Sony HDR-CX190E reviews: Memory card storage Full HD camcorder

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Sony HDR-CX190E reviews: Memory card storage Full HD camcorder reviews

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This camcorder is a good all rounder.

£162 – £254 at 3 retailers out of 405 retailers checked

8.3 out of 10 based on 159 reviews.

Sony HDR-CX190E: 25x optical zoom camcorder using SDXC card. See full product description

Ease of use	8.4
Image quality	8.6
Features	7.6
Sound quality	8.1
Battery life	7.6
Weight	9.3
Value for money	8.5
Overall rating	8.3

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tony,

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: compact and easy to use after some practice
Bad points:: pointing angle makes your arm acke.either the strap needs some kind of adjustment or have a variable angled lens

Ease of use	6.0
Image quality	8.0
Features	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Battery life	5.0
Weight	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 28 Mar 2013

Valerie, FROME Just point and shoot

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Light, small- fits in my handbag
Bad points:: Being left handed I find it difficult to hold the camera steady, film and zoom. Do you make a left handed model?

Button to alter menu etc and select features, especially playing back images is very tiny and I have great difficulty selecting what I want. Have taken to using a stylus, but don't always have it to hand when I am out. Perhaps a touch screen would have been better, but that would have been more expensive

View finder mostly very good, but difficult to see images in bright sunlight

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Features	8.0
Sound quality	6.0
Battery life	6.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 25 Feb 2013

Nigel, Basingstoke Just point and shoot

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: No touch screen.
PC software difficult to use.

Ease of use	6.0
Image quality	9.0
Features	8.0
Sound quality	8.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 17 Mar 2013

keith, Frinton on sea Essex Keen amateur

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Excellent value weight great looking forward to using it
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Features	10.0
Sound quality	9.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Feb 2013

chris, chesterfield Just point and shoot

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Light and easy to use. Good colour and close-ups.
Bad points:: Images not sharp enough for landscapes

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	5.0
Features	6.0
Sound quality	5.0
Battery life	7.0
Weight	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Confirmed purchase: 12 Mar 2013

james, Derby Keen amateur

Score 4.0/10

Good points:: Cheap. As good as any other camera of this price for recording in poor light.
Bad points:: Far too long for image to come into focus. SD card entry being situated on the same side as the hand strap is very easily opened when using hand strap.

Ease of use	3.0
Image quality	7.0
Features	1.0
Sound quality	4.0
Battery life	7.0
Weight	7.0
Value for money	4.0
Overall rating	4.0

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Confirmed purchase: 04 Mar 2013

John, Wirral Keen amateur

Score 1.0/10

Good points:: No score See 2 Rate Sony below
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Battery life	9.0
Weight	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	1.0

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Confirmed purchase: 04 Feb 2013

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Product Features

Resolution quality	Full HD
Resolution quality can be standard definition (SD), High Defintion (HD) or Full High Definition (HD). SD camcorders will have 480 horizontal lines of resolution whereas HD camcorders can have up to 1080. The more lines of resolution you have, the sharper your video will look. Full HD refers to camcorders that record in 1920 × 1080 resolution.
3D	No

Optical zoom ratio	25
The amount by which the camera optics (lens) can bring the subject closer.
Media format	Memory card
This is the type of storage that your digital camera or camcorder uses to save images to. The main types of card media format: Compact Flash Micro SD MMC (Multi Media Card) SD Card (Secure Digital) SDHC (Secure Disk High Capacity)
Connections	HDMI

Type of memory card	Memory Stick Pro

Type of memory card	SDXC

Digital zoom ratio	300
Not to be confused with optical zoom, digital zoom enlarges a portion of the image thus simulating optical zoom. In doing so, some image quality is lost.
Type of image stabiliser	Electronical Image Stabiliser
If a photo is taken at a slow shutter speed, or at a long focal length, the effects of ‘hand shake’ will be amplified. Some cameras come with built-in image stabilisation which is designed to act against this to produce sharper images. It’s great for low light shots without a tripod, like at a gig.
Widescreen recording	Yes
Resolution (Megapixels)	1.5

Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second)	1/1
This is the fastest speed at which the camera can take a photo. Faster shutter speeds really freeze the action and are great for sports photography.
Weight (g)	168
The weight of the product in grams.
Maximum aperture telephoto	3.2
Maximum aperture wide	1.8

Lowest focal length (Millimetres)	44

Highest focal length (Millimetres)	1320

Type of chip	CMOS

Release date	2012-02-07
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony HDR CX190, Sony HDRCX190EB, Sony Handycam

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Manufacturer's Description

CX190E Full HD Flash Memory camcorder

Easy to use Full HD camcorder with high quality imaging and powerful zoom

Record Full HD on memory card, 25x optical zoom, 5.3MP photo, 6.7cm/2.7" LCD, iAUTO

High quality low-light shooting with Exmor R™
Powerful zoom gets you closer to the action
Quick charge with built-in USB cable

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