Sony CX760

I am intrigued by the "Optical Balanced SteadyShot". I'm looking forward to seeing if it lives up to the 13x improvement suggested by Sony. Sony's video of it on a wiggling table is impressive.

There is another clip of it working here: http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/9/269...ced-steadyshot

Bill

Any chance Sony managed to get their autofocus right this time?

Why is it that the upper end models are so limiting in their optical zoom?

My understanding is that to get good low light and image quality you have to have a lens of big diameter and a larger sensor. If you are more interested in zoom, the lens diameter (aperture) can be smaller, but you loose low light and some image quality. If you watch the pro sports photographers or vidiographers (at a football game) their lenses are HUGE. The form factor of what we consider high end consumer models, does not room for massive lenses.

Panasonic's lowest priced consumer camcorder has a 63x optical zoom.

Would love to have that on my TM700 as long as the quality was there.


Alan

Thank you for your reply. As I read it, I recognized much of what I already knew but had forgotten. Thanks again for reminding me.

Thanks Paulo for such a nice thread.

I'm the proud owner of a Sony HDR-SR11 from early 2009 and it's been quite the champ for the past 3 years. My biggest complaint of course, is the horrible low-light performance.

I'm now considering upgrading to one of the newest camcorders out there and Sony has bode well for me in this area of electronics.

Is my understanding correct that the successors to my model were the XR500V and XR520V, which were later outdone by the solid state models CX500V, 550V, 560V, 700V, and now the latest 2 (580V and 760V)? So in essence the 760V is the top of the line, not considering 3D and Light Projector?

In the article it states 24p recording, is that correct or is it 60p/24p??

Other than flash memory (and in turn better battery consumption), 1080p vs 1080i, 24 Mbps vs 16 Mbps video, GPS, better steady shot, and low-light performance, can I expect any advantages from the 760V over my SR11?

Do you know of any 2160p (or 4K) Camcorders (similar form factor to these) out there or coming out this year?

Sorry for all the questions but I like to be an informed shopper. I do appreciate any answers that you guys/gals can provide.

Cheers,

Turbo

Thankfully I have a spare 10K laying around for electronics this year, but I was hoping to spend 8 grand to get a 4K LED TV and 2 grand to get a 4K camcorder. Doesn't look like that can happen this year.

I'll wait to see the JVC in real-life and hope that it forces the rest of the field to quickly jump in. Man, I was so hoping that this would be the year I get to convert my man cave to the next gen of technology. You know, with the Mayans giving me till December, I want to go out in style...

Ha, that is funny. You can film the end of the world in 4K baby....Bummer that prices are high right now on the 4k displays along with the JVC 4k camcorder coming out.....but this is the wrong thread for me to be blabbing on this matter.

The Sony CX560 and CX760 look exactly the same except for on board memory. Sony G Wide Angle lens is a big difference and 60P and 24P and 60fps recording versus the older SR models and my CX12 model. Considering those improvements prices really are not up that much.