Sony Cyber-shot High Speed DSC-HX100V
Replacing the HX1V 2009 model, the DSC-HX100V is built upon a 16.2 capable megapixel high-speed EXMOR R CMOS sensor 1/2.3"-class, which is backside-illuminated. The HX100V features an attached Vario-Sonnar T* Carl Zeiss labeled 30x optical zoom lens. It also includes a brighter, somewhat more liberal wide angle view and a bigger telephoto zoom reach, even with the on-board SteadyShot Optical stabilization featuring Active mode, most likely you'll need good luminance for
blur less images using the telephoto end.
Feb 1, 2011
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V Front
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V Back
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V Side
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V Top
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For 4:3 aspect still image shooting, 35mm-equivalent focal lengths available from the HX100 include everything from a useful 27mm wide angle to a stunning 810mm telephoto equivalent. A slightly stronger focal length crop for 16:9 aspect movies and stills gives a range of 29-870mm equivalents, while 4:3 aspect movies make wide-angle shooting harder, with a range of 36-1080mm equivalents. If you enable the movie-only Active stabilization mode, the crop increases even more, for a range of 30-900mm equivalents in 16:9 aspect, and 37-1,110mm equivalent in 4:3 aspect. Macro shooting is possible to as close as just 0.4 inches (one centimeter) at wide angle, or 6.6 feet (2 meters) at telephoto. The Sony HX100V offers ISO sensitivities from 100 to 3,200 equivalents at full resolution. Around the lens barrel is a fly-by-wire ring that can be assigned to adjust either focus or lens zoom.
Like the HX1V before it, the big story of the Sony DSC-HX100V's imager is its speed: It's capable of of shooting as many as ten full resolution frames in a single second. As well as outright shooting rate, the Sony HX100's burst shooting capability is also used to good effect in several shooting modes that overlay multiple captures into a single image. Both the hand-held twilight mode and anti-motion blur mode aim to reduce blur in images, by capturing a number of images in a short burst and then combining them into a single image with the maximum possible sharpness and reduced noise. The difference between the two is that the latter mode creates the background from the entire group of images, and then overlays the main subject from one image only onto this background. Several Sweep modes combine panned image bursts into panoramic or 3D images, including a new Intelligent Sweep Panorama HR (High Resolution) mode allowing resolution up to 10,480 x 4,096 pixels, plus 3D Sweep Panorama, and Sweep Multi Angle. Intelligent and 3D Sweep Panorama modes capture up to 183-degree panoramas, while Sweep Multi Angle captures 15 Full HD frames with slightly differing perspective, which can then be viewed by tilting the camera from side to side, with the camera gradually switching between frames as it's tilted back and forth.
Features
• 16.2MP Exmor R CMOS
• 30x Optical Zoom Lens 27-810mm Equiv
• 3.0" VGA LCD Monitor
• 1080x60p AVCHD HD Video W/Dual Record
• Superior Auto W/Improved HDR
• 3D and Intelligent Sweep Panorama Modes
• Optical SteadyShot for Sharp Pictures
• Background Defocus/Soft Skin Modes
• Up to 10fps Burst Shooting @16.2MP
Camera Includes
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V Digital Camera
• NP-FH50 H-Series Info-Lithium Battery Pack
• USB Charger (AC-UB10/10B)
• USB Cable
• Power Cord
• Neck Strap
• Lens Cap
• Lens Cap Strap
• CD-ROM
• 1-Year Limited Warranty
