UK Cheap Sony DSCHX9VB Cyber-shot Digital Still Camera – Black (16.2MP, 16x Optical Zoom) 3 inch LCD Best Price
Friday, 27. January 2012
Sell Sony DSCHX9VB Cyber-shot Digital Still Camera – Black (16.2MP, 16x Optical Zoom) 3 inch LCD – On Sale
- great camera
List Price: £245.00
Zivos Says:
Brilliant camera,
As a Panasonic owner (TZ3) for several years now, I was thrilled to put my hands on the new TZ20 as it just hit the markets. Although this is a brilliant camera from many aspects there was one aspect that made me return it to Amazon – terrible image quality above ISO 100. This brought me back to the market in a search for a better camera. First I checked the Nikon S9100. that was not much better than the Panasonic in terms of Image quality and inferior in all other aspects – so this one went back as well.
Then I’ve put my hands on the Sony HX9 and never looked back … Superior to the other two in all aspects but one – Macro photography that seems a bit fiddly and although both the Sony and the Panasonic are sharing the same minimal focal length of 24mm, the Panasonic was able to focus on objects a bit closer than the Sony – disappointing but not a showbreaker for me.
The Sony HD video is very impressive and better than the Panasonic. Image quality in very good in versatile scenarios – be it a cloudy day, evening or indoors the Sony produces impressive image quality comparing to its competitors. For example, I’ve took it to the Summer Solstice in Stonehenge this week and was able to take crisp image in first light without using a flash – hats off for Sony. I was also very impressed by the Intelligent Sweep Panorama feature – very useful when trying to capture landscape or big crowds in the landscape (Stonehenge again …). The battery life is better than the other two cameras and I rarely need to use the spare battery although putting the camera into hard work (videos and still images).
Although a bit pricy comparing to the competition this camera worth the extra pounds as its quality is close to DSLR. I’ve fallen after this little gem over the last several weeks and would recommend it to everyone which is in the market – the extra pounds will save you the buckets of tears over image quality produced by current direct competitors.
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|Xlendi Says:
Very good camera, highly recomended!,
Sony DSC-HX9VB is just fantastic camera for everyday use. Absolutely perfect video, nice snaps. The colours in automatic modes are quite warm but by “P” program it’s possible to chose “realistic” colours for perfect snaps.
Pluses:
+ wide 16x optical zoom (35 mm equivalent: 24 – 384 mm)
+ good optical image stabilisation even for handheld shooting
+ nice images even by 16.2 mega pixels resolution
+ good in poor lighting conditions (thanks to CMOS sensor probably)
+ good in backlight
+ nice automatic and manual functions
+ just fantastic full HD video (better than on my previous camcorder)
+ very good build quality (metal body)
Only few minuses (but all are important for professional photographers only):
- no support of RAW
- missing “postcard” 3:2 aspect ratio (but all my previous cameras had this feature and I never used it)
- no manual setting of aperture and shutter
- the sensitivity of GPS
Just perfect camera for family use or travelling. Good also as a everyday backup camera for the profi photographers.
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|Zak Ventis "ZakVentis" Says:
A Little Gem,
I come from a 35mm slr background, moved over to digital about 12 years ago and have never looked back.
A Canon G7 was my preferred camera for a couple of years and when I broke it, the G9 followed. I yearned for something smaller but something with as many options as the G series. They didn’t exist (for me) and so, after trying a Panasonic LX3 (I realised I am a point-and-shoot photographer) opted for the Panasonic TZ7. One of the attributes I loved was the HD movie mode which, at 720p, was exceptional.
Then Sony brought out the HX9V!
For me, it is A Little Gem… you WILL be blown away by its HD movie (1080p/1920×1080 at 50fps!) with superb image stabilisation to cope with its 16x zoom and good stereo sound as well.
Superior Auto is also a delight – in difficult situations it will take multiple images and overlay them, even making 3200 ISO useable up to 10×8″ prints. Then there is Background Defocus (the subject is sharp but all else is blurred), iPanorama where you opt which way you want to move the camera, press the shutter and swing and voila… HD panoramic pictures laced together in-camera!
You can review images simply by pressing the playback button (from camera off) after which a press of the shutter release immediately takes you to shoot mode.
The grip is good – rubber with tiny pimples which allow one-handedness with ease. In fact one-handed is almost an essential because when the camera decides it needs flash it pops up under your L index finger!
There are plenty of Scene modes but one of the most outstanding is Handheld Twighlight which again uses multiple overlaid images thus making high ISO acceptable.
OK, there must be some downsides… 16Mpx means there IS smearing of detail, but at normal viewing (on a 32″ HD TV for me) you will not see it. There isn’t much software capable of editing 1080p (yet). The pop up flash. Still image stabilisation needs the same Active mode that movies get. You WILL need a spare battery, especially if you use the GPS (which eats them) – I am getting less than 200 shots+reviews+movies per charge, and because it charges the battery in-camera, an external charger would be preferred. Movies are limited to 29 minutes but that is a European tax thing and not the camera’s fault!
I have had it for just 5 days and so haven’t yet finished learning about it but already I can say, a great camera – 5 out of 5 for me.
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