Sony Cybershot DSC-S700 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

I love this camera! I paid $8.95 for this on Amazon and received my purchase in 2 days. The pictures are very clear and one tap and you picture is taken there's no delay. It's an awesome purchase, one of my best purchases thus far besides my Kindle fire 8. I highly recommend this to anyone who is looking for a simple point and shoot camera.

Sony Cybershot S700 7.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical ZoomOK, here's my impressions of this camera. I have never owned a digital camera before. I just wanted a simple point and shoot to take pics for Ebay. I do not care for bells and whistles. I just want to do what a point and shoot is for. I want to take it out of the box and take pics. There are many things to like about this camera. I dropped it twice on a wooden floor from a height of 3 feet and no damage, so it's built tough. The buttons are not very intuitive, but the manual is easy to read and understand. It is easy to load and use the included editing software. I especially like that when you plug the usb cable into the camera, the editing software automatically pops up and asks you if you want to download. Very handy! Someone mentioned it's easy to accidently delete pics. No it's not. You have to first hit the disp button, then the delete button, then tab up to highlight delete, then hit enter. It would be very hard to accidently delete a shot. There are several cons with this camera. One, the usb protector cover is very flimsy rubber, and it's only a matter of time before it breaks. There is little in camera editing available. You can rotate, resize, or reduce red-eye, but that's about it. The included software lets you do this as well, but only has a few more editing tricks. You can adjust brightness, sharpness, tone, or crop. There is an automatic feature which is somewhat usefull. If you're serious about your pics looking their best, you will need a professional software program. Here are my biggest dislikes, which is why I give it 3 stars. A camera should take good pics right? Well, this does but only if you have surgeons hands. There is no image stabilizer in this camera. My hand shakes slightly, and most of my pics have been blurry because of this. I thought a tripod would help, but the tripod dock is on the left. This makes it easy to tip the camera over when using this, which is how mine got dropped twice. It should be in the center. The shutter button needs to be pressed half-way to focus, and then fully to take the pic. This requires too much pressure, which again makes a steady shot difficult when your finger moves the camera. The low iso setting is useless for close-ups. Pics were dark and grainy. It would only be good for long shots where the flash won't work. I will be trading this camera for one with an image stabilzer. Since even most entry-level cameras have that these days, I'd say the DSC700 is seriously outdated. If you have steady hands, and can get this really cheap like I did, it's a good entry-level camera. But unless you have surgeons hands, I'd look elsewhere.

This is a great beginner's camera... until it breaks. I got this Sony for one of my daughter's about two years ago. It worked well, easy to use, she liked it. So, I got another daughter one, again, great to use. Next, I got myself one. Nice camera. About seven months later, mine stopped working. It was still under warrenty, so I sent it to the Sony repair shop to get fixed. I was sent back a different, refurbished camera, told this is what they had, so this is what I got. Three months ago, one of the daughter's cameras broke, exact same problem-first you think the batteries aren't working, next it doesn't turn on all of the time, lastly, it stops working. Not under warrenty anymore, so too bad. Four nights ago, my other daughter said her camera was starting to show signs of the SAME problem. I called Sony's customer support. Yes, they were aware of the problem, and no, they would not replace the cameras. I'm planning to buy another brand for our next round of cameras.

My Chevy Tahoe accidentally ran over my old Sony Cybershot DSC-S700 & I wanted a replacement camera of exact same kind to replace it. This camera had a few minor scratches here & there from normal wear, but I'm very happy with it and it works great. I popped my old memory stick in to this camera and I was ready to take pictures again!

I did a lot of research before settling on this camera. All I wanted was a fairly thin, easy to operate camera for point-and-shoot purposes. Not only does this camera take great amateur pictures, but it's also intuitive despite the fact that it *does* have lots of features. It's a solid weight so it doesn't feel cheap at all, and the screen resolution is crisp. I would definitely recommend this camera for people who find themselves taking pictures on a vacation and special-event basis.

if you need any distance upgrade to better lens. good knock around camera for just shoot and go

The only camera that I have and works well purchased through AMAZON. Had one before this and I lost it in a fire. I got this wone to replace it and just love it. It serves my needs and useful purpose fits the bill.

Amazon Review Box Incorrect, Our Rating was 5 Stars;We bought this for our Daughter's Amazon Wish List Request...A neat compact Battery Strong Camera,, to replace an older versionfor her semi-Pro Camera Work She was very pleased, to enjoy working with it.