Review on Sony cyber shot camera - 24.3 mega pixel RX series

A camera helps to have many sweet memories of our life. More clarity in the picture gives more satisfaction of viewing. The camera is small in size so that it can easily fit in your palm and it can be carried and kept in pocket.

Look



Look
The camera dimension is 113.3 x 65.4 x 69.6 mm. The weight of the camera including the battery and memory stick is approximately 482g and the weight of the camera body alone is 453g approximately.

Image Sensor
A sensor is a very important feature in camera. The type of sensor used in this camera is Exmor R CMOS Sensor. The gross pixel is approximately 24.7 mega pixel and the effective pixel is approximately 24.3 mega pixel.

Lens
The lens of this Sony camera has a focal length (f) of 35mm. For a still image (16:9), it's f=37mm. For a movie (16:9) the f=44mm when steady shot is on, f=37mm when steady shot is off. For a movie (4:3) the f=48mm when steady shot is on, f=45mm when steady shot is off. The camera features 2 x the clear image zoom.

Display
The camera has TFT LCD display with a resolution of 1228800 Dots. The screen size is 7.6cms and the brightness setting option is available.



Flash Mode and Range
There are various flash modes like Auto flash, Fill-flash, slow syn, Rear syn and wireless. The flash range is ISO Auto: approx. 0.75m to 21.7m (approx. 2.5feet to approx. 71.2feet), ISO 25600: up to 43.4m (142.4feet).

Memory Card and Recording Format
Sony supports SD, memory stick Duo, memory stick micro, SDHC, SDXC, micro SD, micro SDHC memory cards. The still image is stored in JPEG, RAW (Sony ARW 2.3 format) and the movie in AVCHD Ver.2.0 and MP4 format.

Input and output terminal
Sony cyber shot camera 24.3 mega pixel RX series supports Hi-speed USB, micro USB, USB connection – Auto, mass storage and MTP, mini HDMI port, microphone jack and multi interface shoe.

Power
The battery used is NP-BX1. In camera mode, the power consumption is approximately 2W. The battery life is approximately 220 shots in still image mode and 110 min in LCD brightness level and 60 min in continuous recording mode.

Additional Features
The available shooting modes are Superior auto, intelligent auto, Program auto, Movie mode, Panorama, Scene selection, Picture effect and manual exposure. There are other features like toy camera, aperture priority, miniature, night scene, landscape mode, HDR painting, slide show with music, control for HDMI, histogram indicator, light metering mode (multisegment/center weighted/spot) and white balance mode. It has a wide sensitivity range of ISO 100-25600.

Smile shutter is a function which detects a smiling face and automatically releases the shutter. Operating temperature is 0oc to 40Oc approximately. It has a stereo type built-in microphone. Face detection technology is used to ensure that the subject is recorded with accuracy. Maximum number of faces that can be detected by this camera is 8.

Supplied Accessories
The accessories that are supplied with the camera are rechargeable battery pack NP-BX1, Ac adaptor AC-UD10, micro USB cable, shoulder strap, lens cap, shoe cap, cleaning cloth and instruction manual.

Price
Sony 24.3 Mega Pixel RX1 Cyber-shot is priced at Rs.1,79,990/-

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