Sony to launch new mega/ultra zoom camera

[ryder_boney]

Sony india is about to unvail itz new ultra zoom camera Cybershot DSC HX1. along with some others like H20 (prosumer) and bunch of other basic compact cameras
It was displayed at PMA '09
the main features of the HX-1 are

.20x zoom(28~560 -35mm equivalent) sony's G series lens

.9.1 megapixel resolution

.It happens to be the first Sony camera (non DSLR) to boost newly developed Exmor CMOS sensor which enables it to capture full resolution pictures at 10fps in bust mode

.First camera in world to feature sweep panorama technology, u can take App. 225 degree shot (it can stitch upto 100 pictures in fractions of seconds with itz onboard processor to produce a Panorama)

.HD video recording (1080p) with stereo sound (got 2 speaker to perform the sound job)

.3 in. tilting LCD display screen

should be in the store by April End for around 25,000 INR (499$)
more info. you can take a look at Sony India's official site.

[KrishnenduKes]

News Approved

[synn]

Looks nice. Does it have a big sensor like the old R1? That'd be really great.

[anvancy-(macro analyst)]

review is already up in dpreview.nothing too spectacular!doesnt get the highly recommended tag.

[nelson_sanjoy]

Is it a G10 Competitor? Doesn't look like :confused:

[KrishnenduKes]

Is it a G10 Competitor? Doesn't look like :confused:

This is newer than the G10 by nearly a year! I would like to have a look at this. I have been using a Sony for the past 4 years and have been pretty impressed by it's performance; at least AFA colour is concerned.

[ryder_boney]

Looks nice. Does it have a big sensor like the old R1? That'd be really great.
it do 've a newly developed Exmor CMOS sensor, but not a bigger one as Psycho mentioned in next post

review is already up in dpreview.nothing too spectacular!doesnt get the highly recommended tag.
You may say that, but one has to admit it got features which are not exactly ground breaking but yet indeed got potential to create a buzz in the segment :)

[Psycho_McCrazy]

yes mate, it do 've a bigger and newly developed Exmor CMOS sensor dude, you're way off. this is a tiny sensored cam (1/2.4"), and the sensor is in fact smaller than its predecessor, the Sony DSC-H50(1/2.3"). The R1 had a man sized APS-C sensor. no way it can compete with the R1 in terms of image quality.

[ryder_boney]

dude, you're way off. this is a tiny sensored cam (1/2.4"), and the sensor is in fact smaller than its predecessor, the Sony DSC-H50(1/2.3"). The R1 had a man sized APS-C sensor. no way it can compete with the R1 in terms of image quality.
it was my bad mate, i had never came across the R1, consequent of which i got no clue of the tech talk of the mentioned camera.:)

[synn]

The R1 was pretty friggin awesome. Too bad Sony doesn't have a true successor for it.

[Psycho_McCrazy]

The R1 was pretty friggin awesome. Too bad Sony doesn't have a true successor for it.It sure was.
I guess that now the micro 4/3rds are sort of the successors to it. compact cameras with decent sized sensors, and also the added functionality of the interchangeable lens system.

as for the HX-1, it might look a good investment at the onset - with the impressive numbers of the 20x optical zoom and the frame rate, but I guess that for someone serious about photography, the usual limiting characteristics of the compacts (noise, unlimited DOF, shutter lag, viewfinder lag (non optical)) might soon make one regret the decision. Sort of what happened with me when I got the FZ50.