Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V: Very convincing camera
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V comes in small size with 30x zoom. Thanks to the large rubberized thumbs area so that it can be handled well and securely. The housing consists of high-action plastic; the shell parts are meticulously crafted and fit perfectly. Whopping 580 grams brings the camera ready on the scale, which is not only at the heavy battery, but also to the many glass is due to the lens.
The tripod mount on the bottom of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V is made of metal, but is not in the optical axis. Small plates alternating tripod allows access to the battery and memory card slot. The battery survives for about 300 pictures according to the CIPA standard measurement.
On the back, there is a large, bright and brilliant 3-inch display screen with appealing 961,600 pixels. It works great, especially since it can be folded up and down in order to facilitate ground-level or overhead shooting.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V: How good is it?
The operation of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V is simple and fun. Many direct-dial keys are available including a freely assignable for quick access to important functions. Even the thumb wheel is adjustable. This allows easy switching between aperture, ISO and shutter speed dial. When the menu button is pressed, it will open a quick menu.
The 30-times zoom is controlled by a ring surrounding the shutter release lever. This works at least in the lower right zoom range sensitive. Alternatively you can switch by using the lens ring for manual focus on the zoom control. The reaction is much too slow and indirect, so that pays no feeling like a manual zoom ring of a DSLR.
The optical image stabilizer is constantly active and can be saved. The image stabilizer on the stand showed no negative effects on image sharpness. Unfortunately, the trigger is way too sensitive. The first pressure point is so vague that it often takes a photo, even though they wanted to focus only. The autofocus on the camera is less reliable. Sometimes it works quickly and accurately, especially in wide angle. At longer focal lengths, however the photo is often out of focus or takes a long time. Together with the spongy pressure point of the shutter button, the camera is less suitable for action shots, although it has a high continuous shooting speed and a tracking auto focus.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V is full of equipments. It provides two intelligent automatic modes; the Plus mode also includes some special features such as HDR shooting. The classical automatic program with more configuration options such as a sepia mode is also available. The semi-automatic setting provides fine aperture and time setting (also called neutral density filter or ND filter) a built-in neutral density filter and a manual exposure option. The Auto ISO, however, is not configurable. The DSC-HX100V does provide a configurable key and a user memory for settings.
The digital camera records video in MP4 and AVCHD format, but it works fine but a bit slow. Unfortunately the camera miss RAW format. The integrated stereo microphone features a switch able digital wind filter. The optical zoom works much slower, with the motorized zoom noise mitigate a side effect also, so that the zoom only in absolute silence on the soundtrack is heard. The recording settings are optimized automatically, even during the filming, the camera detects whether it is for example a landscape or backlit situations. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V is so great at shots in significant quality problem, and even the feared for CMOS sensors Jelly-movie effect is barely discern.
Other useful features are the pivot panorama mode, which resolves quite low and capture the HDR function, the high-contrast scenes with a very natural reproduction. The high shooting speed is to the side so that the three images are within blink of an eye in the box. At night scenes, you can try without a tripod. To this end, the camera takes multiple shots in quick succession and puts them together into a sharp, low noise recording. The integrated GPS is on board, which a digital compass on its side. The GPS works astonishingly fast, and very helpful.
In image sharpness, the lens works surprisingly well. In the wide-angle and medium focal length the resolution is sufficient for detailed prints in A4 format. Only at the telephoto end, the resolution drops something but eventually becomes apparent only at the edges.
The noise is low, at least at ISO 100. At ISO 200, the signal to noise ratio drops even to the point that the noise is visible, not later than ISO 400 it becomes clear. From ISO 1600, however, a flattening of the falling signal-noise ratio observed.
The input dynamic ranges from ISO 100 to 400 at over 10 stops and is amazingly good. Even at higher sensitivities, it remains, albeit slightly declining, yet good. The precision of the white balance is also surprisingly good; the color reproduction of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V performs very well but not too accurate. Cyan is clearly shifted toward blue, the warm colors from orange to red to magenta play too much saturated. The color contrast differentiation starts at ISO 100 with just under 23 bits, so some eight million colors, but even at ISO 1600 the HX100V can still over a million colors to differentiate what is certainly not a given. Overall, at ISO 100 the camera provides a remarkable image quality, but above the latest declines visible from ISO 400.
Conclusion
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V is surprisingly provides great picture but it is still far from being perfect.
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