Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T 300

At first glance, the Sony Cyber-shot-T 300 displays it goes a lot: a great-looking, 3.5-inch touch screen, a 10-megapixel sensor and Sony's new iSCN mode, which automatically selects the five scene modes of shot depending on the circumstances. Slim fit in your pocket and stylish fit back, around your wrist-watches the Club must be used for this latest flagship model for Sony's popular t-series should be hit directly out of the box, right? Wrong. The camera, which is so much innovation capabilities and design it is not a miserable usability and Visual quality.

Initially we were enamored with large 3.5-inch touch screen.However, the menu settings, adjust, was confusing is the best: We played for more than a week on the camera, but still cannot distinguish between the different actions on the screen Simply takes up too much logic. amendments and camera taps makes, when you go to the menus, futuristic sounds quickly can cause headache.

When you have selected, click Options, and you can take pictures, the camera slim model combines the active presence of the back to the second barrier touchscreen. Several times in either one of our fingers got the shot or We accidentally hit touchscreen and changed our settings.
The plus side of the digicam T300 is very fast. We loved how quickly the camera shot up and was ready to shoot about seconds either sliding glass lid down or pressing the power button. It is also necessary to only around half a second shots.

T300 's face detection was particularly effective at night, when the camera is switched automatically, based on the Twilight portrait mode.ISCN-mode, the results obtained from the slower uneven. because it selects only 5 11 among the modes of transport, we could not have been our macro, landscape or Sports photo experiments, which limits its iSCN, appeal against the judgment of the Court.However, it will help us capture nice portraits of difficult backlit shot in the circumstances set out below.

We also liked the T300 Movie mode.It has produced excellent VGA video clips to 30 frames per second, the provision of a solid focus on the approximation of the same distance from the subjects.

Overall, the picture quality is poor. Macro shots of flowers and plants were decent, but the T300 had often have difficulties will focus on a very close subjects. [1] [2] in the meantime, the landscape photos were generally soft, which is strange, because the target and the camera's built-in Super SteadyShot optical image in order to maintain a fixed lamp voltage constancy. Although the T300 is a 5 X Optical zoom lens, the most extensive regulation is only 33 mm, which made it to capture as much of the George Washington Bridge as the other cameras in the colors of the price scale, data were mean, even if the T300 had very sounds with the skin.

Althought the Sony Cyber-shot-T 300 is a great, slim design and innovative 3.5-inch touch screen, the camera designers want to go back to the drawing board and to improve the image quality and in order to facilitate general use. Camera so many advanced features and T300 does not, it is a shame that it, in its sole discretion, take such subpar photos.

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Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V

The good: Full manual feature set for video; geotagging for video is fun, if not very practical; autofocus system performs very well.

The bad: Annoying menu system; no wind filter or meaningful audio controls; relatively big and heavy; expensive; defaults to low resolution, not-full-HD video quality; cumbersome touch-screen interface.

The bottom line: The Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V fares well compared with the competition, though its video could be a bit sharper and the interface less cumbersome. Unless you absolutely need to store a lot of video on the camcorder--which I don't suggest--or if have large hands that could benefit from the extra grip that the hard drive provides, the CX550V is a better deal than its hard-disk-based sibling.

Given its accoutrements--a large G series lens, 64GB memory built in, 3.5-inch LCD and EVF, headphone and mic jacks, and shutter and iris controls--the Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V's price north of $1,000 may be a bit painful, but not much of a surprise. One of Sony's two nearly identical high-end models for its prosumer line, the CX550V differs from its sibling, the XR550V, primarily with its recording media and by having a slightly different body design. Their designs differ only because of their storage media--the XR550V's 240GB hard drive versus the CX550V's flash memory.


Given its accoutrements--a large G series lens, 64GB memory built in, 3.5-inch LCD and EVF, headphone and mic jacks, and shutter and iris controls--the Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V's price north of $1,000 may be a bit painful, but not much of a surprise. One of Sony's two nearly identical high-end models for its prosumer line, the CX550V differs from its sibling, the XR550V, primarily with its recording media and by having a slightly different body design. Their designs differ only because of their storage media--the XR550V's 240GB hard drive versus the CX550V's flash memory. This review is based on our testing of the XR550V.

Lens
(with Active SteadyShot disabled) 12x
f1.8-3.4
29.8 - 357.6mm (16:9)12x
f1.8-3.4
29.8 - 357.6mm (16:9)10x
f1.8-3.4
29.8 - 298mm (16:9)10x
f1.8-3.4
29.8 - 298mm (16:9)standard: 11
low light: 3
Night Shot (IR): 0standard: 11
low light: 3

Night Shot (IR): 02.7-inch 230,000-dot touch screen2.7-inch 230,000-dot touch screen3.5-inch 921,000-dot touch screen3.5-inch 921,000-dot touch screenAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 24, 17 Mbps; 1,440x1,080/60i @ 9,5 MbpsAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 24, 17 Mbps; 1,440x1,080/60i @ 9,5 MbpsAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 24, 17 Mbps; 1,440x1,080/60i @ 9,5 MbpsAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 24, 17 Mbps; 1,440x1,080/60i @ 9,5 Mbps
5.1 channels;
mic, headphone jacks5.1 channels;
mic, headphone jacks

Though Sony changed some of the controls, the camcorder's design is fundamentally the same as last year's models. The camcorder feels quite sturdy. However, if you've got larger hands, the hard disk's protrusion on the XR550V might give you a more comfortable grip. All of the camcorder's door covers are solidly attached.

Sony Handycam HDR-CX 150 (black)

The good: Compact; lens focuses relatively fast.

The bad: Merely OK video quality; worse-than-expected lens flare problems in bright sunlight.

The bottom line: Its small size and attractive price might draw you to the Sony Handycam HDR-CX150, but this bare-bones camcorder just barely delivers on the promise of HD quality.

A follow-up to the CX100, the Sony Handycam HDR-CX110, CX150, and XR150 represent Sony's budget-priced HD triumvirate. They differ only by color and storage media--the CX110 has no built-in memory, the CX150 has 16GB built in, and the XR150 incorporates a 120GB hard disk (and is therefore necessarily larger than the other two)--and are part of the first generation of Sony camcorders to almost universally support SD cards. (Reviews of all three products are based on our testing of the CX150.) Though the XR150 only comes in black, the CX150 comes in red.

A follow-up to the CX100, the Sony Handycam HDR-CX110, CX150, and XR150 represent Sony's budget-priced HD triumvirate. They differ only by color and storage media--the CX110 has no built-in memory, the CX150 has 16GB built in, and the XR150 incorporates a 120GB hard disk (and is therefore necessarily larger than the other two)--and are part of the first generation of Sony camcorders to almost universally support SD cards. (Reviews of all three products are based on our testing of the CX150.) Though the XR150 only comes in black, the CX150 comes in red as well, and the CX110 throws in a blue choice.

Lens
(with Active SteadyShot disabled) 25x
f1.8-2.6
37 - 1075mm (16:9)25x
f1.8-2.6
37 - 1075mm (16:9)12x
f1.8-3.4
29.8 - 357.6mm (16:9)12x
f1.8-3.4
29.8 - 357.6mm (16:9)2.7-inch 230,000-dot touch screen2.7-inch 230,000-dot touch screen2.7-inch 230,000-dot touch screen2.7-inch 230,000-dot touch screenAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 24, 17Mbps; 1440x1080/60i @ 9,5 MbpsAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 24, 17Mbps; 1440x1080/60i @ 9,5 MbpsAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 24, 17 Mbps; 1440x1080/60i @ 9,5 MbpsAVCHD:
1080/60i @ 24, 17 Mbps; 1440x1080/60i @ 9,5 Mbps

Like the CX100, the CX150 and CX110 each fit quite comfortably in a jacket pocket. Though more expensive and larger than a minicamcorder, these models have a lot of things those lack, including a 25x zoom lens and the ability to capture 3-megapixel stills. The two flash models are far more attractive than the XR150 with its odd upward projection on the right side, though if you have big hands, that extra bit should make it easier to grip than its smaller, rather slippery siblings. Like many ultracompact models, they really do seem optimized for shooting below eye level, or at least holding the camcorder as if you are; the traditional grip simply isn't comfortable. It is improved over the CX100, though, with a more rounded top