A review has been completed on the Sony Cyber Shot DSC-H5 by Megapixel where they write,'The DSC-H5 captures images with a 7.20 mm (1/2.5 inch) CCD with 7,410,000 pixels, of which 7,201,000 pixels are effective to capture a maximum image size of 3072 x 2304 pixels.'

They summed up the positives on the DSC-H5 as being,

• 'Very good image quality.
• Excellent colour rendition.
• 3-inch LCD high resolution monitor.
• Stabilized 12X optical zoom.
• High definition EVF.
• Complete set of capture modes.
• Powerful flash.
• Noise relatively low up to 200 ISO.'

While the negatives of the Sony DSC-H5 were,

• 'A bit of shadow noise at low ISO settings.
• No low compression setting or uncompressed format.
• A bit of distortion at the wide angle end.
• Consumes batteries faster than the H2 if the LCD monitor is used a lot.
• Very little space to hold the camera without touching controls.'