Can someone help me confirm this camrecorder has an optical stabilisation ?
I have been searching the internet to be sure it had, but I would like somebody to confirm me.. I am not 100% sure.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+HDRCX210+8GB+HD+Flash+Memory+Camcorder+-+Black/4811263.p?skuId=4811263&id=1218533333109
What puzzled me is that sometime best buy specific "optical stabilisation" but here it just says yes....
Can somebody with great google fu help me confirm this ?
Thx a lot...
Also, subsidiary question... Would you rather get this HDD cam ?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sony+-+HDR-XR160+160GB+HD+Hard+Drive+Camcorder/2178352.p?id=1218312947166&skuId=2178352#tabbed-customerreviews
Thanks a lot
According the the official US website specs:
http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&partNumber=HDRCX210/R#specifications
It has "SteadyShot with active mode." Image stabilization.
The CX160 is listed with the feature "Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization w/ Active Mode"
I can see where the source of some confusion might be.
Are you trying to find out if the optics are shifting to compensate for shake vs. using sensor tricks?
It has Sony's SteadyShot image stabilization. The way SteadyShot works is through integrated motion sensors that physically move the image sensor to compensate for video shake.
I have the Sony CX130 and it has the "Optical SteadyShot"....It works very well.
The CX130 is the low-end cam, so I imagine the upper ends have it as well.
Thank you gents,
I think it's confirmed it has an optical stabilisation system, and only only a digital one.
Any opinion if a HDD cam is better worse than one using flash memory ?
HDD will give you more space. The cam I got has no internal, and only uses flash....only real upside is that it saves $$$ on the cost of the cam.
Originally Posted By ecgRN:
HDD will give you more space. The cam I got has no internal, and only uses flash....only real upside is that it saves $$$ on the cost of the cam.
I was told HDD has moving parts.. Hence drain battery quicker.
I don't care much about huge space. It needs to film 1 - 2h max before I unload it on a computer. Mostly for shooting videos.
I have a 32gb card and it will do about 4-5 hours of HD video.
Originally Posted By ecgRN:
I have a 32gb card and it will do about 4-5 hours of HD video.
Interesting.
1 hour of hd uncompressed (or native compression) video is approx 8gb heavy ?
245 minutes of native compression with a 32gb card.
Still messing with settings as this camera is very new to me.
