It fits my needs to s tee. It is light enough to carry around with great quality photos. It will take me ages to learn all the different settings available

This is a very compact point and shoot camera. I chose it because of the pop up view finder - it works great. The selfie screen and zoom lens also work really well.

Beautiful compact camera. Lots of excellent features with great results. Highly recommended.

The Cyber-shot HX90V replaces last year's HX60V as Sony's high-end travelzoom compact camera. Like the HX60V it sports 30x optical zoom, though where this used a Sony G lens, the new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX90V gets a Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T-star coated optic.

Sony HX90V Review First Look - The HX90V succeeds the HX60V and looks set to offer new competition to the travel compact market

Smartphones are getting so capable at taking pictures that you need a good reason to take an actual camera with you when you travel these days – and one compelling reason is that you'll generally get a more powerful zoom lens.

30x zoom range; Tilting screen; Manual control

No raw shooting; No touchscreen; Low light performance could be better

I have been using HX-90 and then HX-90V for a total of almost one year now. I bought the latter when my former refused to work in the middle of my trip to Lisbon. Even though it was still under warranty, I needed a replacement immediately, so I bought its continuator.

The new Sony Cyber-Shot HX90 / HX90V, available in black, the compact camera features a 30x optical zoom lens, 18 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, built-in pop-up OLED Tru-Finder EVF, full-HD video recording, and a tilting "selfie" screen.

Good exposure and colour; Extremely compact camera; 30x optical zoom lens; Built in electronic viewfinder (EVF; Excellent optical image stabilisation system; Tilting 3inch screen; Fast continuous shooting; Good battery life; Electronic level

Noise visible in images taken at ISO80; More expensive than the competitors; Some corner softness

Smartphones are getting so capable at taking pictures that you need a good reason to take an actual camera with you when you travel these days – and one compelling reason is that you'll generally get a more powerful zoom lens.

Sony's "T50 & T70" series cameras: Good : a) small, b) Lens does not come out past the body, c) Touch screen operation, d) Now low cost, e) Very easy to use (don't have to remember icons). f) Fast ON, shoot, Off, pocket & go. g) Choice of 2 shooting / viewing aspect ratios (TV wide or box pix).