2016 New Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX300 review

2016 New Camera From Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX300 review

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX300 review

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX300 review

The Sony Cyber-shot HX300 is Sony's flagship super-zoom. Styled like a DSLR, it sits over the HX200 which remains in the line up, sharing a number of the same functions, however prolonging the zoom to an excellent 50x with a 35mm equivalent array of 24-1200mm. To match the increased zoom array, Sony has boosted the Optical SteadyShot stabilisation which is claimed to be two times as reliable as previously. The sensor is likewise upgraded, with a boosted resolution of 20.4 Megapixels. The new sensor likewise sustains a raised level of sensitivity variety up to 12800 ISO.

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For film recording there coincides 1080p50/60 highest AVCHD and MP4 flick methods as in the past. The HX300 maintains the 3 inch tilting LCD display and even 201k dot electronic viewfinder of its precursor. Yet where the earlier HX200 was likewise offered with a V suffix signifying GPS capacity, that isn't really readily available this time around around. Neither does the HX200 have built-in Wifi, something Sony oddly seems to think is just worthwhile on its smaller compacts and even higher end NEX mirrorless models. There's lots of competitors in the super-zoom market from Canon, Fujifilm, Olympus and also Panasonic, just the Canon SX50 HS and Fujifilm FinePix SL1000 can match the 50x zoom array of the HX300.

2016 Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX300

I have actually examined and even compared the HX300 alongside Canon's SX50 HS, the Globe's initial cam with a 50x optical zoom. Sony Cyber-shot HX300 style as well as controls The Cyber-shot HX300 shares the exact same DSLR-like body system styling as its precursor, yet is larger, bulkier and even completely more muscle. At 130 x 93 x 103mm and even weighing 650g with the battery and a card fitted it's nearly a centimetre broader, 7mm taller and a centimetre thicker than the HX200V. The Canon PowerShot SX50 HS procedures 123 x 87 x 105 and also weighs 595g so is about ten percent lighter and also considerably smaller sized all round. To contrast the measurements you could think the SX50 HS was 2mm thicker than the HX300, but Sony measures in a different way from Canon - from the side of the display, not including the eyecup. If you measure the deepness of the HX300 at the largest point consisting of the eyecup, as Canon does, it appears at 114mm - nearly a centimetre thicker than the SX50 HS. You're not going to fit either of these cameras into your pocket, however, so they'll be around your neck on a strap or in a cam bag. Just to put the dimension as well as weight into some type of context, Canon's EOS SL1/ 100D DSLR measures 117 x 91 x 144mm and even evaluates 612g with the package lens. Certainly the Canon package lens is a 3x zoom, not a 50x, but with plenty of mirrorless vehicles as well as a DSLR that's smaller sized as well as lighter than the HX300, the small dimension of a so-called 'bridge' camera is no longer the large advantage it once was. I really discovered the HX300's measurements to be a quite comfortable fit. I don't have especially big hands as well as I found the HX300's hold to be both safeguard and also comfy.

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It's deep sufficient to provide a lot of room for your fingers - on the smaller grasp of the SX50 HS there isn't adequate depth, so with the suggestions of your fingers butting versus the front panel you have to leave a space in between the hand of your hand as well as the side of the video camera body. The control design isn't extremely various to the HX200V.

Behind the shutter launch with its compact-style zoom collar are 2 switches, one for changing the emphasis method as well as a programmable custom-made button, both now rounded rather than lozenge-shaped. Even more back is the method dial and also to the left of it the on/off switch (still lozenge shaped) and a switch for toggling between the LCD display and even the viewfinder. Where the HX200V had a more angular design, the HX300 is curvier rising carefully up and also over the hump with a grille for the integrated stereo mics. That has to do with it for top panel controls though, aside from the button to increase the pop-up flash, positioned well forward on the curved top surface area, to the left.



Round the back the design sees some minor adjustments centred around the exact same expressed 3 inch screen. The most visible differences are the bigger, curvier eyecup which offers a little bit a lot more security from additional light, and the texture thumb pad. To the right of it, the thumbwheel for altering direct exposure settings remains on the extending edge as in the past. To the left of that, on the top area of the rear panel is the straight motion picture recording button.

The playback switch has been moved even more down, removing the potential for complication that feeds on the HX200V. The control design to the right of the display consists of the transferred playback switch above the four-way controller and even, below it, food selection and even assistance switches. The 4 way controller itself remains as before with screen overlays, blink modes, Image Imagination and drive methods on the primary points.

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On the left side of the cam body (as you hold it) is a hinged door which provides accessibility to the USB and micro HDMI ports. Unlike the HX200 there isn't a separate demanding port, rather the HX300 is billed via the supplied USB cable which implies if you're travelling you don't have to take the mains charger with you however can instead simply plug the HX300 right into a laptop PC or a vehicle adapter. In the consolidated battery as well as card area accessed using a door in the base of the hold, the HX300 takes the very same NP-BX1 battery as the HX50. This is a smaller sized and also lighter battery than the NP-FH50 fitted in the HX200, with a rated output of 1240mAh supplying adequate power for 310 shots under CIPA typical conditions. That's just a handful short of the PowerShot SX50 HS's 315 shots, however it's a huge decrease from the somewhat generous 450 shots the HX200 could manage from its NP-FH50 battery.

The various other drawback arising from the battery swap is that the NP-BX1 isn't an Info Lithium version, so unlike the NP-FH50 it will not give a precise percent remaining, only a fundamental four section indication. The HX300 is compatible with SD, SDHC and SDXC foring example UHS-1 cards along with Sony Memory Stick cards making use of an adaptor. It has 48MB of interior memory, sufficient for a handful of complete resolution photos must you forget to put a card. The HX300's integrated flash lies on the top of the cam, to activate it you must press the button to the left of it which pops it up. This is virtually the exact same system in use on the Canon SX50 HS, though that has no switch and you have to draw the flash up manually.

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Just once it's in the raised placement could you use the four-way controller to establish the flash mode, to one of Car, On, Slow and also Back Slow Synchro (Second curtain). Sony prices quote the variety of the flash as 8.5 Metres with the ISO set to Auto, which doesn't provide much of a hint to its power or allow a contrast with the SX50 HS for which Canon quotes 13.5 metres, again, with the ISO readied to Vehicle. Whether or not the SX50 HS has the a lot more effective integrated flash, it additionally has a hotshoe, which the HX300 does not have, so an outside flash isn't an option for the Sony design. Like the lack of a GPS alternative as well as Wifi, this doesn't make a great deal of sense because of the incorporation of every one of those features - a built-in hotshoe, GENERAL PRACTITIONER as well as Wifi - on the HX50V pocket super-zoom.

The Sony Cyber-shot HX300 is Sony's front runner super-zoom. There's plenty of competition in the super-zoom market from Canon, Fujifilm, Olympus as well as Panasonic, only the Canon SX50 HS and also Fujifilm FinePix SL1000 can match the 50x zoom variety of the HX300. I have actually tested and contrasted the HX300 along with Canon's SX50 HS, the Globe's initial camera with a 50x optical zoom. To contrast the dimensions you may think the SX50 HS was 2mm thicker compared to the HX300, yet Sony procedures differently from Canon - from the side of the display, not consisting of the eyecup. Whether or not the SX50 HS has the so much more effective integrated flash, it also has a hotshoe, which the HX300 lacks, so an external flash isn't an alternative for the Sony design.