Sony HDR-CX12 High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom

Review: The HDR-CX12 is an update to the CX7 model, also took beautiful pictures, but had several operational Mängel.Das CX12 remedies one of the greats – it has a sleep mode, so you can protect the lens between shots. (With the CX7 She had power-off, and then it took about 10 seconds to power on again.) CX7 On the “optical image stabilization (OIS) does not appear to work at all. I have no contributions to the CX12 still seen, but unless someone says it’s improved dramatically I would assume there is actually no stabilization. Stay on the CX7 is to avoid hard noticed shaking… The other shortcomings: – The position of the zoom switch is “comfortable” in that it directly under the index finger, but in practice this means that you accidentally zoom of the camcorder. Countless times I have the scene (and not the camera screen) is observed and then checked the camera only realize I was zoomed-in on someones foot (or crotch, ha!) – Is there a separate button for pictures vs. videos, so it is easily confused, which button to press, especially when you switch between video and photo mode – you can buy 3rd party batteries but they are not using the on-screen status, because you must pay the premium for one of their own Sony batteries. (Ed. 11-25-08, changed references of mislabeled “previous CX11 model” to “CX7) Rating: 5.4