Excerpt: The DSC-HX5 is Sony's first entry into the increasingly popular travel-zoom sector, which typically offers a 10x or bigger zoom lens in a compact camera that you can
Excerpt: With its in-camera GPS, digital compass, wireless image and video sharing via TransferJet, accelerometer-driven panorama mode, and 1080i high-definition video capture in
Excerpt: With its in-camera GPS, digital compass, wireless image and video sharing via TransferJet, accelerometer-driven panorama mode, and 1080i high-definition video capture in
Pros: Panorama, low-light, backlight correction modes; GPS receiver and compass for geotagging; excellent color accuracy and low-light performance
Cons: No aperture-priority or shutter-priority modes; geotagging requires software on a Windows PC; images aren't always sharp
Conclusion: An excellent feature-packed compact, though the retail price is rather expensive. If you don’t want the GPS then opt for a similar, cheaper Sony compact
Excerpt: Featuring 10Mp on the new Exmor-R CMOS sensor, 10x optical zoom and a GPS system that not only shows you where you took your pictures, but also which way you were
Pros: Back-illuminated sensor, Built-in GPS and compass, Good build quality, Great colours, Excellent noise for a small sensor
Cons: Higher specification cameras available for the same price, Has some white-balance issues
Summary: My review of the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5 digital camera (sometimes called the DSC-HX5V and the DSC-HX5B) shows a very impressive model with a great mix of beginner and
Pros: Startup is very fast, HX5's iSweep Panorama feature is among the best panoramic features around, Several different movie settings are available, along with a dedicated...
Cons: Price is a little high, Shots with the flash can suffer from some shutter lag, Camera is a little bigger and heaver than most beginner cameras, Can inadvertently cover...
Summary: The image quality is on a par with other compacts, but we expected it to be better. We compared the Sony with a conventional compact and could not see any reason to...
Pros: In ideal conditions and with ISO setting no higher than 200 the image results are good. The curious Twilight Handheld and Backlight Correction modes do improve picture...
Cons: The noise reduction is aggressive, smudging fine detail. It cannot be turned off and it is applied at all ISO speeds, so we were not able to test the claims made for t...
Excerpt: With its in-camera GPS, digital compass, wireless image and video sharing via TransferJet, accelerometer-driven panorama mode, and 1080i high-definition video capture in
Pros: Panorama, low-light and backlight correction modes; GPS receiver and compass for geotagging; excellent colour accuracy and low-light performance
Cons: No aperture-priority or shutter-priority modes, geotagging requires software on a Windows PC, images aren't always sharp