Meet the tough, compact superzoom camera by Sony, the Cyber-shot DSC-H55 digicam. The Sony H55 has a 10x image stabilized zoom which is equivalent to 25-250mm zoom lens.

This Sony Cybershot is a simplified Sony HX5. The Sony Cybershot H55 has a 14mega pixel CCD sensor instead of a back-illuminated CMOS sensor. The Sony Cybershot H55 uses a ½.3 inches Super HAD CCD sensor.

Sony Cybershot H55 is great camera that can withstand camera shakes in spite its superzoom.

You can compose shots and view photos with 3 inches LCD display that consists of 230,400 pixels format.

The Sony Cybershot H55 has decent loadtime and a shutter speed of 2 to 1/1600 sec in auto mode and 1 to 1/1600 sec in program auto mode.

You can control the Sony Cybershot H55 via manual mode or auto mode.

Other features include Sony’s Sweep Panorama, face, smile and blink detection with self portrait timer.

The Sony Cybershot H55 records movies at 1280 x 720 MPEG 4 code.

The Sony superzoom is available now at US$249.00 price tag.

See more information at the Sony website.

SONY Cyber-shot DSC-H55 SPECIFICATIONS:

Weights and Measurements

*Dimensions (Approx.) : W x H x D: 4 1/8″ x 2 3/8″ x 13/16″ (102.9mm x 57.7mm x 28.9mm)

*Weight (Approx.) : Body: Approx. 6.0oz. (170g), With battery and Memory Stick media: 7.1oz. (200g)

Hardware

*LCD : 3.0″¹ Clear Photo LCD (230,400 pixels)

*Lens Construction : 10 elements in 7 groups (including 4 aspheric elements)

*Lens Type : Sony G-Lens

*Microphone/Speaker : Mono / Mono

*Viewfinder : No

General

*Imaging Device : 1/2.3″ (7.76mm) Super HAD CCD Sensor

*Megapixel : Aprox. 14.1 Megapixels

*Recording Media : 45MB internal Flash Memory, optional

*Memory Stick Duo™ Media, optional Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Media, optional Memory Stick PRO Duo™ (High Speed),optional Memory Stick PRO HG-Duo™, optional SD/SDHC media¹⁰

Convenience

*Burst Mode : Approx.1.84 fps at 14.1MP (maximum 4 shots)

*Date/Time Stamp : Available in the included PMB software.

*Dynamic Range Optimizer : Plus / Standard / Off

*Erase/Protect : Yes/Yes

*Image Stabilization : Optical

*Media/Battery Indicator : Yes/Yes

*Movie Mode(s) : 1280 x 720 (29.97fps, Progressive)(Approx.9Mbps,6Mbps) / VGA (640 x 480) (29.97fps, Progressive) (Approx.3Mbps)

*PictBridge Compatible : Yes

*Red-Eye Reduction : Auto / On / Off

*Scene Mode(s) : High Sensitivity / Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Soft Snap / Landscape / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / Advanced Sports / Gourmet / Pet

*Self Timer : Yes (Off / 2 sec. / 10 sec.)

*Still Image Mode(s) : Normal / Burst

*TransferJet : No

*White Balance : Auto / Daylight / Cloudy / Fluorescent 1(White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 2 (Natural White Fluorescent Lighting) / Fluorescent 3 (Day White Fluorescent Lighting) / Incandescent / Flash / One Push.

Convenience Features

*AF Illuminator Light : Auto / Off

*Clear RAW NR : Yes

*Histogram Display : Yes

*In-Camera Editing : Trimming / Red Eye Correction / Unsharp Masking

*Multi-Pattern Measuring : Yes

*NightFraming System : No

*NightShot® Infrared System : No

*Power Save Mode : Standard / Stamina /Off

Optics/Lens

*35mm Equivalent : Still shots: 25-250mm / Movie 16:9: 30 -300mm / Movie 4:3 :36-360mm

*Aperture Range : iAuto(F3.5/F8.0(W)) / Program Auto(F3.5/F8.0(W)) / Manual(F3.5/F8.0(W)) (2 Steps with ND Filter)

*Digital Zoom : Smart Zoom / Precision Digital Zoom / Off

*Exposure Compensation : Plus / Minus 2.0EV, 1 / 3EV step

*Face Detection : 8 Faces (Auto / Off / Child Priority / Adult Priority)

*Focal Length : 4.25-42.5mm

*Focus : 9 points AF / Center Weighted AF / Spot AF

*Macro Mode : iAuto(W:Approx.5cm(0.16′) to Infinity, T:Approx.100cm(3.28′) to Infinity)

*Optical Zoom : 10x

*Shutter Speed : iAuto(2″ – 1/1,600) / Program Auto(1″ – 1/1,600) / Manual(30″-1/1600)

*Smart Zoom® Technology : 10M:Approx.11x(Total), 5M:Approx.16x(Total), VGA:Approx.67x(Total), 16:9(2M):Approx.22x(Total)

*Total Zoom : Approximately 20x with Precision Digital Zoom

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