Sony Handycam HDR-CX6EK reviews: Sony camcorder

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Ease of use	8.3
Image quality	9.2
Battery life	7.8
Weight	8.5
Value for money	8.3
Overall rating	8.8

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Score 9.0/10

Good points:: small and light
Bad points:: poor software support

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	6.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 31 Jul 2007

Khim , Wembley

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Excellent HD quality and compact at the size of a coke can. Sony lives upto it's standards of quality products again. Well done.
Bad points:: Only 8GB memory available which means can only record 1 hour on memory card. It does not come with mini HDMI cable and you have to charge the camcorder on its docking station, hence cant charge and record at the same time, unless you carry the docking station around with you.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 28 Nov 2007

Wieslaw, Selby / UK

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Image quality, weight, battery
Bad points:: image stabiliser too weak, too long time between switching on and readiness to shoot

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	8.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	8.0
Value for money	5.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 21 Jun 2009

Trevor, Braintree essex Experienced amateur

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: very good picture quality
Bad points:: picture and sound (jump?) in vidio mode. could be computer soft where ?

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

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Review date: 19 Jun 2010

Andy, Manchester

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Excellent image quality, easy to use both in video and as stills camera. Excellent touch screen menu options.
Bad points:: None.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Nov 2007

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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	10
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

Type of memory card	Memory Stick Duo

Shape of camcorder	Horizontally held

Digital zoom ratio	20
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)	3.2

Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second)	1/960
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	2.9
Maximum aperture wide	1.8

Lowest focal length (Millimetres)	49

Highest focal length (Millimetres)	490

Type of chip	CMOS

Release date	2007-07-17
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony Handycam HDR-CX6, Sony HDRCX6EK, Sony HDR-CX6EK

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Manufacturer's Description

Sleek and stylish, HDR-CX6EK is compact High Definition Handycam® with ClearVid CMOS Sensor, x.v.Colour and Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar®T* lens. It records up to 2 hours 55min (with 8GB) of AVCHD movie on removable Memory Stick media.

1080i High Definition recording (AVCHD Format)
Up to 2 hour 55min High Definition recording on removable Memory Stick (8GB, optional)
Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar® T*
ClearVid CMOS Sensor for optimum picture quality
x.v.Colour mode for more vivid, lively and true colour
Quick browsing with new intelligent search functions: Film Roll Index, Face Index, Highlight Index
6.1 Megapixel still image recording and 4.6 Megapixel Dual Rec while recording movies
Super SteadyShot (Optical)
10x optical zoom / 20x digital zoom
STAMINA up to 6 hours 10 min (with optional battery, LCD backlight off)
2.7" Wide, “Clear photo LCD plus” screen with touch panel
Dolby Digital 5.1ch Creator for Surround sound recording with built in microphone
Smooth Slow Rec mode for advanced slow motion footage
2nd Start / Stop REC and zoom button on LCD frame
Easy-to-use Home menu and Guide function
HDMI output for HD ready TV
Hi-speed USB 2.0 (output)
Battery Info
Auto Lens Cover

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Does MemoryStick ProHGDuo-HX-16GB work on this camera? or which memorystick is to prefer?
http://www.tradera.com/Memory-Stick-Pro-HG-Duo-HX-16GB-Stod-for-full-HD--auktion_301763_136664877

Ola asked on 23 Aug 2011
1. Hi knot shure what your problem is all I would do is connect using base unit conect both drives and go computer and copy camera drive and paste it to knew drive , hope that is what you whant !
  
  Trevor replied on 28 Aug 2011
2. Hi sorry last message sent befor i had finisged if you want a card. dabs.com have a Lexar 16GB PremiumMemory Stick PRO Duo in stock
  
  Trevor replied on 29 Aug 2011

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