Sony Cyber-Shot HX5V/B

Written by Maryam on Monday, July 05th, 2010
Categories: Digital Cameras, Product Reviews       Tags: , ,

As this thing has been discussed billions of times that the digital industry of the world is rising at a very amazing pace but let’s see what the blessing this technology is bringing for us, if you have to buy some digital camera nowadays then the selection of one camera would be just hell for you and this is because you’ll come across such a huge variety of digital cameras, all highly advance and then selecting one among them is a real difficulty.

Sony is one of those companies which are making your work of buying the digital camera more difficult because it is pretty consistent in updating its lineup with some new and more advance cameras and selecting one among those amazing cameras is quite a task. With the start of this year Sony brought the fantastic series of 12 Cyber shot cameras which were truly awesome not only in styling but also in their specifications and performance.

Here I am going to discuss one member of that new range by Sony and that is the ‘Cyber-shot HX5V/B’, along with the stylish designing of this camera it carries some really exciting features like 10.2 CMOS sensor, photo LCD display, HD video recording and many others. In the section discussed below I am going to show you the features which this camera carries.

Features:

  • The most exciting thing about this camera is the 10.2 “Exmor R” CMOS photo sensor that brings extremely fast speed, high resolution and a very amazing low light performance. According to the technical reports the CMOS sensor combines with BIONZ image processor that deliver really fast video recording, anti motion blur and some other video capturing features.
  • It can shoot videos up to 12 frames per second and thus ensures that each moment of your happy times never gets missed up due to the camera’s performance. Along with that at the 720p MP4 movie mode it can shoot up to 30 frames per second and the results are truly sharp and HD.
  • It has a very amazing self portrait timer that utilizes the advance face detection technology and captures the perfect portrait when recognizes your face to enter in the frame.
  • It has got very nice intelligent scene detection modes which detects the scenes where you are capturing the photos and according to scene it changes the basic camera settings. So you don’t have to be the expert if you want to get the accurate brightness and contrast in your pictures.
  • It seems very annoying when your favorite photo gets spoiled due to eye blink, don’t worry, this camera has resolved this problem for you with its advance anti-blink functions that works to help counter blinking and squinting.

Specifications:

  1. Dimensions (Approx.) : W x H x D: 4 1/8″ x 2 3/8″ x 1 3/16″ (102.9mm x 57.7mm x 28.9mm )
  2. Weight (Approx.): Body: Approx. 6.0oz. (170g), with battery and Memory Stick media: 7.1oz. (200g)
  3. LCD Type : 3.0 inch Clear Photo LCD (230K pixels)
  4. Smart Zoom Technology : 5M:Approx.14x(Total), VGA:Approx.57x(Total), 16:9(2M):Approx.19x(Total)
  5. Battery Capacity : Approx. 155 minutes / Approx. 310 images (when shooting still images)
  6. Scene Mode(s) : High Sensitivity / Twilight / Twilight Portrait / Soft Snap / Landscape / Beach / Snow / Fireworks / Advanced Sports / Gourmet / Pet
  7. Face Detection : 8 Faces (Auto / Off / Child Priority / Adult Priority)
  8. Imaging Sensor : 1/2.4″ (7.59mm) “Exmor R” CMOS Sensor
  9. Image Stabilization : Optical
  10. Optical Zoom : 10x
  11. Video Mode : AVCHD: 1920 x 1080 (59.94i, Interlace) (Approx.17Mbps) / 1440 x 1080 (59.94i, Interlace) (Approx.9Mbps) MP4: 1440 x 1080 (29.97fps, Progressive) (Approx.12Mbps) / 1280×720 (29.97fps, Progressive) (Approx.6Mbps) / VGA (640 x 480) (29.97fps, Progressive) (Approx.3Mbps)
  12. Limited Warranty Term : 1 Year Parts & Labor

Thus from the specifications and feature, this camera can truly called the blast that has been released from Sony’s platform and this one is suggested for those who want perfect photography for their pictures without being too much expert of it.

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