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Question: how is the battery life for this camera?
Document: Amazing camera. Everyone kept complimenting my pictures also the battery life lasts long. The auto scene image plus is usually the best setting to set this on if you're not DSLR saavy
the only complaint is that the lens cap hangs up when you turn it on. it takes fantastic pictures. the movies are phenomenal. the battery life is much better than my prior digital camera. resolution was my main requirement and this provided the best i could find in a reasonable zoom camera.
I was astonished at the quality of this Sony &#34;point and shoot&#34;. First of all, the battery life is far better than previous models. Secondly, the camera flawlessly perfoms the functions of many SLR type cameras, and with ease. I found resolution to be very good. The zoon is quick and smooth.
I didn't have a tripod, so the camera rested on my knee and it was a little shaky, but recorded fine and I was even pleased with the audio quality. Loaded the video into iMovie on the mac and did the image stabilization and it turned out great.I noticed that Amazon is now showing that the Sony HX300B is replacing the HX200V. From what I can tell, it's bigger, heavier, shorter battery life and no GPS!!.
One thing that I still preferred better on the cannon was that you can rotate the screen so you can close it into the camera to protect it.The third feature we were looking for was the processing speed of the camera. With a regular point and shoot camera we were missing shots because it took so long to process each picture. The Sony seams to take no time processing each picture unless you are taking multiple shots per second.The fourth feature that we looked for was the battery life of a camera.
I liked that the interface was similar to the W100 and HX5V that I'd gotten used to.I'm not a prosumer, or even a camera pro. I'm a guy who wants to turn on the camera, select the auto button and get good photos. The Sony does that. I have taken this camera to Kauai and Maui several times since and it's been great. Battery life has been excellent, the GPS works great and the pictures have been fantastic. The zoom feature works excellent as well as the image stabilization.
Everytime I tried to override the camera's automatic settings I degraded the results. Battery life was good as well, but I had back-ups just in case. I never had to go to a 2nd battery after a long day of shooting. This is a really smart camera and very versatile at the Enthusiast level. I noticed others at the Pro level trying to change lens to try to get various wildlife shots unsuccessfully. This camera was able to do it all with 1 lens.
The jog dial to access frequently used settings is handy. The battery life is excellent!
just what i wanted good quality no effort.....not heavy and the zoom is great.easy setting and good battery life
Crisp, clear pictures. Good battery life- mine isn't even fully charged right now and it displays 230 minutes of charge (recording movies obviously reduces that time). It has this awesome feature where you can take 10 contiguous shots in less than two seconds. That has been SO handy when snapping group photos. You're bound to have one with everyone's eyes open!
Answer: Battery life based on what the company claimed is about 2 hrs (NP-FH50) during my test is rather close to what they claimed. You can NOT use NP-FH100 (larger battery and longer life) as some retailers might stated as a replacement for NP-FH50 because the battery chamber  is TOO small to fit larger battery. Hope this helps. With the retail price ($300 slightly higher or lower) this is a decent one to consider IMO. If you use filters then you would want to purchase adapter tube (two types available one is cheaper and longer). Pricey one is about $30-35, cheaper one is about $10-15.