The DSC W55 from Sony Electronics is a compact digital camera that is designed to look stylish and elegant. It features a brushed aluminum face and is a 7.2 mega pixel camera. It comes with the high quality 3x optical zoom, 14 smart zoom and 6x digital zoom. It also includes the sophisticated Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens.

This camera offers enhanced picture quality even if the light is poor, with its high sensitive ISO 1000. Operation is high speed and picture quality is excellent which is ensured by the Real Imaging Processor. The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W55 compact digital camera is able to shoot extremely close with the help of the 2cm macro. The camera also offers a range of pre set screen modes including beach, snow, landscape, twilight portrait, etc.

This interesting camera comes with an AF illuminator and the white balance features fluorescent, incandescent, cloudy, daylight and auto. Flash mode comes with the red eye reduction, slow syncro, auto and forced flash.

DSC W55 alerts users on hand shake, disk/memory stick balance, exposure warning and battery. This camera comes with an in built memory of 56 MB. It is also compatible with Memory Stick PRO-HG D, Memory Stick PRO Duo High Speed and Memory Stick Duo. It is powered by the Lithium NP-BG1 battery. This battery lasts for up to 190 minutes and 380 shots. The battery is also rechargeable.

Optical viewfinder allows users to view the images on the clear TFT LCD screen measuring 2.5 inches. This interesting Sony camera is compatible with PictBridge and can be connected to the printer directly. Clearly, the DSC W55 compact digital camera from Sony is one of the best for both amateurs and professionals.