Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX5 - Features Table

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Mark Horton

7:01 PM on 30 March, 2010

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I'm after a new camera, currently have a Panny TZ5. Thought about getting the TZ10. However reading this review I really like this. What would you suggest?

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Wil

7:20 PM on 30 March, 2010

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Hi Cliff. Nice article as per usual. I'm perhaps too tired and missed it, but you normally tell us what the battery life is like. How many shots did you take before the battery went? The other thing is this GPS... there was another camera recently reviewed that had this capability, but having it on was detremental to the battery life. Would this camera suffer from the same problem, GPS on - little battery life?

Thanks.

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lifethroughalens

8:21 PM on 30 March, 2010

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A good effort Sony - not sure about that video codec choice & I would love to see a faster lens than this, f2.8 at the wide end should be achievable by now. However, a nice compact (and with a reasonable MP too - no silly 14+ MP Hooray!!). If you can stomach paying £300 for a p&s...this does look alright.

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costa

9:12 PM on 30 March, 2010

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You got to be kidding

Checking the reviews from the Canon SX210, Panasonic TZ10 and the Sony HX5V I stumbled over a couple head scratchers.

How is it possible that with much less features than the HX5V the Canon and the Panasonic has the same 10 from 10 as the Sony?

How is it possible that the $399 Panasonic with half the video resolution of the Sony and also missing all the bells and whistles like 10 fps, HDR, HHT and much more can have the same value like the Sony HX5V what is $50 cheaper?

And the Canon SX210 with the same price as the Sony but totally outclassed is just ONE point below the SONY HX5V?

Come on people from TR, if we should take these ratings halfway serious, do not do such obviously miss ratings, that is embarrassing.

But I guess that if the value was rated correctly with 10 from 10 (show me any camera right now with a better feature to price ratio) and the feature point of the Canon would be at maximal 7 and the Panasonic at maximal 8 then it would be even clear for the Panasonic and Canon fans that the SONY HX5V is the new top dog in 2010 and that 10 Megapixel is better than the both 14 Megapixel cameras.

It would send a nice message to the companies and maybe they would finally get the message that the Megapixel race is futile.

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Gk.pm

9:22 PM on 30 March, 2010

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Not to detract from the fantastic array of features Sony managed to pack into this sized camera, just wanted to say that contrary to what's in the review it "only" does 1080i video, not 1080p...

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SarahJoyce

10:19 PM on 30 March, 2010

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Cliff-

Many thanks for an excellent review of the Sony HX5 camera. As a recent purchaser of the HX5 I totally echo your praise of this camera.

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Jay4d0

1:00 AM on 31 March, 2010

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argh there are sooo many digital compact cameras it's all far too confusing, I really liked that casio camera you reviewed a few weeks ago but this has 10x optical zoom and (esp.) GPS that would be quite useful to have, but the casio had 14MP which means BIG photos and going by the review the image quality was right up there too which is good for a high MP camera and the most important factor,

so a quick question would be which, in your oppinion, gives the best image quality on auto settings (which I would be most likely to use most of the time, in like for like conditions), or is there another camera of a similar price range that gives better quality pics?

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cruise

1:34 AM on 31 March, 2010

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sony uk webiste says it records video on 1080i HD not 1080p HD

http://www.sony.co.uk/product/dsc-h-series/dsc-hx5v

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Den

10:02 AM on 31 March, 2010

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@costa - Cliff reviewed the Panasonic before he got the Sony. Unless he can see in to the future how is he going to know the Sony is better and mark it down??????

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KMJB

10:49 AM on 31 March, 2010

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Another camera to complicate my decision making process! I am still holding out for a review on the F80EXR which has just been released as well. I can't ignore it's much cheaper price point, although some of the snazzy features on this Sony do look good.

Is a review on the F80 likely?

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