Sony CyberShot HX1
Verdict
It's not often that a camera comes to the market with new technologies that excite camera enthusiasts, but the HX1 does just that. Not only does it offer something new with its panorama sweep and handheld twilight modes, but it also offers a specification as good as that of any other superzoom camera currently on the market. Good image quality and performance follow, meaning that the HX1 is pretty much the complete package. The price is currently a bit of a stumbling block, but with that bound to fall in the near future, the HX1 looks like a good buy indeed.
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January 16 11:37
s courtney
does the camera have manual long exposure.ie shutter can stay open for star photos
January 27 21:23
peter
cna you zoom when in hd recording mode
August 12 13:48
Paul
The panorama image doesn't use the burst mode - it uses the HD video mode. The clue is in the finished image size 7152x1080. I have and HX1 and while the panorama is innovative, it's really a gimmick. Used up close the image produced looks unrealistic because of the space/time continuum bending effect. Use it to capture far off landscapes and at a glance the image priduced is amazing but the resolution is low poor to see the detail you need. Nice idea, but if it used the burst to shoot 30 images it would have been really amazing. The burst mode can shoot 10 frames in 1 second, they're temporarily saved to superfast memory, then written to the memory card. tripling the size of this superfast memory would permit 30 images at full resolution to be taken then written to card. But they didn't do that... The HX1 is a good enough camera, and 1080p HD video is really really good, but if you're looking for great photographic image quality, in anything other than perfect light conditions, look elsewhere.
January 28 08:39
syra
Easily retouch and enhance images, and 10 in-camera tools to quickly and easily find photos of Image management functions. Plus, with PMB (Picture Motion Browser), it is easy to move, manage, store and distribute images.