Sony Cyber-shot M2 reviewed

Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-M2 is the company's second-generation M-series hybrid camera. You know, the one that's supposed to squash all the bugs that were in the M1 and prove that this odd cross between a camcorder and digicam really works. DCResource took a look at the M2 and found it to be less boxy and more ergonomic than the M1, and found the MPEG-4 VGA movie mode to be better than that found in most still camera, with good quality and decent compression
(a 1GB Memory Stick holds about 45 minutes of video). Still images were consistent with those taken with other compact Sony digicams, and suffered from some softness. Overall, the reviewer wasn't exactly wowed, which isn't that surprising; now that almost all decent point-and-shoot digicams (including other, cheaper, Sony models) come with 30fps VGA video, the M series may just be a novelty whose time has come and gone.