I purchased this for the zoom factor and price as it was cheaper than the Canon sx50. HOwever after using it for a couple of days I returned it and changed to the canon. The picture quality was awful, murky and grey and full zoom was blurred.

Sony DSC-H400 is a type of digital camera bridge camera body features a handy and easy grasping but, above all, an exceptional 63x optical zoom, a very high value for this kind of product.

Manual controls; Zoom high; Electronic Viewfinder; Optical Image Stabilizer; Intelligent Auto Mode automatically; Autonomy; Resolution; Opening goal

No support for the RAW format; HD movies only; Display resolution is not very high

Not a million miles away from the chunky look and feel of Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 , one of the best bridge cameras in recent memory, the Cyber-shot...

63x optical zoom; Solid and weighty build; Standard manual features alongside fully automatic operation

Video resolution limited to a maximum 1280x720 pixels; Soft image quality

The Sony Cyber-shot H400 ultra-zoom bridge camera with a massive 63x optical zoom lens put to the test.

63x optical zoom lens; Optical Steadyshot image stabilisation; Electronic viewfinder with dioptre correction; Intelligent Auto and backlight mode; Manual controls; Good value for money; 1cm macro mode

Poor panoramic image quality; Limited number of effects; Small electronic viewfinder; Detail lost above ISO400; 720p video recording; Purple fringing

Not a million miles away from the chunky look and feel of one of the best bridge cameras in recent memory, namely Sony's RX10 , the H400 could be viewed as the budget version at a very affordable £249.

Pinch yourself; a 63x optical zoom for under £250! Solid and weighty build; standard manual features alongside fully automatic operation

Bulky; video resolution limited to a maximum 1280x720 pixels; no hotshoe for accessory attachment; small and pokey electronic viewfinder; non-rotating LCD screen; soft images shooting handheld

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H400 is an affordable super-zoom camera, offering a 63x, 24.5-1550mm zoom lens, 20.1 megapixel Super HAD CCD sensor, 720p HD video recording with stereo sound, and Sweep Panoramas.