impressive played at actual size.

Despite being a solid shooter in good light, as well as performing strongly on movie capture, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W100 can't match the value of less expensive, lower-resolution competitors such as its brother, the DSC-W50, nor can its photos match those of the low-noise Fujifilm FinePix F30 or the Canon Digital IXUS 60.

Shooting speed
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)

Typical shot-to-shot time

Time to first shot

Shutter lag (typical)

Casio Exilim EX-Z1000

3.5 

1.8 

0.3 

Canon Digital IXUS 65

1.9 

1.4 

0.5 

Fujifilm FinePix V10

2.0 

1.5 

0.5 

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W100

1.1 

1.6 

0.5 

Pentax Optio W10

3.6 

3.5 

0.7 

Olympus Stylus 810

3.0 

2.7 

0.7