Product ReviewsSony Cyber-shot DSC-P41 4.1MP Digital Camera - Silver

Sony Cyber-shot Takes a Trip to China

I have a fairly large Olympus that I use for eBay pic's but my recent trip to China called for something smaller, more portable, with long battery life.

I borrowed this two-year-old camera from a friend and absolutely loved it. It was easy to use, sturdy, small enough to pop into my pocket, and the batteries lasted the entire time I was there, even though they had, evidentally, been in the camera for several months before I took it. I inadvertantly had it on the Internet-size setting but the pictures came out fine. They helped me make a China PowerPoint presentation that was clear and sharp.

I looked the camera up on eBay and some other sites and found that it had excellent reviews. So I decided what I needed in the way of accessories and memory card size and purchased one on eBay. It is just as good as the camera I borrowed and I'm happy with it. Now all I need is money for another trip.Read full review...

you won't be disappointed.

While an older camera, the design holds up well. I purchased this to have a simple and easy to carry camera that isn't on a phone. The picture quality is excellent, the battery life is quite remarkable, and if you set it to video mode, the microphone is incredibly sensitive. Strongly recommended for those who want a simple, but effective, camera.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: mory1968

Sony Powershot puts higher megapixel cameras to shame

I had this same model camera back 7yrs ago. I did floral, landscape, and art photography back then and have moved on to other photos and other cameras over the years as the average megapixel count surpassed this one. I purchased a Canon EOS Rebel dSLR for 616$ and a Powershot g10 for 489. After having experimented along with a Kodak 1285, i kept going back to my beat up Powershot images from 7yrs ago when it came time to use the floral images. Both of my canon cameras are going on ebay to be resold. For that price, i can buy several powershots!

Now that im back into doing the flowers, i have found that none of my high megapixel/fancy zoom cameras can compete. It sounds strange, but the ol' Powerhsot has met my needs and no other has been able to be so versatile.
It takes wonderful landscape images too. I absolutely love the sepia tone filter. video is to be desired, i use it more to record sound only rather than to record those tiny videos.

It takes amazing closeups. The focal legnth is very important when taking pictures of petals and leaves. It found the Canon cameras were good at the details, but only in "high light" because to achieve a macro photo that close up i had to zoom all the way out and the danged zoom was obscuring the flash! my pics were dark. the powershot has a very bright flash and even a lower light flash in case its just too bright.

The resolution is low at 72. but with it taking large images, it only takes a little Photoshop and that is cleared up right away. Alot of people have seen my images shrunk down to 8x10 and they think it was taken from a film camera. the 72 res is only a problem if you intent to crop small peices and enlarge them.

and its really good for sci-fi conventions too since you never know when you have to have your camera ready in an instant and its really fast on start up. battery life is awesome!

I'm more than happy with the model. i intend to buy a third as a backup, even though i really had abused my original and it took 7yrs to give out. i must have taken thousands of pictures with it and carried it everywhere... glovebox and pocket. dropped it alot too. even left it in the rain a few times. Seriously, my first one held out so well and I have no idea why Sony stopped making it... perhaps the low megapixel count? I dont know, it totally works for me. I intend to find a third on ebay to save as a backup for when this one ceases to work. Here's to another 7 yrs! :)Read full review...

Great Camera with lot's of features

This camera takes great pictures and has quite a few nice features.
The flash is exceptional for such a small camera. It has single, double, and triple burst modes. Expandable Memory stick makes things very convenient and affordable compaired to other types of memory. At 4.1mp it takes very crisp clear pictures. My favorite camera so far :)Read full review...

True artists do not use this camera

Not so much a good camera anymore. My father has a MA and MFA in photography and graduated from cram brook (one of the top art schools world wide).

Point is, I was raised in photography. So my dad bought this camera, tried it, and never used it again. He preferred his old olympus and old school nikons over this.

I asked him why he never used the camera after asking if i wanted it, he stated that "this is what your grandma would use."

I used it for hiking and taking some portrait photos on a trip.

Don't buy this camera, especially now with better, newer versions. I know it is hash, but a disposable camera can come out with better pictures.Read full review...

A+++ Thanks

Bought a P41 Sony Digital Camera for my husband's deer camera, it came to us on time and in perfect condition!! The camera takes great and clear pictures just what he wanted!!

OWNED and LOVED

One of the Fastest digital cameras Ive had the pleasure to own!

takes great pictures and also has many setting for diffrent lighting and such, compact and light, a must for vacation and family get togathers!Read full review...

Great replacement find!!

Bought this to replace a previous identical camera. Work great for what I do with 'em.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: radrl

Trail cam building

I purchase P41's to build trail cameras. They are the best for this type of use, and eBay is the only source, and a good one.

nice.

sofarit works.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: italianfaye