So, tying in with Phil’s last post (and indeed, this is much more a Phil kinda post than a me kinda post), Sony did in fact smack me down with 15 new models of camcorders last week, which I’ve been getting up on our site. Including those new Webbies, which’ll be up for you all tomorrow. But, as he was finishing his post, I was pulling together the data on this Sony camcorder, and have to say it’s among the more feature packed compact camcorders I’ve seen (although I am very, very far from expert, so I’ll listen to any corrections on this opinion.)
But, just speak from the sec sheet, Sony HDR-XR500V has the following spiffiness:
- 1920 x 1080/60i
- 120 GB Internal HD
- 12.1 MP Still Capture (8.3 MP Dual Record)
- Mic jack/built-in zoom mic with Dolby 5.1 channel
- 3.2″ 921,000 dot touch panel (VGA-resolution wide-aspect touchscreen– very nice, Sony)
- 12x Sony G optics (yup, just like the G branded Sony lenses)
- Recording down to 3 lux
- Built-in GPS
- Active hotshoe
- Built-in flash
Seems like a lot to me. Matter of fact, when I saw it had a model above it I was wondering what else was left to shove into a compact camcorder (it’s a 240 GB HD, apparently). So, yeah, HDR-XR500V. Certainly something, I think.