Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1
Digital Camera Review
Sep 21, 2009
- By Richard Baguley
5
The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 is a powerful ultrazoom camera that shoots decent pictures and good looking video, as well as being able to easily take night shots and panoramas. At around $500, It is expensive, but it does offer a lot of features.
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The Olympus SP-590UZ has the longer zoom range of the two cameras (26x against the 20x of the Sony) and is also $50 cheaper. But the Sony was a better performer: it produced sharper images with more detail, had superior image stabilization and shoots better looking movies. However, the Olympus had very slightly better colors. Although both cameras are very close in many ways, we think that the Sony would generally be the better option as a general use camera, although some users may want to opt for the extra zoom range of the Olympus.
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Sony DSC-HX1 |
Olympus SP-590UZ |
| Price |
$499.95 |
$449.99 |
| Color |
11.30 |
12.58 |
| Noise |
8.16 |
7.52 |
| Resolution |
12.47 |
9.96 |
| Image Stabilization |
23.14 |
0.00 |
| Shot to Shot |
11 |
1.00 |
| Video Color |
13.42 |
7.42 |
| Video Sharpness |
7.13 |
0.86 |
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