*2023* Sony DSC-W830 Camera Review-Should you Buy? 

Wow-what a great deal! This camera is selling for over $100 now, which is over it's original retail price. Hopefully you find another W830 someday or another great camera score!

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Can you talk about the video quality?? How is it???

@@-_BahauddinTaha-um9mnI have one and the video quality is not very good. I use it every once in a while and I enjoy the old look it gives, but it is definitely grainy and your phone will take way better videos if you’re looking for quality!

Bought mine, second hand, no box, no manual and no charger. Just the camera, battery and usb for 145 usd 😂 what an expensive old device. But man… I have been taking tons of pictures lately.

Do you know what the original price was? I just bought it for $37 ($17+$18 shipping+tax)

Quick Tip for little bit more versatility such as moving subjects (pets, kids,...) or creative "long" exposures: If you use manual ISO settings, you can influence a bit how fast the shutter speed is chosen. Go for ISO 100 in darker areas for 2" exposure time (sadly doesnt allow >2 seconds...) or go for like ISO 800 or 1600 in better lighting to force the camera to lets say 1/500 or even 1/1000 shutter speed for frozen motion. What i found also interesting, in intelligent auto mode, the camera also detects camera movement and tries to increase shutter speed, so if you pan or tilt fast enough with it (following pets, kids,...) it also increase shutter speed. The thing with this camera is... its horrendous when it comes to "settings". All you can do is set up white balance, ISO, exposure compensation, dynamic range thing for whatever reason which just introduce a lot of noise. The really interesting things, stopping down the lens, choose shutter speed manually with Auto ISO, probably RAW for better post processing (like noise reduction,...) are all missing. Which i found also very annoying with the W830 - 2 seconds maximum long exposure. My 10 year older 7,2MP DSC P200 shot 30 seconds manually and it even worked great for astrophotography on a tracked mount. W830 doesnt work for that at all, for multiple reasons (stabiliser, max 2 sec. exposure time, automatic nonsense and always focussing before shooting,...) Like this at least my 2004 compact camera also has its reasons to exist since its manually and for creative stuff better, where the W830 delivers noticable better photo quality and i dont have to think about much settings at all.

Of course-thanks for watching, and I to wish for prosperity for all!

It is a solid camera for the price, especially for those that need something with a better optical zoom than a cell phone. Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

you can follow the video until 2:46 and then choose the "beep" option, there is where you can change the sound setting

Wow that's an excellent deal! Hope you use it often and get some great pictures/video out of it!

Where did you buy it from?

@Ritesh-kg7fq brother, from where you bought,? could you please share the link, please

How is it do you like?

i want to sell it too and i can sell mine at 30$ i'm also from india

Sorry to hear that! Have you tried removing the battery and putting back in? Was the camera dropped or otherwise damaged?

I think the reliability and overall picture quality of the Sony DSC-W830 is quite a bit better than any modern Kodak like the FZ51 or FZ55.

@dharamchoudhary5054 Here's a link in the US to Amazon which has used models available: www.amazon.com/Sony-DSCW830-Digital-Camera-2-7-Inch/dp/B00HNJWUB Also, eBay is a great option for used DSC-W830 cameras, with most currently in the $100-120 range

Nice! The W800 and W810 are very similar like you said to the W830.

I found them (W800, 810, 830) for 30€ (broken, hard or impossible to repair), 50€ (good shape, just needed a sensor cleaning and disassembly) and for 70-150€ in good shape, probably still clean or cleaned already (i hope so, for THAT price) Prices from austrian 2nd hand portals exclusively, no international thing or ebay involved. But the W830 is a nice, little camera and i really LOVE it. I bought it to clean and resell, but im impressed by this camera and its a nice addition for my proper camera i mostly use for wildlife (EOS R7 + 150-600 lens = 240-960mm native), the 25-200mm are pretty much enough to have 24-960mm uncropped focal length with just a tiny 40mm gap between 200-240mm (barely needed anyways)

Why is this expensive now? Its like 10 years old