Review of Sony handy cam HDR-CX110

Sony handy cam HDR has a few astonishing features that can amaze you while recording. Beautifully designed ultra-compact body will let you hold this camcorder comfortably. The HDR-CX110 is truly a small wonder. It has face detection, smile detection, dynamic range optimizer’s and many other features. It can capture 3 mega pixel still images. HDR-CX110 gives you high level of resolution video. Stupendous optical zoom of 25x is barely seen in any camcorder of this type Canon Vixia has HG20 15x zoom, Canon Vixia has HV30 has 10x zoom and Canon Vixia HG20 has 12x zoom.

Look and feel:

Look wise Sony HDR-CX110 has scored full marks. Sony HDR-CX110 is ultra-compact camcorder. Its dimension is around 50mm x 56mm x 114mm and weighs around 260g. By this you can imagine it can fit in your hand so effortlessly. You can get it in three colors red, blue and black. Colors enhances its beauty, its exterior is glossy and shiny. Display opens out and has wide vibrant LCD screen. 2.-inches touch swivel screen, rotate in 270 degree for flexible viewing angle. As soon as LCD display open power turns ON

Record high-definition video:

Your moments are precious, preserve it for lifetime. Sony HDR-CX110 gives you full high-definition video and still images. 1920×1080 HD resolutions, help you record with exceptional video quality. The x.v. color technology will capture RGB with enhanced quality. This color technology delivers natural image quality; which puts life in the image. When you connect your camcorder to HDTV with the help of HDMI you will get a high-definition color. “Exmor R” CMOS image sensors is used. It will let you take picture where light is too low. In dark ambience also you can take brighter picture. “Exmor R” is specially designed for compact camera. With the help of the face detection technique and Exmor R sensor, you can record clear image in low light. Professional-quality “Carl Zeiss Vario Tessar lens” is used, which will give you ultra vivid images, authentic color experience and perfect tone as it is in nature scene. Shot in nine different modes and shoot more perfect video. Smooth record is possible with optimum quality. 240 frames per second that means recording is possible in the HDR-CX110, 240 frames recorded in just one second, you can imagine how much do u move form one place to another in one second. In that one second 240 frames are captured means almost all possible detail is captured, which makes the video looks smooth and extra clear.

Image stabilization:

For image stabilization again highly advanced software is used. You need not have to take tripod for getting stabilized video. Image stabilization with active mode is used for better results. This technology is one step ahead of time. At extremely vibrating state and shaking condition, no blurry image is captured with surprising quality.

Auto modes:

There are many auto modes in this camcorder face detection, smile detection, noise detection and intelligent auto mode. Sony HDR-CX110 has face detection mode which will detect faces in the group and make sure all the detail on the faces are captured. Another mode is smile detection. This mode is selected and when you try to capture images, unless you don’t smile camera will not record as soon as you smile your snap is clicked and stored in memory.

Noise detection mode will reduce wind sound when you shoot in open space. Most interesting mode is intelligent mode when you select this mode, camcorder will decide by itself which mode has to be selected for shooting out of nine modes available in camcorder so that optimum quality image is possible to capture.

Bottom-line:

HDR-CX110 has all the astonishing features. Sony handy cam HDR-CX110 is best in its gamut of the Sony’s camcorder. Though it has amazing feature, it is expensive as well. It will cost you around $425. I will rate it 4.5/5.