SONY Cybershot DSC-HX100V Point & Shoot Camera  (Black)

The Sony DSC-HX100V belongs to the Cyber-shot family of point and shoot cameras. This Sony camera uses the Exmor R CMOS sensor with 16.2 megapixel resolution. The Carl Zeiss Vario Sonnar T lens of the Cyber-shot camera provides 30x optical and 4x digital zoom. The focal length of this digital camera is 4.8 mm - 144 mm and 27 mm - 810 mm in the 35 mm equivalent format. The DSC-HX100V is ideal for those who are photo enthusiasts and travel regularly.

This Cyber - shot camera weighs 577 g including the accessories, memory card and batteries. The camera body has a rounded, classic DSLR shape. The Sony DSC-HX100V point and shoot camera can record Full HD movies at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (30 fps). This digital camera can also capture 3D images by automatically taking two consecutive offset shots and combining them to create a 3D effect.

The camera comes preloaded with the BIONZ image processor. An electronic viewfinder is also installed in the Cyber - shot camera. This Sony camera has a 3-inch Xtra Fine TruBlack LCD display with a resolution of 921,000 dot pixels.

Battery and Storage

A rechargeable Lithium Ion battery powers this point and shoot camera. To increase the storage space of the camera, SD, SDXC and SDHC memory cards can be used. This Sony camera also supports Memory stick and its various types like Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo and Memory Stick PRO Duo Mark2 .

Performance

The Sony DSC-HX100V point and shoot camera has TTL contrast detection Auto Focus that has a range of 1 cm (Wide) and 200 cm (Tele). The aperture of this Sony camera ranges between f/2.8 - f/5.6. The compact camera can automatically adjust its sensitivity between ISO 100 - 3200. The shutter speed of this Sony camera is 2 - 1/4000 sec that lets you capture even the fast moving objects with clarity. This Cyber-shot camera has the Pop-up flash installed in it and ranges between 0.3 m - 12.7 m.

Features and Connectivity

Scene modes such as Soft snap, Landscape, Twilight Portrait, Twilight, Gourmet and many others are included in this Sony camera for you to experiment with. The DSC-HX100V also includes technologies like Scene selection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Blink Detection, Smile Detection, Motion Detection and Face detection.

In order to avoid motion blur, this point and shoot camera is installed with Optical SteadyShot image stabilizer. The continuous shooting speed of this Sony camera is 10 fps. You can also set a self timer before clicking the pictures with a delay of 2 - 10 seconds.

A high speed USB 2.0 can easily connect your Sony camera to your PC or laptop where you can view or transfer the pictures and videos. The HDMI Output is also provided with the Sony DSC-HX100V point and shoot camera for you to view the videos and pictures on HDTV.