w1 is excellent, value for money.
i bought it at hong kong, around us$310, which is direct imported from japan and therefore almost no maintenance at all because i need to send it to japan if there is any problem. if it includes the maintenance period, then it costs us$420.
the body construction is solid and light weight.
i bought w1 yesterday and tired some photos, i found that if you use wide area focus(5 point), then you may get blur, it seems the brain of w1 is not intelligent enough. but it could be easily resolved by set it to single-focus.
the image is sharp, very colorful and clear.
according to my experience, Sony's product seems to be more colorful than normal, this camera is the same. it may not reflect the real color and the adjusted color is beautiful and suitable for most people, because the color real world is not ideal.
the 2.5" lcd is bright, but the resolution is not detail enough.
the battery life is outstanding, with 2x AA, you can play it whole day. it is the main reason that i bought this w1.
the memory stick pro duo is very expensive.
the VGA movie/30fps is amazing, but only with ms pro and it occupy too many memory, my 256MB memory records only around 3 mins.
Problems:
the lens may stay out if suddenly out of battery.
the resolution of large LCD is not high enough.
i bought it at hong kong, around us$310, which is direct imported from japan and therefore almost no maintenance at all because i need to send it to japan if there is any problem. if it includes the maintenance period, then it costs us$420.
the body construction is solid and light weight.
i bought w1 yesterday and tired some photos, i found that if you use wide area focus(5 point), then you may get blur, it seems the brain of w1 is not intelligent enough. but it could be easily resolved by set it to single-focus.
the image is sharp, very colorful and clear.
according to my experience, Sony's product seems to be more colorful than normal, this camera is the same. it may not reflect the real color and the adjusted color is beautiful and suitable for most people, because the color real world is not ideal.
the 2.5" lcd is bright, but the resolution is not detail enough.
the battery life is outstanding, with 2x AA, you can play it whole day. it is the main reason that i bought this w1.
the memory stick pro duo is very expensive.
the VGA movie/30fps is amazing, but only with ms pro and it occupy too many memory, my 256MB memory records only around 3 mins.
Problems:
the lens may stay out if suddenly out of battery.
the resolution of large LCD is not high enough.