by Tim Webb

Created on: November 09, 2010

I miss film; I really do miss the action of loading a camera with film and not actually knowing what the outcome will be until they are developed. To think that fifteen years ago the term digital camera was relatively unknown, now we have cameras on phones. So back to the future and with my other half’s birthday coming up and some serious hints being dropped I thought that a new digital camera would be just the thing that my other half wanted. I didn’t want this to be on a phone as I am a firm believer that phones are for talking on and not taking pictures, so the two subjects are totally separate in my books. I personally have always liked Sony as a brand, I have had the pleasure of owning a number of camera are generic and therefore makes transition to a newer model a lot smoother. In this case there are no issues, just slip in a couple of AA batteries and away you go.

Total weight is just 128g!

The DSC-S2100 is a nice size camera, not really much bigger than my Samsung C3050 in size making the camera easy to carry and easy to store, this easily fits in a shirt pocket as well as jeans. However the size is just one thing as the power the camera has is truly amazing for something of this size and this for me is where the camera excels. With the ability to take photos in 12.1 without any blur kicking in. I was able to zoom into things using the 3x zoom from a slight distance without the need to move closer, I knew that as I was taking a shot to the maximum quality that I could easily edit on my computer later. With a large 3 inch screen on the back of the camera that nicely takes up almost 80% of the area, the screen shows the picture just taken in rich high quality that you’ll know instantly when a shot meets your standards, if not using the buttons on the right it’s just a case of deleting then starting again. The screen impressed me as the

Settings wise I always tend to stick to Auto although the camera does have other settings such as Landscape and a Moon symbol representing Night. There are a total of eight altogether and to be honest I am still getting used to these. Basically these setting are pre-determined to allow you as the photographer the ability to take the best picture you can in whatever circumstances. Trouble is that unlike other cameras this isn’t easy to choose as there is no dial on top means a simple spin and click to the one required, this method is far easier than what I have seen in the past as this

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