So a couple of weeks ago, I decided to buy the Sony Cybershot DSC-N1. It’s a feature rich camera with a 8.1 megapixel sensor, Carl Zeiss lens (as most Sony digital cameras use), video recording functionality, and 3.0″ inch screen. One of the best features, however, is that the screen is touch screen! Sony has eliminated many of the buttons on the back so that the screen can fit and be used as a touch panel at the same time. In addition to that, Sony has designed this camera to be more of a digital photo album on the road. They realized that most people show off their pictures from their digicams with other people, so why not make the camera more presentable? They included slideshow functionality, along with music and some basic paintbrush features - available all from the touch panel.

This camera has great picture quality, super fast start up time, and many image options to take a variety of different pictures. For memory, it uses the Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo, which at first, I was a little hesitant to use, because its proprietary, but after some use with it, I realized how fast it was and how its not that big of a deal. Battery lifes gives me a little more than 300 shots with the screen always on (it has to be because there is no room for a viewfinder). Overall, I’m very pleased with this camera, as my sixth digital camera in 4 years and my third consecutive Sony, I can easily say that I’ll be owning this camera for a long time.