 Smokin
I must preface by declaring "I own the big brother DSC-HX1 too" and so I'm very familiar with Sony's camera systems. I don't have any of the end-user problems navigating the complicated menus/options since I am acutely aware of the Sony camera way. I bought this smaller/lighter P&S for carrying around in my pocket everyday!
In fact, this ultra-slim "point-and-shoot" is nearly identical to the DSC-HX1 except for the lens zoom range. This slim wonder has the panorama sweep mode as well as the twilight handheld modes too. The huge LCD screen allows fingertip navigating even though a stylus is included (not necessary). The proprietary Sony MS Pro Duo memory card inserts into a hidden compartment underneath with the Li-ion battery. The beautiful brushed metal casing and matching lens cover are as pretty to look at as they are functional. Sliding the lens cover door downward is just one way to power up the camera, very nice feature for quick shooting situations when you don't want to fumble around looking for the on/off switch.
One final thought before closing: be sure to buy a real SONY brand MS-Pro Duo memory stick, personally I recommend the SONY Memory STick Pro-HG Duo at 16gb or 32gb. This particular card is expensive but worth it, the faster read/write speeds eliminates the shutter "lag time" that's so prevalent in lower quality cards.
Elegant looking camera, love it!
I love the camera, unfortunately I returned it, because it had a lot of scratches, next time I'll buy a new one.
Great Little Camera
This is my first touch screen camera and I was hesitant. However, it is very easy to use and the instruction booklet is great. Takes good pictures inside or out. Easy to carry and handle. Easy to download pictures and clear the photos from the camera.
I bought extra memory and will purchase an extra battery for my cruise trip.
The only cons I have noticed so far : Wish it had a more powerful zoom. Have to clean touch screen alot due to my own fingerprints.
DSC TX1
It's amazing! I love it! It has great quality picutres, easy to use, fast, etc!
 Cool Camera
I've owned Sony cameras for years and would never look at another brand of camera, until now. It seems like something has changed in the recent years. My older Sony Digital Cameras worked great in all conditions - low light, outside, indoors. I never had a problem with blurriness or noise in my pictures. But my camera broke down last summer after years of use on vacations (at beaches and on the run), and I was forced to get a new camera. At first I looked at the Sony W290. I looked at the reviews and they were mixed, but I gave it a shot. Not happy. All I got were very blurry pictures which was a huge disappointment after never having this problem in the past. So I moved on to the Sony TX1, which was a GRATE improvement. I love the design and the style of the camera. It's a great pocket camera and it seems to have conquered the low light issues, to a point at least. I love the features of this camera, but I'm still tossed about it, which is why I'm only giving it 4 stars. I have a couple concern.
First, some Pros:
- Very stylish camera.
- Love the touch screen. Very easy to use once you get into it.
- The indoor shots seem pretty good (I'm still working on this. It still doesn't seem to be as good as my "old" cameras).
- Love the neat features, like the screen shows with music, panaromic shots, HD video, face detection. All of these things make this camera very "hip" and up to the times.
My concerns:
- Small zoom. For a camera of this price, I feel it needs a much better zoom. 7x would give more flexibility when taking pictures. It seems like most the Sony models lack on the zoom capability.
- Taking HD Video takes up so much space on the memory card. Be prepared to download to the computer, or a portable computer drive that stores a lot of gigs. I still struggle with how to edit these HD files and put them together to form a movie and burn to a DVD. The documents say you can take video in lower version, but I haven't figured that out either. It seems all my video files are HUGE. This could be my user error, so I take some responsibility, it just seems like this should be easy to accomplish.
Overall it's a great point and shoot camera. Some people might not like the touch screen, but it's actually quite easy to manipulate. In the end the video capability might be too advanced for me and I had to return it in lieu of basic video functions. I need to educate myself on this...being able to edit and play with the HD video files.
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