New Sony DHC-H3 camera

In the past week, I saw that this new model came out to the stores
near my place. It is a surprisingly nice, compact camera. I tried it
at the store and it has excellent picture quality. The price is very
reasonable, and perhaps is aimed at competing with Nikon P5100 or even
can probably compete with the Canon G9 at almost half the G9's price.
Unlike its H7 and H9 models, it is rather compact and can still fit in
a large pocket. From far away, its black colour and shape look
slightly like a G7 or G9.
I think this will be a popular camera because of its pricing.and
excellent pictures. Did Sony produce similar camera like this one in
the past? I still don't know how the H series come about, as I
thought that this series is for ultra or power zoom cameras.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:30:37 -0700, aniramca.DeleteThis@gmail.com wrote:

>In the past week, I saw that this new model came out to the stores
>near my place. It is a surprisingly nice, compact camera. I tried it
>at the store and it has excellent picture quality. The price is very
>reasonable, and perhaps is aimed at competing with Nikon P5100 or even
>can probably compete with the Canon G9 at almost half the G9's price.
>Unlike its H7 and H9 models, it is rather compact and can still fit in
>a large pocket. From far away, its black colour and shape look
>slightly like a G7 or G9.
>I think this will be a popular camera because of its pricing.and
>excellent pictures. Did Sony produce similar camera like this one in
>the past? I still don't know how the H series come about, as I
>thought that this series is for ultra or power zoom cameras.

For some inexplicable reason they left off
an optical viewfinder. As you say it is a nice looking
camera.