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.

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 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 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

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

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.

On my twice daily walks with my dog, I shoot about 30 nature pictures each day--mostly birds, odd plants, flowers, and other wildlife. To do this, I needed the greatest zoom possible, and the Sony DSC H400, with its 63x zoom seemed to fulfill my needs.

The Sony Cyber-shot H400 is a bridge super-zoom with a massive 63.3x optical range. Launched in February 2014 alongside the 35x H300, these models join the H200 released at the beginning of the year to form a budget range below the more impressively-equipped HX range.

Massive 63.3x zoom lens

Poor electronic viewfinder quality; CCD streaking artifacts on movies; No Photo Creativity modes; No customisation options; No 1080p full HD video; Limited Picture Effects; No Wifi

Look beautiful, really like the zoom. I could take a good picture of the moo and the very far away building and make it look like I'm standing somewhere close to it. I also like the filming I videoed the firework the other night.

I like the zooming and picture bright

I dislike it because it doesn't have the croping feature; I think that all camera should have it; If the zooming isn't this good I wouldnt but it; I wish the features should be more like the Kodak digital one that you could crop the original picture in to any size you wanted and still have the...

This was purchased for taking pictures at the air shows, so that we could get a closer clearer picture. I am very impressed with this it zooms very well and takes a beautiful clear picture.

Everything you want in a camera; none so far