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Ease of use	9.4
Image quality	9.8
Battery life	8.4
Weight	9.2
Value for money	8.9
Overall rating	9.5

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David, Birmingham Just point and shoot

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: The size of the camera, it is compact.
Bad points:: Very expensive memory cards.

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	8.0
Battery life	7.0
Weight	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 22 Sep 2009

John , Stoke On Trent

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Light and Easy To Handle
Bad points:: Screen difficult to see in bright sun light

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 21 Sep 2009

Mark, Nottinghamshire Gadget Lover

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: what a beauty. Light and easy to use. the immage is so crisp its fantastic. this is the best i could find at the time without going into silly money. dont be put off with the memory cards, if you buy the fastest card the immaged are smoothe and crisp.
Bad points:: allthough the stated still image pixel rating is high the photos are not as good as i would have expected. they are satisfactory but will not replace your digital camera. the camcorder struggles to focus on things in low light but that might be me with the settings.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Oct 2008

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Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Intuitive LCD touchscreen and menus.
Superb image and sound quality.
Comfortable, stylish and good-to-use design.
Included charging/base station and remote control are very professional.
Comes with lots of software.
Bad points:: Only records 28 mins of Full HD footage on provided Memory Stick.
Lack of a neck strap or basic case.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	9.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 05 Dec 2008

Geoffrey, Warrington Just point and shoot

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Very light in weight,a bonus when carrying around on holiday.Very good quality filming and still photos are of a good quality.Transfering to disk is also very easy.Changing over to taking stills is easy to do when filming movies.I found the touch screen menu a little confusing at first but soon picked it up.I have not done much filming as my new blueray player developed a fault and I thought it was the new memory stick I purchased.
Bad points:: The only thing I miss is a view finder as I find the screen difficult in sunny weather.I think Sony should supply a small plastic box to hold new Memory stick cards.They are pricey and I don't think it is good practice to keep them in a carrying case without protection.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 01 May 2009

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Product Features

Resolution quality	Full HD
Resolution quality can be standard definition (SD), High Defintion (HD) or Full High Definition (HD). SD camcorders will have 480 horizontal lines of resolution whereas HD camcorders can have up to 1080. The more lines of resolution you have, the sharper your video will look. Full HD refers to camcorders that record in 1920 × 1080 resolution.
3D	No

Optical zoom ratio	12
The amount by which the camera optics (lens) can bring the subject closer.
Media format	Memory card
This is the type of storage that your digital camera or camcorder uses to save images to. The main types of card media format: Compact Flash Micro SD MMC (Multi Media Card) SD Card (Secure Digital) SDHC (Secure Disk High Capacity)
Connections	USB

Type of memory card	Memory Stick

Shape of camcorder	Horizontally held

Digital zoom ratio	150
Not to be confused with optical zoom, digital zoom enlarges a portion of the image thus simulating optical zoom. In doing so, some image quality is lost.
Type of image stabiliser	Optical
If a photo is taken at a slow shutter speed, or at a long focal length, the effects of ‘hand shake’ will be amplified. Some cameras come with built-in image stabilisation which is designed to act against this to produce sharper images. It’s great for low light shots without a tripod, like at a gig.
Widescreen recording	Yes
Resolution (Megapixels)	5.6

Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second)	1/800
This is the fastest speed at which the camera can take a photo. Faster shutter speeds really freeze the action and are great for sports photography.
Weight (g)	370
The weight of the product in grams.
Screen size (Inches)	2.7
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Maximum aperture telephoto	3.1
Maximum aperture wide	1.8

Lowest focal length (Millimetres)	49

Highest focal length (Millimetres)	588

Type of chip	CMOS

Release date	2008-08-12
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony HDRCX11, Sony HDR-CX11E

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Manufacturer's Description

Compact and stylish, with very high quality video and still image quality.

Full HD 1920×1080 video recording at high bit-rate (16Mbps) using AVCHD format
Up to 5 hours 55 mins HD recording on removable Memory Stick™ (16GB, optional)
ClearVid CMOS Sensor with Exmor™ derived technology for superb picture quality
BIONZ high-speed image processor for enhanced image quality and responsive performance
Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens with 12x optical zoom / 150x digital zoom
Optical SteadyShot for improved still image and video stability, especially in low light
x.v.Colour mode for more true, more vivid colours with compatible TV
Face Detection automatically adjusts focus, exposure, colour balance and skin tone for clearer, more natural faces for both photo and videos
Smile Shutter automatically captures smiling faces for happy still portraits
D-Range Optimiser adjusts exposure and contrast for evenly exposed backlit shots
Up to 10 megapixel still image recording and 7.6 effective megapixel Dual Rec while recording video
2.7" Wide Clear Photo LCD plus touch screen
Quick browsing with smart search functions: Film Roll Index, Face Index, Highlight Index
5.1 surround sound recording with zoom mic for clearer dialogue and sound of foreground subjects
HDMI™/component connector for enjoying HD video on HD ready TV
BRAVIA Sync via HDMI™ connection for playback control via compatible BRAVIA™ TV remote
PhotoTV HD for optimised still photo display on compatible BRAVIA™ TV
STAMINA up to 6 hours (with optional battery, LCD backlight off)
One Touch Disc Burn and Easy PC back up via USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection (output only) with supplied Handycam® Station
Assignable Dial for manual focus and iris control
Easy to use Picture Motion Browser software with web upload assist function

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