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Sony DCR-DVD505 Camcorder Review
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The DVD camcorder has
developed by leaps in the previous some years, and some have been as
extremely projected as the DCR-DVD505 from Sony. This proved to be their
debut camcorder at CES, and blocking the forthcoming HDR-HC3, it has
added latest technology as compared to any early model. Most of the
excitation roots of the 1/3 inches ClearVID CMOS sensor feature, a like
sensor to the one observed in the HDR-HC1 (USD2295).
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Features
The DVD505 (USD665) shoots
still photographs to Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, and DVD in
two categories, Fine and Standard, and in 6 different resolution sizes,
2304 x 1728 (4megapixel), 2304 x 1296 (3megapixel,widescreen), 2016 x
1512 (3megapixel), 2016 x 1134 (2.3megapixel, widescreen), 1600 x 1200
(1.9megapixel), and 640 x 480 (0.3megapixel).
While in still mode, you
are just gifted with choices for 4 mega pixel, 1.9 mega pixel,
0.3megapixel, & 3megapixel widescreen. Video mode possesses its own
options of still sizes, one for capturing still images while recording
video in 4:3 ratio mode (3megapixel), and one for photographing still
images while recording video in 16:9 mode (2.3megapixel). You be able to
arrange in the menu whether you would wish still images to save to the
Memory Stick of the DVD. The reality that you can at the same time
capture 3megapixel still images when recording video is a specialty in
goodwill of this camcorders still potentialities.
In conditions of manual
control, you acquire most the similar characteristics received in video
mode. Exposure, focus, Spot Focus, Spot Meter, Color Slow Shutter, these
all is given in the forepart of the menu. You will also discover the
self-timer option, which waits the photograph being captured for 10 secs
after the release of the shutter button.
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A flash is placed straight
over the lens. You can adjust this flash to high, normal, & low levels,
switched off completely, and can adjust for auto function, pushed
function, or switched off completely. The flash toggle switch is placed
on the rear of the camcorders structure. The DVD505 provides red-eye
reduction, too settled in the menu.
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The DVD505 bears an
effectual still resolution in 4:3 ratio of 1990K pixels, or 2megapixel.
In 16:9 ratios, there is an efficacious still resolution of 1490K
pixels, or 1.5megapixels. However, you may be inquiring yourself; can
the camcorder make stills of 2304 x 1728, or 4megapixel? Through the
procedure of interpolation, I would answer. Interpolation is a digital
procedure through which the camcorder divides few or all of the existent
pixels and acts its fullest to guess what colors ought to be in the new
pixels. In our judgment, the stills seem fantabulous. That said, this is
not the same caliber of image that you would discovery in a committed
still camera on a 4megapixel sensor. But for a camcorder, these are few
remarkable numbers.
Performance
The DVD505 developed
stills that were super intelligent (affirmed by the high resolution
score). Once more, there were clues of the blue noise that appears to
come out in numerous Sony camcorders. We believed that an entirely fresh
imager may make a difference, but the trouble must persist in the
processing mechanism. The blue noise came out mainly in the red areas of
the spectrum. Color functioning and result was reasonable; it missed the
power that the video featured in the same light conditions. The blues
looked better, whereas the greens seemed flat.
By comparing, the DVD403
(USD489) got the same concentrated look in its still performance that we
observed in the video performance. This made for a welcome modification
from the typical flat look of camcorder stills. That said, the colors
are not wholly precise, only firm.
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