Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 Expert Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 261 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the performance. The contrast also impresses, but many are less positive about the price.

Performance, Contrast, Lens, Viewfinder

Price, Video, Shutter, Memory

Experts rate this product 79/100 and users 92/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Digital Compact Cameras, the Sony CyberShot DSC-HX1 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 99/100 = Excellent quality.

The DSC-HX1 is a full-featured compact digital super zoom, or “bridge” camera, as some people call them. Cameras like this are intended to be a “bridge” between the compact point-and-shoot and DSLR worlds, and the DSC-HX1 does a good job at this. The ...

9.1MP resolution, 20X zoom (28-560mm 35mm equivalent), 10 fps continuous shooting, Tilt-and-swivel 3.0 inch LCD, Face detection autofocus

Sony's latest entry into the compact digital super zoom category is the...

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 is a powerful ultrazoom camera that shoots decent pictures and good looking video, as well as being able to easily take night shots and panoramas. At around $500, It is expensive, but it does offer a lot of features.

The Sony DSC-HX1 is a powerful camera that boasts a number of interesting features. And these features actually do what they say: the panorama mode takes great panoramic shots quickly, and the hand held low light mode also produces much sharper and ...

The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 is a point and shoot camera with a trick or two up its sleeve: it can take panoramas in one pass, shoots good looking low light images and also captures high definition video. It also does a good job of capturing images and ...

The HX1 is a rather chunky camera: at just over 3 inches on all sides (and deeper with the lens extended when in use), it is definitely not pocket sized. But it does fit well into the hand, and the controls are well placed for easy use. The 3-inch LCD ...

A unique feature allows the HX1 to take seamless panoramas with one click and no stitching.

Sweep panorama, 10 fps, 20x zoom

No RAW option

The Sony Cyber-shot HX1 trumps its rival's 4fps continuous shooting rate with one rated at 10fps. While it'll only capture ten frames during this burst, and tie the camera up for a while as it writes them to the card, it remains a highly impressive ...

Massive 20x range with 28mm wide angle., HD video at 1440x1080 with stereo sound., Ultra-fast 10fps continuous shooting., Vertically-tilting screen., Massive 20x range with 28mm wide angle., HD video at 1440x1080 with stereo sound., Ultra-fast 10fps ...

Burst mode ties-up camera for 18 seconds., No RAW or control over JPEG compression., Proprietary port and Memory Stick cards., Burst mode ties-up camera for 18 seconds., No RAW or control over JPEG compression., Proprietary port and Memory Stick cards.

Sony's Cyber-shot DSC-HX1 is a camera of two sides: on the one you have the traditional super-zoom aspects which, like several rivals, deliver a massive stabilised range with full manual control and a flexible screen, while on the other you have the ...

The DSC-HX1 turns in battery life numbers that are average in the super zoom class.

The DSC-HX1 turns in battery life numbers that are average in the super zoom class

The ultimate Mega Zoom showdown has hit the infoSync World Coliseum! Check out our exclusive image samples from the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS and Sony DSC-HX1 here.

Canon pumped up the jam with the introduction of the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS, but from the outside it's difficult to see any improvements. We're huge fans of the PowerShot SX1 IS's all-black chassis and matte finish. Like the Canon PowerShot SX10 IS, ...

2009 is already shaping up to be another bumper year for the superzoom 'bridge' camera. Since the publication of our superzoom test at the start of this year there have been a number of new models released with new features such as bigger zooms, ...

Decent resolution for such an ambitious lens, Good color, generally accurate focus gives a high 'hit rate' even in auto mode, Huge photographic versatility with 28-560mm lens and auto macro mode, Image stabilization works well (and can be used in ...

Pixel level quality not great ; visible sharpening and NR artefacts, ISO 800 - 3200 noisy and of limited use, Noise reduction destroys fine detail at anything over ISO 400, effects visible at base ISO, Electronic view finder is low resolution and ...

The HX1 presents a very attractive package to the potential buyer.