For a DSLR that does everything an amateur is ever likely to want, with a terrifyingly cheap price tag, look no further.

Dreaming of a super-skinny touchscreen compact for Christmas? For around $400, the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T77 has finally convinced us touchscreen cameras are a good thing.

A capable cam that'll take the knocks and matches it rival, the Panasonic HDC-SD1. It can’t quite better Canon’s HV20 on sheer performance though

The marker has been laid down. Sony's pulled off another AVCHD stunner that will be hard to beat this year

A classy compact, but with a high price and some image problems

So many features and so much quality, in such a tiny body. Astounding

The best compact Sony yet, with bags of features squeezed into a very stylish package.

A complete bargain at this price. The DSC-W35 boasts superb quality and a great range of features.

A fully featured hard disk AVCHD camcorder with plenty of recording space

The A700 has excellent image quality, but is let down by design quirks and the high price.

A fully featured hard disk AVCHD camcorder with plenty of recording space

Good value thanks to a decent 18-70mm kit lens and camera-based anti-shake

Sony's first CMOS based consumer HD camera brings control and fidelity to images in a package that's hard to beat.

One beautiful camera, with one awful flaw.

An expensive and unusually poor Sony product.

HD camcorders enter the mainstream once and for all. With image quality like this, there’s little reason to spend more.

Not flawless, but Sony’s debut DSLR impresses with a 10.2-megapixel resolution and built-in anti-shake.

Taking great photos in most situations, the DSC-W50 is a bargain at this price.

Featuring a compact lozenge-shaped body with a fair bit of weight to it, the Cyber-shot P-93 is a solid camera that implies strength and good engineering. Internally, the camera has a 5.1-megapixel CCD and is capable of taking some excellent photos.

Good things often come in small packages and that's the case with Sony's PC108E. It is only fractionally larger than the JVC GR-DX77 (the smallest camera in the lab) but weighs in 65 grams lighter. Sony has kept it compact by providing a separate docking station that contains the USB, DV and S-Video ports. There also are AV and additional microphone connectors on the camera itself.