Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W-55 or Nikon Coolpix

Today we wanted to write about our digital camera dillemas. Ok, none of us is a professional photographer. All of us need cameras for casual occasions of taking pictures and making videos. Quality? Yes. Price? Important. Easy? Yes! Small? Functional? Solid? Yes, yes, yes. As most of the people looking for one good camera like this, we are recommended Sony's Cyber Shot or Nikon's Coolpix.

 First, we've tested Sony. It comes in two types: with Sony lenses (cheaper one) and Carl Zeiss lenses. Having picked the better version we've started testing it. The pictures are in various sizes and come out really big ( more or less 4MB). All the functions works great: macro, night vision, on the move. The lightning and contrast is really pure and even suprising as for a camera of this size. Also the fun features, such as smile seeking works well and is, um... fun! ;-)
What amazed us the most was the filming function. The videos in HD are really impressive! Very good quality of the view and also the audio. It is almost professional.

And then Nikon. We've mentioned here once or twice that we should be prepared for paying for quality, it's fine. But what if you can have the same for a little less money? Ok, Nikon is great! There is this specific aura around Nikon and it's totally understandable. Nikon gives you really extraordinary colours and contrast. And obviously it is so colorful, the variety of colours is great (in fact Cyber-Shot comes in more than 3 colours too). But unfortunatelly Nikon's vidoes aren't that good. BUT it is more expensive. Hmm.