Read full review. Simple to use, lightweight, and the image quality is great. Camcorders may seem like relics, but I think there still is a place on the market for off-line, dedicated hand video recorders. Verified purchase: Yes Condition: Pre-owned. I love the fact that you can change the memory meaning you can either use a memory stick, or use sony mini dvd's. I also love the fact that there is no blur as far as I know and the quality is fairly well. I have not used the HD mode because it drains too much of the memory and battery, but HQ level is really well and steady.
I do have the camera myself and I do like it very much I also like the different media uses. Skip to main content. About this product. Make an offer:. Stock photo. Pre-owned: Lowest price The lowest-priced item that has been used or worn previously. Buy It Now. Add to cart. Make Offer. See details for delivery est. Sold by kikem All told, you should be able to find something that helps, but be aware that this is not a strong low light performer, and no special setting can change that.
There are two levels of manual control in Sony HD camcorders. The menu is split into two distinct areas, the Camera Menu and Home menu. The Camera menu is accessed by hitting the button in the lower left area of the touch screen. Measuring 2. The 3. The exposure controls are located in the second page of the Camera menu. The Exposure tool looks a lot like the Focus tool. You only need the plus and minus buttons to make the image darker and brighter, but Sony clogs up the screen with eleven separate graphics.
When shifting Exposure, a scale appears in the middle of the screen, but there is no numerical value. This makes it difficult to duplicate a shot later. There are 31 increments in the scale. The Spot Meter works just like Spot Focus.
Activate, then push the area of the screen you want properly exposed. The third option here is the Scene Modes menu, which was detailed in the Auto Controls section above. If this is important to you, look to those manufacturers. There are two low light modes that involve shutter speed.
The white balance options are located in the third page of the Camera menu. This is a rather limited list, but par for the competition.
Canon tends to offer more white balance presets. Making a manual setting is quite easy. Just select One Push, then push then the button underneath that. It would be nice if the screen went black, then came back. Panasonic is the only camcorder manufacturer that offers manual gain in the consumer range.
It offers wider and deeper color than the traditional color standards. If you record with x. Zebra — The Zebra function is located in the Home menu. When activated, the camcorder will display moving "zebra stripes" over any area of the image that is overexposed. There are two options: 70 and These refer to IRE levels. Face Detection — The Face Detection feature is new for , and new for camcorders in general Sony is joined by Panasonic in this area.
It detects up to eight faces simultaneously, and can auto correct for exposure, focus, and white balance. In fact, Sony showed the ability to detect faces at a degree angle. These lines do not get recorded to your final footage. Canon and Panasonic offer the same feature with more variations. These are meant to be activated when you have a wide or tele lens attached to the camcorder. The placement of the flash will most likely lead to uneven lighting, so play with the Exposure before settling on the flash.
A Redeye Reduction feature can be set, which reduces the infamous demon eyes of a subject in an image. This is available in both video and still modes. You can activate Face Detection with frames on or off. All Manual Controls are available, and the Flash modes and Image sizes can be accessed from the Function menu as well as the Home menu.
Just like Video playback mode, captured media will appear as thumbnails that can be pressed to access the particular clip or image. The Photo Playback menu contains the following options:. We then ran the stills through Imatest imaging software. At best, the camcorder was able to produce a color error of 5. The noise from the UX20 measured 1. Finally, the saturation measured Though we shot in several exposure settings, the auto mode proved to be the most accurate.
That should prove to be of some hope to beginners. In order to get this best score, we had to bump the exposure up by one increment from auto mode. As you may have read elsewhere in the review, Sony is pretty conservative in its manual control offerings. This is resolution score is right on target for a camcorder with this imager size and pixel count, nothing great or terrible.
What more could you ask for? The Function menu is not available in Playback mode either. All image adjustments are made automatically. Easy Mode is the magical elixir for any video novice. Sonys are geared toward the consumer who wants something they can turn on, point, and shoot. All Manual Controls are located in the Function menu, and most administrative functions can be found in the Home menu. However, the touch screen responsiveness was not as good as it was on the 3.
We often had to push the buttons more than once to get the desired effect. The only red flag we see with the HDR-UX20 is its ability to record via three different forms of media. Our recommendation? In fact, stick to one form of media. If internal flash memory means one less thing to carry in the camcorder bag, then go for it. Sony went with a tall upright camcorder body, which aids portability and attributes to a sleek, sexy look.
Well, this consumer-driven architecture comes at a hefty price for the advanced power shooter. A tall, upright camcorder is awkward to grasp and disproportionate in terms of weight. Not only does stabilization take a blow, but manual adjustment is shafted as well. The index finger aligns with the Zoom toggle quite well, but the Zoom toggle is embedded too deeply and remains flush with the body of the camcorder. We could have used a little extra plastic here.
Sayonara, wide, fat camcorder goodness—the HDR-UX20 possesses very few traits from its older siblings. At least the extendable viewfinder is a nice attempt by Sony.
It certainly looks flashy with its metallic AIS shield. However, the viewfinder only extends to a distance that is flush with the battery. If you upgrade to the bulkier NP-FH70 battery, you will get a nice chunk of hard plastic in your face.
Also, the DVD hatch takes anywhere from 5 to 20 seconds to open, so you must possess an ample amount of patience. This means wading through the numerous pages just to access SteadyShot or Zebras, which should be in the Function menu, but hide out in the Home menu instead. Page 11 Playing a disc on other devices For movies, set the desired image quality HD high definition or SD standard definition at the same time.
B Record using your camcorder p. When you touch an item, its explanation appears on the screen. Page Getting Started Getting Started Step 1: Checking supplied items Make sure that you have the following items supplied with your camcorder. The number in the parentheses indicates the number of that item supplied. AC Adaptor 1 p. For the media for movies, set the internal memory set the image quality still images, set the internal memory shown below.
Page 29 When [Completed. The select screen of the media for still images is displayed. Touch the desired media. Format the disc, following the instructions on the screen. Touch [Record HD high definition images. Touch [Record SD standard definition images. It also makes the screen font size larger for easy viewing.
The images are recorded on the set media p. The settings of some menu items are fixed. Page Recording Recording The images are recorded on the set media p. The default settings are shown below. Page Zooming Recording Continued Zooming You can magnify images to 15 times the original size with the power zoom lever or the zoom buttons on the LCD frame.
Wider range of view: Wide angle Close view: Telephoto Move the power zoom lever slightly for a slower zoom. To cancel the back light function, press.
Recording in mirror mode You can record images showing the images to the person to be recorded. The default setting is [OFF]. Your camcorder records sounds for about 12 seconds while [Recording Page Playback Playback Play back the images recorded on the selected media p. Page 46 Playback Continued Viewing still images Touch the tab and the still image to be played back.
You can start playing back a movie from the selected scene. Set the media that contains the movie to be played back in advance p.
To cancel, touch Play back a series of still images Slide show Touch on the still image playback screen. Images recorded with SD standard definition image quality are played back with SD standard definition image quality. Refer to the instruction manual of the TV for details. In addition, this category enables you to utilize your camcorder by connecting it to other devices.
Page Deleting Images Deleting images You can delete the images recorded on the media using your camcorder. Page 58 Deleting images Continued 4 When [Completed. Page 60 Capturing a still image from a movie Continued Touch the movie that you want to capture a still image from.
The selected movie is played back. Touch to pause at the point where you want to capture. The movie pauses. Play and pause toggles as you press Returns to the beginning of the selected movie.
The compatibility of the media types varies depending on the types of your camcorder. Each color displays the following status. Page Dividing Movies Dividing movies Set the media that contains the movie to be divided in advance p. Touch the movie to be divided. Touch at the point where you want to divide the movie into the scenes. The original movies are not changed, even if you edit or delete the movies in the Playlist.
Page Playing The Playlist Creating the Playlist Continued 2 Touch to select the recording date of the desired movies, then touch The movies recorded on the selected date are displayed on the LCD screen. Touch the movie on the LCD screen to confirm. Touch previous screen. Page 67 4 Touch t [YES].
Connect the device in either of the following ways. Connect your camcorder to the wall outlet wall socket using the supplied AC Adaptor for this operation p. Page 69 Turn on the camcorder, then set the media that contains the desired movies for dubbing p.
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