Is a DSC-H2 good?

[Luciano90]

Hi there, I'm needing help with a future purchase.

Budget

* What budget have you allocated for buying this camera? U$S450~

Size

* What size camera are you looking for? Or does size not matter at all to you? I'm looking for a portable camera, size isn't one big fin that matter to me, but i'm not looking for a big one.

Features

* How many megapixels will suffice for you? On the cameras I saw, 6MP+

* What optical zoom will you need? On the camaras that I saw an ultra-zoom looks good.

* How important is “image quality” to you? (Rate using a scale of 1-10)
The best: 10

Do you care for manual controls? Doesn't matter.

General Usage

* What will you generally use the camera for? Taking photos in generall, with the family, friends, vacations, various uses non-professional.

* Will you be making big prints of your photos or not? Maybe, big no... 13x18 yes, some big maybe.

*Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos? Indoor photos yes... low light photos too.

*Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos? Yes.

Miscellaneous

*Are there particular brands you like or hate? I like Sony.

*Are there particular models you already have in mind? Yes, DSC-H2 and DSC-H5.


But here I've got a problem, i'm from Argentina and here a DSC-H2 is at U$S420~U$S450. Is the DSC-H2 a good camera? what about the purple fringing? I've read the DSC-H5 has purple fringing... I've got another choice... for U$S100+ I can buy a DSC-H5... but it goes to U$S530~U$S560. So, I preffer buying a DSC-H2 that is less expensive.

Thanks!

EDIT: Also one of the things I would go for a Sony camera is because I've got a Memory Stick Pro Duo of 2GB, so if I buy another brand, I would need to buy another card.

[davew]

These were taken with the H2
http://www.handgunplace.com/images/11_Nov_06_Dave_White/index.htm

maybe that will help you decide

[Luciano90]

These were taken with the H2
http://www.handgunplace.com/images/11_Nov_06_Dave_White/index.htm

maybe that will help you decide

Excelent photos!, the high resolution look good. I wonder how the camera does in low light, but that isn't my main interest.

Thanks.

[davew]

Notice you do not see any pics indoors or of people
the reason for that was the h2 was the worst camera for red eye
no matter what I did


it was great for outdoor shots and macro shots in my light tent

If you have photoshop and want to fix red eye all the time go for it

I saved up a few more $$ and got a nikon D50 and have 0 red eye issues now
so please take that into account before your purchase

* the above if from my personal exp i am in no way a camera expert

[Luciano90]

Notice you do not see any pics indoors or of people
the reason for that was the h2 was the worst camera for red eye
no matter what I did

it was great for outdoor shots and macro shots in my light tent

If you have photoshop and want to fix red eye all the time go for it

I saved up a few more $$ and got a nikon D50 and have 0 red eye issues now
so please take that into account before your purchase

* the above if from my personal exp i am in no way a camera expert

Ok... in the pics they aren't any indoor shoots or of people...

The Nikon D50 is at U$S730. Notice that U$S100 = AR$300, so it's a lot much.

Another camera in this range? that bad is the H2 when shooting eyes/indoors?.

Thanks.

EDIT: It seems very easy to remove the red eye problem with photoshop, so it wouldn't be a problem, I remove red eye for photos that I need to print. I'm planing to go to a Sony Center today to take some photos to my MS and see how it performs in indoor/red eye.