Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21143 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: DSCS950S.CEH
• Released on: 2008-12-21
• Dimensions: .30 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

The S950 is a compact and easy to use camera which is a perfect entry to the world of Cyber–shot. Like the S930, it has a 10.1 megapixel lens and advanced features including SteadyShot and Face Detection. It also boasts higher lens specifications: its 4x optical zoom and 33mm lens can help you get impressive results in a wide variety of conditions.

Simple to use
If you’re new to digital photography, you want controls that are simple to use and menus that make it easy to find the right selection. So the S950 has a larger 2.7" LCD screen with clear icons and menus to make taking great photos as effortless as possible. The 10.1 effective megapixel resolution means you get finer detail in the image and use its powerful 4x optical zoom without losing clarity. What’s more, in Easy mode the camera simplifies shooting by limiting the number of camera settings and displaying straightforward instructions.

Small and light enough to carry anywhere
The S950 is compact enough to fit into a bag or even a pocket, which means you’re ready to shoot whenever a special moment occurs. Choose from black, silver or pink finishes and take it with you everywhere. The S950 comes with a rechargeable lithium ion battery and charger.

Face Detection finds faces and makes sure they look their best View larger

Face Detection to keep portraits in focus
Face Detection is very handy for shooting larger groups and scenes where faces might get lost against a detailed background. The sensor recognises faces as faces and automatically adjusts the exposure, white balance and flash settings to show skin tones at their best. Up to 8 faces can be recognised in any scene.

The high sensitivity sensor enables great pictures in low light
The S950’s sensor is measured at ISO 3200 so is highly sensitive to light and can automatically provides clear images in low light conditions, such as indoors or at twilight. On top of that, there are six pre–set options for you to quickly choose the best settings for a particular type of scene.

Retouch shots on the move
If you can want to improve your shot right there and then, you can even perform simple retouching operations in camera without needing to download the image to your PC — such as cropping, altering exposure or removing red–eye.

SteadyShot uses a sensor to stop hand shake blurring the pictures View larger

SteadyShot to reduce picture blur
If you are shooting with the camera in your hand, there is always a danger of handshake spoiling your picture, even if your subject is stationary. To avoid this problem, the S950 takes two shots at the same time at high shutter speed and combines them for one bright, blur free image — all you have to do is press the shutter once.

PMB (Picture Motion Browser) software
Managing your growing photo collection is hugely simplified by this software which comes free with the S950. Just install it on your PC and it provides a perfect archive for your shots which are all just a click or two away. You can arrange them by date, by person, and even search through them quickly. From here you can burn them to discs, send them to friends or upload them to sites in a matter of seconds. If you connect your S950 or computer directly to an HD Ready TV you can view your shots in spectacular HD on the big screen.

‘Sony’, ‘Cyber-shot’, ’SteadyShot’ and their logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation. All other trademarks acknowledged.

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Customer Reviews

Good basic camera
This camera is a good product; compact, good looking and takes some great pictures.

However, I was dissapointed as before having one of the panasonic lumix that it did not live up to its standard. You get a good 4x optical zoom, but with my old panasonic you could zoom in an extra 3x digital zoom which fair enough decreases the megapixels and overall quality of the picture but im a big festival go-er and therefore it was great capturing the stage close up from very far away.
The pics in low light using the ISO which appartently is 3200 were not as great as i would have liked either.
Finally it doesnt have modes such as sports, nightview, scenery..etc but only automatic or manual.

These points are trival though if your just looking for a camera to take decent photos.
Overall great little camera, but gave it 3 stars as it didnt live up to my expectations.

The best camera I ever had!
This camera is amazing, screen is perfect for viewing & zooming! Pictures look great evening when zooming to maximum!
The maximum zoom is x8, it comes with a rechargeable battery and a charger, so no need to worry about batteries!
It's really light and look cool too, if your looking for a good camera to buy! don't hesitate to buy this one!!

Overall "Recommended"

not worth it
Sony Cyber-shot DSCS950S - Silver (10.1 MP, 4x Optical Zoom) 2.7" LCDThis camera isn't awful but its not good enough. It really struggles to deal with any type of movement from the person taking the photo or the objects in the photo, it also struggles unless the light is perfect. this camera also has very few modes. for example my old 50 pound kodak takes much better moving photos (sports mode) and is much more consistant. With sony most of the money is invested in the camera looking good(which it does) and not on the photos (normally slightly blured). you money will go a lot further buying a Kodak, Canon or any proper photography make.