New Sony Cybershot DSC-W50 and DSC-W30

Sony intro'd a pair of new ultra-compact six megapixel digital cameras today, the Cybershot DSC-W50 and the DSC-W30. Both are about the same (3x Carl Zeiss optical zoom lens, new, supposedly more user-friendly UI, higher light-sensitivity settings), the main difference seems to be that the DSC-W50 has a 2.5-inch LCD screen while the DSC-W30's screen is only 2-inches.

[Jerome @ Feb 13th 2006 9:24AM]

A little bit like the canon!

The DSW-W50 is NICE and beautiful!! I have a W1 and love it!

www.dpreview.com
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0602/06021301sonydscw30.asp

[Joe C. @ Feb 13th 2006 10:03AM]

More Like the DSC-N1. Uses the same battery, ofcourse smaller screens and no touch screen as well. But, the camera look alot like it. I've not looked into it, but do any of the elfs have ISO of 1000?

[ERIC @ Feb 13th 2006 10:39AM]

why is sony making yet ANOTHER camera....they should focus on making innovative products....not bs

[Nihls @ Feb 13th 2006 2:15PM]

I wonder if sony is going to make you buy a special finger attachment that only works on sony cams to push the "take picture" button. Or maybe a special sony eyepiece that only allows the wearer of a sony only contact lense to see through the aperture.

[Allen @ Mar 8th 2006 1:43AM]

Received my DSC-W50 yesterday and I already love it. Moved down from a larger and more expensive camera and the pictures are every bit as good. The size makes vacation look a lot better (less to tote). An extra battery and Two 1G memory cards take up virtually no room and appear to be good for about a week of exposures with no hassles (about 800 shots @ 6MP) and the 1000 ISO is great! All in all I think I'm really going to enjoy this camera.

[DP @ Mar 13th 2006 2:21PM]

I had originally went to Best Buy to purchase a Canon SD450 but they were out of stock, so I decided to look around. The closest camera that I could find, w/o spending more that $300, was the Sony W50. It seems like a pretty good camera. It has very little shutter lag which is a big selling point for me (that is why I had originally decided on the Elph). HOWEVER, it seems that when the Sony is in video mode you can not zoom. I know this is mainly a still shot camera but if you can get a camera that does allow you zoom while in video mode(like the Elph) why wouldn't you go w/ that one?

[joe @ Mar 15th 2006 2:05AM]

just bought this camera and am enjoying it. but I live in China and the manual is in chinese. Anyone know a place I can download an english manual?

[Alex @ Mar 20th 2006 9:38AM]

http://www.sony.jp/products/di-world/cyber-shot/emdown/index3.html

[don @ Apr 11th 2006 11:57AM]

DSC-W50 - w0o0o!! enjoying it sooo much!!!! just bought it two days ago.. interface is ood, very user friendly, and deadly sharp pics at max pixels.. lol!!

check this out -> http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1147/gotlens2pu.jpg

[Napoleon @ May 30th 2006 1:35AM]

Does zoom work when shooting videomode?

[Ramesh @ Jun 14th 2006 4:03AM]

I recently received W30 from japan. Its a nice one., but the problem for me is that the menu is in japanese. I saw an online english manual to switch the menu to english. When i navigated into the menu, I cannot find a language option at all there. Is it becoz there is some firmware problem or sumthin?? I need to sumhow switch to english menu. Please advise on what i shud do. reply to [e-mail] thanks.

[klubforbiz.com @ Jul 25th 2006 12:27PM]

Its a great camera. Amazing size. It fits in my pocket and is quite light. The large LCD display is awesome. Battery life is pretty good. Shots taken even when moving come out well. Most of the shots are so good, that I hardly use Picasa to improve them.

Strongly recommended.

[ginjaninja @ Jul 29th 2006 2:39AM]

when do you guys think that the W50 and W30 will be replaced? I'm thinking of buying one but I dont want it to be replaced a few days after i leave to go to europe on holiday!

[Minesh @ Apr 9th 2007 11:10PM]

I Just got a W50. The problem seems to be submitted here, but not the solution. My problem is that i cannot change the language other than "Japanese". There's no language selection option in the Setup Menu. Someone please help me.

[Elizabeth @ Jul 29th 2007 10:31AM]

Hi, I seem to have the same problem that a lot of people have. I bought the w50 from japan, but the problem is that I cannot change the language to english. There is no language selection button in the setup menu...Please help me

[Celso @ Sep 1st 2007 8:36AM]

Hi Elizabeth, did you find how to change the language on W50 from japanese to english or some other language? I'm with the same problem and cannot find any solution for that. So if you changed your camera language, please let me know how.
Thanks

[Shas @ Sep 5th 2007 12:15PM]

It seems that there is something wrong with W50. I too am having same problem, i can not change language in the camera. Plz help

[Razvan @ Apr 20th 2008 1:04AM]

i can not change language in my camera sdc-w30(japanese ) HELPPPP!!!!

[necil @ May 24th 2008 8:01AM]

I have the same problem with my W50 camera... i can't change the laguage of my W50 from japanese to english... plese help me...

[Fillipe @ Jun 16th 2008 12:42PM]

I have the same problem with the W50....I bought it in japan and now I cannot find a language option in the SetUp Menu, it just doesn't exist....if someone find a solution, please contact me...

[snj @ Jul 14th 2008 11:26PM]

I bought this camera last year it has worked fine up until eary this year where you go to turn it on and the screen says access and the lens keep pooping in and out and you cannot take pictures at all and even if you try to turn it off it still pops the lenses in and out anyone have this problem????? let me know cause it drives me nuts i love the camera and I really don't want to buy a new one unless I really have to...

[Len @ Oct 17th 2008 1:42AM]

Sony had a lot of problems with this camera not opening and displaying 'Access error'. Mine was just out of warranty and I pleaded with them, telling them how many Sony products I own. They finally cut the repair price in half (55). It was repaired and lasted 6 months before it started doing it again. There are a lot of sites (http://www.fixya.com/search/p472665-sony_cyber_shot_dsc_w50_digital_camera/access) that complain about this.
I've had it with Sony, I will by a Canon product next time. They know this was a problem and should recall these or something.