The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T33 is the follow-up to the Cyber-shot DSC-T1, which was one of the most popular cameras of 2004. The features from the old T1 that have carried over to the T33 include a 3X optical zoom lens, 5.1 Megapixel CCD, 2.5" LCD, and point-and-shoot operation. Sony have bundled with it a 32mb memory stick duo card, not bad for a start. It has plenty of shooting modes to be experimented with: Auto, program, magnifying glass, twilight, twilight portrait, landscape, snow, beach, high-speed shutter, fireworks and candle. One small let down is no manual control for white balance, so you will have to rely on its auto settings. The DSC-T33 digital camera is very much a point-and-shoot camera. The only manual control is for focus, and that's pretty limited but works well nonetheless. Also comes with a very robust burst mode with several options. It uses the exspensive memory format of Sony Duo memory stick.