I had the problem to have to find a replacement because of a total failure of my not so old digital camera and a family event immediately. For this first great praise for the supplying company photo Erhardt west Kappeln, a faster delivery is not possible! The DSC-HX50V is better than I expected from the test reports, that for most people perfectly adequate. If you would naturally examine a scientific photographic laboratory the result, it could u.Ust. provide better equipment, then question arises but when and for which eye. However, the benefit of the function I have not become really clear the GPS with the position determination to a recording. I admit, that was the part that made me curious on the DSC-HX50V Although with the attached program PlayMemories works the representation of the located by GPS location good, but only one frame. It could of course be that there Photo Manager (or will exist), which can process all the images with GPS data all at once? When it just takes DSC-HX50 instead DSC-HX50V would be enough, the V version I think is currently a gimmick. But what is really good, the choice is "Superior Auto", the photos are (to my eyes) sharp :) Also handy for me was new and that you can do extreme close-ups in the "Automatic" setting, without having to manually switch to close-up. In reports I've read that criticism was that no separate charging station is, I thought in the beginning. Today I would ask the other way round, so what can you, the battery will last very long. If someone much, much photographed, I would simply define a second battery me. The build quality is also very good, I am satisfied with the DSC-HX50V, collectively are 5 star already ok for this compact camera.
