Sony HDR-CX580V Handycam HD Camcorder Review
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- Review: 4/5
Excellent Camera, Tons of Features, Just a Few Drawbacks.
This is an excellent camera overall, packed with tons of features. With so much going for it, I might say 5-star, if so much greatness outweighs a few drawbacks. But having had the phenomenal Sony HDR-CX160 (m.blue)/(black) (2011 model at a lower price point & feature set) that I absolutely love everything about, there are a few drawbacks that matter to me. The picture quality and image stabilization is superb at all light levels for me, including indoors in various lighting, and appears identical in picture quality to my CX160. The audio quality is also equally superb. Where the CX580 improves upon the CX160 is in other features, such as 32GB built in memory, 5.1 surround sound mic which shows you which direction sound is coming from in the LCD, built in light/flash, forward-facing recording indicator so others know when you are recording, comes with an HDMI cable to view on a TV without downloading, top-mount port for accessories like external lights, a few more configurable options (than the CX160) and both with lots of options. This camera is highly configurable. Btw, I really like smile detection that automatically takes photos. They are fun to find later.
DRAWBACKS
The noticeable drawbacks to me are:
1. The zoom is only 12X when my CX160 was 30X. For video reviews and zooming in on attractions, I notice the difference right away, but you can easily live without it. I've now done several reviews with the CX580 and have been happy, I just don't get quite as close up as I sometimes would. You can turn on digital zoom, which goes up to 160X, but gets very grainy, but nobody says you have to zoom that much, so in-between it is okay. The problem for me is that (like the CX160) zooming goes blurry out of focus at some point, and this CX580 goes blurry out of focus while zooming much earlier than my CX160, and takes longer than the CX160 to correct itself back into focus.
2. The software for the CX580 is the new Play Memories Home (PMH), which has more functionality than the older Play Memories Browser (PMB) for my CX160. The font size in PMH is noticeably smaller than in PMB, is not configurable, and doesn't follow the Windows setting to use large fonts.
3. The CX580 is a little larger and taller than the CX160. My CX160 was so small and fit so comfortably in my hand. It felt so light and easy to control the zoom on top. This CX580 isn't much larger, but it is a tad taller, and I can feel it. It isn't quite as comfortable.
OTHER TRICKS
The CX580 also sports a few other tricks. One that I like is that you can more easily quickly delete videos. It is subtle, but I like it. Often enough I make a bad shot and just want to start over. I wish you could click a button to delete the last video. It can waste time to wade through later, by watching a partial one to see which ones finish or not, or have multiple takes. With the CX580, the quickest way is click Menu, Edit, Delete, Movies and then start selecting, which is rather quick to do. With the CX160, you have to enter play mode first by going into Event view, then can back out to Edit menu or else the delete action is disabled. Both work in Event view mode directly to play and delete once playing, but that takes longer. Btw, for me the CX580 cinema mode wasn't very useful. I made things darker and less natural. I prefer my vacation videos to look exactly as my eye saw them in real life, which is what these camera do a good job in under any lighting.
SUMMARY
So for video & audio quality alone, Sony does have less expensive models that do as good of a job. This CX580 packs more features than lesser models. Feature sets and value to you is the main decision factor. I don't think you can go very wrong with any decent Sony Handycam. This just has more.
MORE:
For full written review, see my Amazon review:
www.amazon.com/...
Product Title: Sony HDRCX580V High Definition Handycam 20.4 MP Camcorder with 12x Optical Zoom and 32 GB Embedded Memory (2012 Model)
Model: HDR-CX580V, HDRCX580V
OMG, of course zooms always go fuzzy if you zoom them all way through onto a subject at a bare arm length ... you are way under the minimum focusing distance at that point ... it's not a fault, its a feature. Inevitable law of optics Nice review, btw
This camcorder looks sweet!
Very, very helpful. Thank you.
Does the cx580 use a remote
No, unless Sony had a universal remote or standard protocol that worked with nearly all their cameras. I'm not aware of one for that generation, and it wasn't promoted with this particular camera. And it did not come with one.
@@reviewsbytiger tks I was beginning to see that
you still have this camera? can I buy it now in 2023? lol
I'm sure not available new :) . I still use it, but less often than I did long ago. It is still better than my iPhone for image stabilizing, capturing a closer wide angle, much better zoom, smoother zooming while recording, and much more comfortable to hold in one hand and operate. It is literally sitting on my kitchen counter right now waiting for me to record a recent home project that I like to archive for memories. At this point it comes out a few times a year.
Спасибо, хороший обзор!
good channel
How much?
I believe this model retailed somewhere in the range of 600 - 800 when it was new. You would have to check for the most current release, probably with slight increases to the model numbering. I actually have a newer Sony camcorder with a built in projector that is surprisingly good, retails for more, but I still love my smallest camcorder most and use it above the others due to size, comfort, and zoom. I didn't post a video review of the newest one, only a written review on Amazon. (It takes a lot of time).
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This camera is 399.99