Review of Sony handy cam HDR-CX550v

Sony is known for the electronic products all over the world. Because of their efforts, Sony’s electronic gadget quality is appreciated by the world. The Sony handy cam HDR-CX550v has variety of features. Its resolution is extremely good. Latest compression technique is used in the camcorder. Different type of shake cancellation technique, geotagging and many more features has made it one of top rating camcorders in the market.Sony handy cam HDR-CX550v is used by videophile, those who like recording video and pursue photography as their hobby. With amazingly high-profiled high-definition Sony handy cam HDR-CX550v has proved it to be the best camcorder in today’s list.

Look and feel:

Sony handy cam HDR-CX550v is slightly bulky and one’s hand has to be big and strong to hold it as it is big in size. Despite the fact that it is bulky it is beautifully designed with highly finished exterior and compact looks. Dimension of is 7.6-inches in length, 6-inches width and 4.5-inches length. HDR-CX550v camcorder is heavy and you need to hold it carefully by both your hands or one has to be strong enough to carry it single handed. Its weighs around 3 pounds. Its display is liquid crystal display which will rotate in almost 360 degree for flexible shooting experience. Colored LCD display is TFT active matrix and it is 3.5-inches wide diagonally.

Performance:

In the race of digital camcorder, Sony handy cam HDR-CX550v has shown satisfactory results. You get for what you pay. It has incredible video quality at the resolution of 1920×1080 high-definitions. HDR-CX550v has 12 mega-pixels still image resolution. All the records are copied directly to the 64GB of internal flash memory. An “Exmor R” CMOS sensor is used when there is dull light or where it is hard to get clarity this sensors show magic in photo. Photo quality you get will surely amaze you. You need not have to buy tripod. Where there is too much wobbling while recording “optical steady-shot image stabilization” will improve image stabilization to great extend. It has three- way image stabilization. Professional quality G lens is embedded in the camera this will shoot professional pictures. In addition 26.3mm focal length will give broad perspective of the image. Superior optical lens will provide best result of the image that will deliver ultra-fine quality videos. The HDR-CX550v provides you facility of direct picture copy on the external hard drive. You need not have to transfer your data with the help computer. with the help its playback feature, you can even play your video  and access stored video in the external drive. Share your video with the world, connect the camcorder to HDTV or PC and see High-definition video at great clarity. HDR-CX550v can track the position with the help of its GPS system. This feature is called as geotagging system. One who travels a lot this is the best gadget for him/her. HDR-CX550v has built-in GPS system i.e. global positioning system receiver. You can view map it is displays where is your current position was in map, when you took that video or still image. You can tag your shooting location as well. NAVTEQ7 is an easy to understand and easy read map which are used in HDR-CX550v camcorder.  You will get picture motion browser software to view the video and snaps which have been shot and tagged on the map.

Additional features:

You will be provided with the advanced compression tool AVCHD i.e. audio video compression for HD. For still images you will be provided with JPEG format. There are few more features that are face detection, smile detection, detection of accessories hot shoe, touch screen, intelligent scene detection, range optimizer and takes video while shooting.

Bottom line:

You will get endless features here in HDR-CX550v. Smart and intelligent camcorder is worth of 5/5 rating. One of best camcorder we have but yes! It is costlier, and will cost you around 1199.00 US Dollars.