I have to admit I fell for the "Cyber Monday" sales this year. I had been watching the new Sony DSC-HX300 Cyber Shot and when the price dropped to $399.00 I bought one. I have been using the Sony DSC Cyber-Shot family for several years to back up my Pro Grade Sony DSLR gear since my wife prefers an easy to use point and shoot camera. With the HX300 I think Sony has a real contender to not only the point and shoot market but also the low end DSLR market. The camera delivers unbelievable capability at the price of one decent lens for my Sony A77 DSLR. Some of the highlights are:
20.4 megapixels in .Jpeg format.
50x optical zoom, that right optical not software zoom! That is the 35MM equivalent of a built in 24MM-1200MM lens!
100x Clear Image zoom on top of the 50x optical zoom!
Optical SteadyShot? image stabilization with 3-way Active Mode, helps keeps the shakes from blurring your photos.
AVCHD™ 1080/60p Full HD video It might be a bit awkward to mount on a helmet...:wink:
3.0" tiltable LCD or a traditional viewfinder
Sweep Panorama : Intelligent Sweep Panorama (360˚)
Up to 10 fps...if you have a very fast memory card.
For a shake down test we took it to Callaway Gardens for the annual Fantasy Of Lights last night. We also visited the Day Butterfly Center before the light show yesterday afternoon. This time of year the Butterfly Garden is a bit thin but there were a few still flying around. For the "test" the camera was left in Intelligent Automatic (IA+) Mode and was allowed to select what ever shooting Mode it wanted. The Modes can be manually controlled if desired. None of the following pictures have been edited / Photoshopped / or otherwise "tweaked" in any fashion, this is the raw photos straight off the SDHC card. That should give you an idea what the camera is capable of...now if only I was as good as it can be....:redface:
First a couple butterfly shots:
With Built In Flashhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Without Built In Flash, That's Much Better!http://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Now the Fantasy Of Lights Driving Tour as shot out of the window of my Ford Flex during the drive through in a light rain. It always rains when we go to Callaway...one of those family traditions I reckon...:rolleyes1:
The Entrance By Dayhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
The Entrance By Night Over A Pondhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Close Up Of The Entrance Toy Solider By Nighthttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
An Eight Foot Tall Butterflyhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Santa Checking His Listhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Workshop Elves Assembling A Bicyclehttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Wayward Elf On A Bicycle Wheelhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
I'm happy, this is a good all around camera I'll probably carry more than the fancy DSLR "stuff".... It has more capabilities than I'll use and my wife enjoys the easy point and shoot IA+ Mode...
20.4 megapixels in .Jpeg format.
50x optical zoom, that right optical not software zoom! That is the 35MM equivalent of a built in 24MM-1200MM lens!
100x Clear Image zoom on top of the 50x optical zoom!
Optical SteadyShot? image stabilization with 3-way Active Mode, helps keeps the shakes from blurring your photos.
AVCHD™ 1080/60p Full HD video It might be a bit awkward to mount on a helmet...:wink:
3.0" tiltable LCD or a traditional viewfinder
Sweep Panorama : Intelligent Sweep Panorama (360˚)
Up to 10 fps...if you have a very fast memory card.
For a shake down test we took it to Callaway Gardens for the annual Fantasy Of Lights last night. We also visited the Day Butterfly Center before the light show yesterday afternoon. This time of year the Butterfly Garden is a bit thin but there were a few still flying around. For the "test" the camera was left in Intelligent Automatic (IA+) Mode and was allowed to select what ever shooting Mode it wanted. The Modes can be manually controlled if desired. None of the following pictures have been edited / Photoshopped / or otherwise "tweaked" in any fashion, this is the raw photos straight off the SDHC card. That should give you an idea what the camera is capable of...now if only I was as good as it can be....:redface:
First a couple butterfly shots:
With Built In Flashhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Without Built In Flash, That's Much Better!http://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Now the Fantasy Of Lights Driving Tour as shot out of the window of my Ford Flex during the drive through in a light rain. It always rains when we go to Callaway...one of those family traditions I reckon...:rolleyes1:
The Entrance By Dayhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
The Entrance By Night Over A Pondhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Close Up Of The Entrance Toy Solider By Nighthttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
An Eight Foot Tall Butterflyhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Santa Checking His Listhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Workshop Elves Assembling A Bicyclehttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
Wayward Elf On A Bicycle Wheelhttp://www.flickr.com/people/wecnwise/
I'm happy, this is a good all around camera I'll probably carry more than the fancy DSLR "stuff".... It has more capabilities than I'll use and my wife enjoys the easy point and shoot IA+ Mode...