All the camera comparisons are in now.
The best 20x and above camera is the Sony HX1 by a wide margin. All the other bridge cameras are worse to much worse compared to the Sony HX9V.
Since I had my Sony HX5, my HX1 just collects dust and that was pretty much the same case when I had the choice between my Canon S2 and the A60.
For everyday snap shooting nothing beats a versatile and easy to carry pocket camera.
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| Sony HX1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Canon S2IS Sony HX5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Canon A60 |
With my HX1 I never used Aperture mode, because the tiny sensor and the slow lens already getting only a small amount of light and there is no sense in restricting it further.
Most special settings did produce less than desirable effects and were better applied in post processing. I missed the swivel display and the longer zoom when shooting with the HX5, but with a 16 x zoom and a 16MP sensor the HX9V has roughly the same magnification than the 20 x zoom and 9MP sensor HX1. Also the new display has much wider viewing angles and in combination with my SM Mirror I can simulate a hinged display.
Now let´s see how much better are the big boys regarding image quality.
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| Sony HX9V (left) vs Fujifilm HS20 (right) see for yourself |
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| Sony HX9V vs Sony HX100V - and as I suspected the 16x lens captures more detail see for yourself |
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| Sony HX9V (left) vs Canon SX30 (right) see for yourself |
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| Sony HX9V (left) vs Fujifilm HS10 (right) see for yourself |
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| Sony HX9V (left) vs Sony HX1 (right) see for yourself |
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| Sony HX9V (left) vs Panasonic FZ100 (right) see for yourself |
Interesting comparison - but I find those LesNumeriques comparisons frustrating at best. The HX9V clearly looks best here. Part is no doubt that the in-camera sharpening is well chosen on the 9V. Why are the competitors cropped on the right?
ReplyDeletethe crop is, so I can show the whole picture in original size on my to 640 pixel limited pages. And I decided to crop the dark part away because it makes more sense than to crop the part with the label.
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