In contempo years, camcorders accept taken a backseat attributable to the success of point-and-shoot cameras and high-end smartphones, which action top superior video abduction at an about similar, if not better, quality. Sony has launched its new HDR – PJ50E that boasts of accepting capabilities of a camera, video recorder and an congenital projector. Well, that’s absolutely a lot of being in one device, but is it account your money? Read on to acquisition out.
Design and Body Quality
Sony’s HDR – PJ50E has a bright atramentous exoteric with shades of argent on the frame. The foreground consists of the optical lens and an LED flash. The zoom button, approach selection, photo button and the Beam aperture are amid on the top and the start/stop button for video recording is amid at the aback of the camcorder. The ancillary flips accessible to affectation the viewfinder, as able-bodied as the power, play and projector button. The connectivity buttons are housed on the inside, as well, viz. the mic, mini HDMI out and microUSB. The slots ability be there, but the camcorder doesn’t address with the HDMI cable or the microUSB cable. The projector focus button is placed on the top of the accessory while the basal consists of the microSD agenda slot.
The camcorder articulation seems sturdy, but it doesn’t accept any blockage apparatus to assure it in case you breeze it on too hard. Button acknowledgment is acceptable with both bendable presses (for focus), as able-bodied as abounding presses (for clicking). The camcorder weighs about a kg with the array and the HDD included, but it doesn’t absolutely feel abundant in the hand. The button adjustment is abundant but that said, with the accessory accessible it’s difficult to manoeuvre as the buttons are amid on all three abandon of the camcorder. The accessory can move a best of 180 degrees in the foreground administration and 90 degrees on the back, which makes it a absolute of 270 degrees of rotation. Design and body is good, which is accepted with a lot of camcorders.
As allotment of the features, the camcorder has ‘Optical SteadyShot’ technology that facilitates angel stabilisation. The acessory has face apprehension and smile apprehension features, which pop up in white and orange aboveboard boxes respectively. It aswell comes with the x.v. colour technology, which conforms to the xvYCC, an all-embracing accepted for colour amplitude in videos forth with a D-range optimiser that works on the camcorder’s Bionz processor.
User Interface
The camcorder has a simple UI and operating it is added accentuated by the active account of the draft screen. Opening the accent takes you to the cine access by absence and the menu, zoom and recording icons pop up on the screen. The agenda includes six acutely accurate icons viz. acid access option, camera/mic settings, angel quality/size, playback functions, edit/copy function, and setup.
Shifting amid the assorted modes and altering settings is a breeze, even in the projector mode. The zoom button duals up as the forward/backward directional button and the photo button gets re-mapped as an access key. Sony’s limited handles this even bigger with committed keys.
Performance
The auto focus for the still camera works able-bodied while beat abroad shots, as able-bodied as abutting ups for macro shooting. The 7.1 megapixel camera is good, but this device’s primary action is the video camera. Video cutting is awfully still with Sony’s angel stabilization feature. Zooming in and out of frames is acutely steady, which is a additional point. The altered approach presets are effective, and movement is captured with accomplished data after abashing out. Acknowledgment and adverse are appealing able-bodied meted out and backlight advantage is able for videos taken in low ablaze conditions. Subtleties like facial data are captured appealing well. If assuming adjoin a awful assorted background, acknowledgment and adverse levels are auto corrected, which do accomplish the accountable attending abundant better. Whilst extenuative videos, an absorbing affair to agenda is that if a cine book exceeds 2GB, the next cine book is created automatically.
We initially had a activity that the projector was alone a gimmick, but we were animated that the congenital one in this camcorder accepted us wrong. It could accept been brighter, but the accuracy is absolutely acceptable and optimum examination admeasurement is about 62 inches. Though we did administer to annoyance it to about 102 inches with almost any arresting bead in quality. And that’s why, the projector is absolutely included as a allotment of the appearance and isn’t alone a gimmick.
Verdict
The Sony HDR – PJ50E is priced at Rs. 59,990. Some may accept this to be acutely expensive, but because the actuality that you’re accepting an HD camera that clicks still images, awfully able-bodied and captures 1080p videos, forth with getting a absolutely anatomic projector, you’re besmirched for choice. If you accept the money, and wish a camcorder and projector chip into one, Sony’s HDR – PJ50E is the absolute match.
Sony’s HDR – PJ50E has a bright atramentous exoteric with shades of argent on the frame. The foreground consists of the optical lens and an LED flash. The zoom button, approach selection, photo button and the Beam aperture are amid on the top and the start/stop button for video recording is amid at the aback of the camcorder. The ancillary flips accessible to affectation the viewfinder, as able-bodied as the power, play and projector button. The connectivity buttons are housed on the inside, as well, viz. the mic, mini HDMI out and microUSB. The slots ability be there, but the camcorder doesn’t address with the HDMI cable or the microUSB cable. The projector focus button is placed on the top of the accessory while the basal consists of the microSD agenda slot.
Features
The camcorder has an Exmor R CMOS Sensor and a 29.8 mm advanced bend Sony G Lens able of beat up to 7.1 megapixel still account shots at a resolution of 3072 x 2304. It has a 12x optical zoom and 160x agenda zoom and comes with a 220GB harder deejay drive and supports SD cards upto 64GB. The camcorder has a 5.1channel MIC with Dolby Agenda audio technology and a 3-inch LCD blow console affectation with a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.As allotment of the features, the camcorder has ‘Optical SteadyShot’ technology that facilitates angel stabilisation. The acessory has face apprehension and smile apprehension features, which pop up in white and orange aboveboard boxes respectively. It aswell comes with the x.v. colour technology, which conforms to the xvYCC, an all-embracing accepted for colour amplitude in videos forth with a D-range optimiser that works on the camcorder’s Bionz processor.
User Interface
The camcorder has a simple UI and operating it is added accentuated by the active account of the draft screen. Opening the accent takes you to the cine access by absence and the menu, zoom and recording icons pop up on the screen. The agenda includes six acutely accurate icons viz. acid access option, camera/mic settings, angel quality/size, playback functions, edit/copy function, and setup.
Shifting amid the assorted modes and altering settings is a breeze, even in the projector mode. The zoom button duals up as the forward/backward directional button and the photo button gets re-mapped as an access key. Sony’s limited handles this even bigger with committed keys.
 The flap could have been better reinforced |
Performance
The auto focus for the still camera works able-bodied while beat abroad shots, as able-bodied as abutting ups for macro shooting. The 7.1 megapixel camera is good, but this device’s primary action is the video camera. Video cutting is awfully still with Sony’s angel stabilization feature. Zooming in and out of frames is acutely steady, which is a additional point. The altered approach presets are effective, and movement is captured with accomplished data after abashing out. Acknowledgment and adverse are appealing able-bodied meted out and backlight advantage is able for videos taken in low ablaze conditions. Subtleties like facial data are captured appealing well. If assuming adjoin a awful assorted background, acknowledgment and adverse levels are auto corrected, which do accomplish the accountable attending abundant better. Whilst extenuative videos, an absorbing affair to agenda is that if a cine book exceeds 2GB, the next cine book is created automatically.
 The handycam is small but has powerful features |
 A brilliant projector |
The Sony HDR – PJ50E is priced at Rs. 59,990. Some may accept this to be acutely expensive, but because the actuality that you’re accepting an HD camera that clicks still images, awfully able-bodied and captures 1080p videos, forth with getting a absolutely anatomic projector, you’re besmirched for choice. If you accept the money, and wish a camcorder and projector chip into one, Sony’s HDR – PJ50E is the absolute match.
