Typical price: £310
What is it: Superzoom digital camera with 8-megapixel sensor and 15x optical zoom
What we think: The DSC-H9, and its cheaper sibling the DSC-H7, are great for shooting outdoors
Compare the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 compared to other superzoom cameras
 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 |
 Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 |
 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38 |
 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 |
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| Review date | 24 Aug 07 | 20 May 09 | 1 Oct 09 | 19 Nov 07 |
| Editor's rating |
7.2
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9.3
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9.1
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8.5
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| Price range | £310 |
£227.19 - £287.94
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£259.96 - £329.00
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| Review summary | If you shoot primarily outdoors in daytime -- especially sport, children and animals -- the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 is a great choice. The cheaper DSC-H7 has a smaller LCD, lacks infrared shooting, and has a few interface differences, but is otherwise identical Read full review |
Panasonic's Lumix DMC-TZ7 is a better camera than the TZ6, so why have we given it a slightly lower score? Because, although the TZ7's movie mode is great, the AF and zoom need to be quicker. But hey, you're getting a top-quality, 12x super-wideangle superzoom and HD movies all in camera that fits in your pocket -- amazing Read full review |
A superzoom's a smart buy as long as you realise that you're not going to get quite the same handling and picture quality as you would from a digital SLR. You don't want to spend a fortune, in other words. On that basis, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38 is great. Panasonic's created a camera that's one of the best of its type, but one of the cheapest too Read full review |
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 is great fun to use, and is an uncluttered and responsive dSLR-like interface giving access to a wealth of features. Just about everything is tweakable, while the giant zoom, accomplished lens and excellent image quality make this as much fun as it's possible to have without an dSLR Read full review |
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