Sony is slowly becoming known to pack its small bodied-cameras with some big features, like its full-frame mirrorless cameras, but the company hasn’t lets its compact cameras fall to the wayside either with the introduction of the super zoom DSC-HX80.
Beating its own HX90V model from last year, Sony is claiming its new DSC-HX80 model to now be the world’s smallest compact camera with a brobdingnagian (/bräbdiNGˈnaɡēən/ – adjective – gigantic) 30x optical zoom. It’s also the second high-zoom compact camera to include a retractable electronic viewfinder.
However, despite its bantam (ˈban-təm – noun – a smaller and domesticated breed of wild birds) its other admittedly impressive specs seem to be borrowed from last year’s camera, including the same 18.2 megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor and Zeiss lens.
Other similar features include a pop-up flash and a 180-degree tilting 3-inch LCD boasting 921K dots) for those necessary selfies. The HX90V included the same 1080p Full HD video recording, with support for XAVC S format 50Mbps nitrate, as well.
Interestingly, the HX80 misses out on GPS, but you get the usual fare of Wi-Fi and NFC, meaning you’ll be able to share your selfies on social media quickly, you just won’t be able to geotag them from the camera.
The Sony DSC0-HX80 is expected to go on sale sometime during April for about $350 (about £245.27, AU$468.69).
Source: techradar.com
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I'll stick with my Panasonic which doesn't have a pop up viewfinder. Oh, but hold on a sec! It has a far less knockable built in, in the body, viewfinder. And GPS. And RAW.
Now I remember. When I saw its predecessor launched, I was far to worried about that pop up doing its business whilst still in my pocket, or that I might push it down wrongly.
The HX90V had GPS, HX90 did not. The "V" denotes GPS. Going on that then it makes sense the HX80 does not have GPS. Perhaps there will be a HX80V.