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(More customer reviews)I've only had this camera for a few hours, but I had to rush to give an initial impression. In one word, WOW! For a compact point and shoot, Sony has the market leader. First the photos.... Very good. For a point and shoot camera, I can say that the photo quality is as good as most of my previous canon point and shoot cameras. The photos have good color saturation and clarity and focus, and there is little shutter lag. Now video...... AMAZING. This little camera has as good video quality as my Sony CX-12 AVCHD video camera. The video is sharp, clear and the sound is excellent. The difference is this finally combines a decent camera with excellent video capability. Another great feature is the wide angle lens, it gets the whole shot it without needing to back up. I was unlikely to tote my video camera on every trip, but now I don't have to be concerned about pocketability. The only downside is that because of the small form factor, camera shake can be an issue. The OIS steadyshot is good, but could be better. Also, you cannot make changes to settings while shooting, such as increasing the exposure, you have to stop shooting and then make the change. Overall, those are small prices to pay for such a compact camera that I can take anywhere and play videos on my 55" LCD that are jawdroppingly good.
For comparison:
I am currently using a Panasonic ZS3, which had average photos but very good video. To me it can't compete with the Sony. The Sony has better photos and much crisper video (both use AVCHD, although the Panasonic uses AVCHD lite). I recently bought and returned the Canon SD4500IS. I went back and compared photos between the canon and the Sony. Both are close, but the edge goes to canon for clarity (although the Sony does handle white balance better in the auto setting). Where the Canon failed was in the Video: No wide angle lense, and the quality was below that of the Panasonic ZS3, very grainy and fuzzy.
UPDATE
After playing with this camera for about 8 hours I am quite impressed with the image quality from photos and the video remains stellar. In comparing to the Sony WX5 (which I also have at the moment) the video is slightly softer, but the TX9 handles camera shake better, picks up sound more accurately with the mic on the front rather than the top, and does not have zooming noise from the lens moving while shooting video. Taking photos, this thing blows away my Panasonic ZS3: Photos are constantly clear and vivid and the white balance is spot on. Shooting outdoors or in a room with adequate light, the shot to shot times are excellent. The only downside I see to this camera is the shot to shot times when using the flash. It takes at least 3-4 seconds to take another picture with a flash, due to the charge cycle on the flash. It also seems to take the camera a bit longer to process the image after a flash, so that adds time. I will say the photo quality with the flash is astonishingly good. When using the ZS3, it was hit or miss on flash photos (either white balance was off or the photo was overexposed), with the TX9, just about every flash photo looks great. Overall, this is a great camera that takes excellent video and photos. I forgot to mention one great feature is the intelligent auto which picks the scene automatically for each shot, so far every picture I have taken (which is close to 400) has been very accurate with little post processing required.
UPDATE 2
Took the TX9 on a trip to Disney and it performed without flaw. Took close to 700 pictures and a little over an hour of video. Of all of the pictures that were taken, I'd say maybe 2 dozen would have been tossed, the rest turned out very nice with excellent color, sharpness and saturation. The video taken on 17M FH setting are stunning. I have no need for my Sony CX12 video camera anymore since this camera is ultra portable. One reviewer noted a significant fisheye effect because of the wide angle lense. I will say if you look for it you may see a slight effect, but I have not seen it very often.
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Photographic brilliance meets styling designelegance in the Sony\'s DSC-TX9. Capture impressive landscapes with iSweep Panorama and in 3D.10 and Get clear and crisp images in low light thanks to Sony's "Exmor R" CMOS sensor. You'll also Bbe impressed by Superior Auto, Background Defocus and Full HD 1080/60i AVCHD movies.8 Enjoy it all on an easy to view 3.5" touch screen1.
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