Sony Cyber-SHOT DSC-TX7S

usability, image quality, performance, portability, size

zoom, memory

100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

portability, usability, image quality, performance, low-light

battery, reliability, exposure

89% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Well built and stylish metal body ; Three color choice options ; Ultra-compact size allows it to be carried in the smallest of pockets ; Awesome 3.5-inch touchscreen LCD ; Effective iAuto mode ; Captures pleasing photos indoors and out ; Class leading...

Sliding lens covers is more difficult to slide down and takes some getting use to ; Produced over-saturated colors on several occasions ; Good amount of visible edge softness from the 4x lens ; higher price tag

The Cyber-Shot DSC-TX7 is a powerful ultra-compact that is loaded with Sony's "best" technologies and the price reflects that. It boasts good image quality, robust performance, and plenty of intelligent exposure options. Read more in our

The main negatives with regard to the Sony Cyber-shot TX7 are a short-ish battery life, a screen that quickly becomes smeared with fingerprints, a lens location that means it's all too easy for digits to drift into shot, occasional camera shake, and,...

Beautiful and solidly constructed, Excellent performance, Sweep panorama mode, Great movie mode

Images slightly soft, Overexposure, Hard to get a good grip

Large, wide, detailed and responsive touch-screen., Very fast continuous shooting at 10fps., Full HD 1080i movies with optical zooming., Innovative and effective auto modes

Body design is hard to hold comfortably., Aggressive NR delivers soft image quality., Lacks long telephoto, but does have 25mm wide., Proprietary connectivity

Images sharp at the center; Noise is low; Images soft at the edges

Noise reduction softens photos

Sony made some interesting choices with the Cyber-shot DSC-TX7. Rather than offering more megapixels, this compact camera offers a longer feature list. While other point & shoots are upping the megapixel count to 12 and 14, the TX7 actually takes a...

Reasonably good performance in dim light, captures Full HD video, great panorama mode

Noticeable lens distortion, chromatic aberration, can be awkward to hold, noticeable colour bleeding

If you're after a small digital camera that can also shoot Full HD video, then the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX7 is a worthy choice. It can capture vibrant colours and a deep black, but it does suffer from chromatic aberration, lens distortion and colour...

Design and build, image quality, large screen, 1080i HD video, wide zoom lens

Fiddly sliding front cover, images soft at edges, distortion at wide end of zoom, fiddly touch screen controls which very much need supplied stylus

In short, the TX7 does what it does well; compact it certainly is, but within the limits that small size places on the design and handling; ditto the touchscreen and its (easily lost) stylus or "paint pen", so called as it is designed for use with the...