The Sony Cybershot DSC HX1 is a 9 megapixel digital camera with a 20x, wide angle lens. The focal length of the lens is equivalent to 28 - 560mm in 35mm format. Zoom can be increased when shooting at lower resolutions to a maximum 108x. 2x digital zoom is available as well.

• Image stabilisation
• Self timer 2 or 10 seconds
• Adjust sharpness, saturation and contrast
• Sensor size: 1/2.4 inches
• Smile Shutter
• Face Detection
• Macro Mode: 1cm
• Special Wide Resolution: 16:9
• Special resolution for 6 x 4 inch prints
• Conversion Lens compatibility
• Colour options: Vivid, Real, Sepia, Black & White
• Red, Green, Blue, Warm, Cool
• Dynamic Range Optimiser
• Noise Reduction
• Easy panoramas with sweep panorama mode

The LCD monitor is 3 inches in size and can tilt to a 90 degree angle. The screen is made up of around 230,400 dots. An electrical viewfinder is also available.

Flash Modes: Auto, Forced Flash, Slow Syncro, No Flash

Flash Range: 9.2m (wide), 5.1m (tele)

Red eye reduction can be turned on.

The power of the flash can be adjusted

There are a number of preset scene modes. These are: Twilight, Twilight Portrait, Twilight using a tripod, Backlight, Backlight Portrait, Landscape, Macro and Portrait.

You can shoot High Definition movies with a resolution of 1440 x 1080 pixels. The top recording speed is 30 frames per second. Sound can be recorded and zoom can be applied during shooting.

Among the more advanced features are:

• Burst Mode: Up to 10 shots in one second
• Manual exposure
• Aperture priority
• Shutter priority
• Sensitivity: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
• Light Metering: Multi Pattern, Centre weighted, Spot
• White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent1, Fluorescent2, Fluorescent3, Incandescent, Flash
• Exposure Compensation: +/- 2.0 EV, 1/ 3 EV step
• Shutter Speed: 2 - 1/4000 seconds
• Manual Focus
• Bracketing
• Maximum Aperture: f/2.8 - 8 (wide) f/5.2 - 8

All the necessary cables and software are supplied to attach the Sony Cybershot DSC HX1 to a computer, television set and compatible printer.

Description:	9 megapixels and 20x optical zoom
Ease of Use:	8
Features:	9
Colour:	8
Macro:	9
Indoors:	8
Value for Money:	8
Style:	8
Movie Mode:	10
Image Quality:	9
Build Quality:	8
Total:	85
Verdict:	This is one of the most advanced digital cameras you can find. Picture quality is very good and is backed up with a stunning set of features. If you are serious about photography, but do not want to step up to a Digital SLR then take a look at the Cybershot DSC HX1.
Review Date:	June 2009
Related Pages:	Sony DSC HX1 Specification Sony DSC HX1 Sample Images Sony DSC HX1 Features
Comparisons:	Canon Powershot SX1 IS vs Sony Cybershot DSC HX1

	GBP 309.99
	GBP 336
	GBP 389
	GBP 392
	GBP 399
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Camera	Rating
Fuji Finepix S200EXR	87
Panasonic DMC FZ38	87
Canon Powershot SX1 IS	87
Sony DSC HX1	85
Canon Powershot SX10 IS	85
Canon Powershot SX20 IS	84
Olympus SP-590 UZ	83
Nikon Coolpix P90	83

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