Customer Video Review Length:: 3:37 Mins

I was pleased to get the opportunity to evaluate this point-and-shoot entry from Sony. I am usually a Canon shooter and was interested in evaluating something from another manufacturer and this unit did not disappoint.

Image Quality
This of course is what any camera evaluation must center on - as without taking good pictures even the most stylish and easy to use camera will come up short. I have taken a number of pictures in different settings from daylight to night. Images are generally sharp and with good contrast. Focus is usually pretty quick but not always accurate. I was surprised that the camera in low light / auto setting tends to not activate the flash, instead decresing shutter to as low as 1/30 second - which leads to blurriness in pictures with moving kids. When the flash did activate, it was of limited strength and illuminated objects / people only quite close to the camera. For detailed analysis, I took comparison shots with... Read more

My old TX-9 body is bruised and its screen is cracked. I have tried every new Sony and Canon that has come out in the past few years, but none were good enough to take its place.

Now, finally, I have a new camera to carry- the TX55!

For me, the two OVERWHELMINGLY most important features in a day-to-day camera are quickness and pocketability. Nothing else about a camera matters if I miss the picture because (1) I waiting for the camera, or (2) I don't have the camera with me. The TX-55 is a winner on both accounts.

This camera is fast. Thanks to the sliding lens cover and super-fast startup, I can pull the Tx-55 out of my pocket and take a picture in about 1 second. I think it is the fastest pocket-to-picture camera currently available.

This camera is handy. It is small and thin enough to fit in my front pocket along with my wallet, so I always have it with me and ready to shoot.

The camera also has very good image quality... Read more

I got my TX55 10/11/2011 but I have not been able to play with it enough to give it a full review yet. From my initial impressions:

-It is very small and easily pocketable - VERY convenient.
-It is very fast. Can take pictures almost instantly, very responsive.
-The display screen is gorgeous. Video looks amazing on it.
-Video, photo-stitching, and macro modes are quite impressive.

-Overzealous noise reduction
-The lens cover slider requires a lot of force to open. Good that it won't accidentally open, but it's probably a bit too much.
-The touch screen doesn't behave as intuitively nor precisely as I expect coming from years on an iPhone - and it will often process two 'touches' when I only want one

I was debating the S95 and XZ-1, but chose this camera for the extreme convenience and superior video. If the S100 were available yet I may have chosen it instead.