Sony HDR-FX1000 / FX1000E Expert Reviews

Sony Handycam HDR-FX1000 Camcorder Review

Costing $3,200, the HDR-FX1000 is Sony's new version of the HDR-FX1. Sony has included three 1/3-inch ClearVid CMOS sensors instead of three CCDs, chopped off about an inch of the body, and added a new 20 x 29.5mm wide-angle G-Lens. With a few design ...

Very professional feeling consumer camcorder 29.5mm wide-angle G Lens Film-like progressive Scan: 1080/24p, 1080/30p, or 1080/60i

No knob on the zoom ring Servo focus only

The Sony HDR-FX1000 is the ultimate consumer camera that thinks like a professional.

Sony Handycam HDR-FX1000 Camcorder Review

Sony bridges gap between high-definition prosumer and professional video production. One new camera brings cinematic film-look for amateur videographers and another offers advanced production capabilities for directors of photography.

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 10, 2008 - Sony is expanding its industry leading line-up of high-definition video products with two new HDV cameras designed to meet the needs of professionals and prosumers

Hi-Def isn't just about boosting resolution you know. Sony's HDR-FX1000E camcorder also uses an optically pure wideangle 20x zoom lens, CinemaTone Gamma and CinemaTone Colour, and Optical SteadyShot stabilisation to deliver those eye-bledingly sharp ...

Eye-pleasing videos, bursting with colours and sharpness

The price. And so many buttons

When you see the Sony HDR-FX1000E's video quality for the first time, it's a bit like when the Wizard of Oz goes colour. Comes at a price though...

Promising pro performance for less than its fully pro camcorders, how does Sony's HDR-FX1000E shape up?

THE HDR-FX1000 is an ideal stepping stone into the world of professional video.

Superb video quality, professional components and design, 24p progressive scan mode for film-like pictures

Limited audio capabilities, 1.2 megapixel stills image mode, HDV at risk of becoming antiquated

The HDR-FX1000 is a worthy successor to the FX1/FX7. It will make an ideal stepping stone into the world of professional video, as well as a solid secondary unit for established videographers.

Superb video quality, professional components and design, 24p progressive scan mode for film-like pictures

Limited audio capabilities, 1.2-megapixel stills image mode, HDV at risk of becoming antiquated

The HDR-FX1000 is a worthy successor to the FX1/FX7. It will make an ideal stepping stone into the world of professional video, as well as a solid secondary unit for established videographers.

An ergonomics professional, a remarkable 20x zoom lens coupled with three sensors pixels wide, allowing a high sensitivity in low lumièreune and exceptional image quality. An excellent camcorder punched reporting. The high-definition HDV format is interes

Image Quality exceptionnelleRemarquable zoom lens 20xErgonomie type professionnelQualité of fabricationBagues lens setting independent manual zoom, the MAP and the direct ouvertureAccès all settings manuelsRéglages clarity, contrast, color levels, customi

No No analog microphone input XLR (available only in HVR-V1 )