We bought this camera as an upgrade from our Canon A40. The big feature for us (after the fabulously quick shutter speed) was the ability to take unlimited videos. (Most other cameras limit the video length because they must buffer the image, whereas Sony cameras can write directly to their memory cards.)However, weve decided to return the camera. There are 3 movie modes. With a 256 MB memory stick (about $100), you get about 3 minutes of video on the best setting. On the medium setting, you get 10 minutes of video. The third setting does give you 2 hours of video, but is completely unusable. The audio is very poor and the image is blurry and pixelated.
Were disappointed that Sony didnt offer a movie mode in between the terrible 160 mode and the Standard 640 mode. A friends Sony, now over 4 years old, has such an inbetween setting, and we figured this would be an example of the quality of this Cybershots lowest setting. Not so!
