Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-H5

This editor has been totally in love with his Sony DSC-H1 for nearly a year now. Its 12x zoom lens, 5-megapixel CCD imager and huge LCD have made using the camera a real joy — and made me look like a pro when it comes to taking the family snapshots. So I'm really stoked to hear that Sony has just announced the camera's successor — the DSC-H5 ($500; May). It's a great update, packing a 7.2-megapixel CCD, 3-inch LCD screen, and a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 12x optical zoom lens. The H5 also comes in a more professional-looking black casing and incorporates Sony's Super SteadyShot optical image stabilization and high-light sensitivity settings up to IS0 1000. Our H1 is going on eBay like yesterday.