As I made known a few articles back, I purchased for myself a Sony Cybershot DSC-P93 5 Megapixel camera for about £220 from amazon. It was a toss up between this camera and the Nikon 520000. After reading reviews and comparing picture qualities, I made the informed decision to purchase a Sony.
My girlfriend, Samantha, has since bought the Nikon and I have been able to more thoroughly compare them. Here’s a summary of my findings:
Battery life: The Sony can last at least three times as long as the Nikon, the batteries are also cheaper and easier to replace. There is also an option to use normal AA batteries if necessary. When on my trip to Italy the failing Nikon battery was supremely annoying, particularly on a day out in Florence. You need a spare Nikon battery in order to not be afraid of failure, and they cost £30 compared to the Sony £7 for two sets.
Features: The Nikon has lots more one click settings, e.g. sunsets, profiles, etc…, however all their options, settings and changes are buried under menu after menu and take a short while to change values. The Sony has quick on screen changes just in case you need to take a picture quickly – e.g. picture quality, white balance, iso level – simple and effective. When it comes to one click settings, Nikon is king, yet in comparison of manual settings the Sony has far more available options, e.g. more manual aperture levels and a much wider range of shutter speeds (30 seconds longest compared to 4 seconds).
However, the most important feature of all is picture quality. I heard reports of Nikon pictures being too fuzzy and undefined. In a direct comparison on a site this was clearly noticeable and highly influenced my decisions. What that comparison DIDN’T show was the colour capturing abilities and saturation levels of the two cameras. The Nikon captures the images with much more vibrant colours, they look nice and full of life. The Sony images, although looking “life like”, don’t give a good looking image (in comparison) – the images seem dull and lifeless. Not the greatest comparison, but:
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Comments 2 Responses to “Sony vs Nikon camera comparisons”
I think I pick sony…cuz its important to be life like…i mean…you can always edit it later.
Sony on the point and shoot camera is unbeatable if the camera is using a zeiss lens. My 4mp Sony kicks away all the 8mp cheap crap.
The only annoying thing is the attitude of sony to use proprietary stuff like those useless memory stick duo.
In the slr market by the way, I think Nikon is far superior especially on the prosumer market and the professional one.
In the slr entry level I think sony is still a better choice that nikon and canon, before flaming..I own a d90 and a alpha200.