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| Price | $1,199.00 | $446.29 to $479.99 | $699.99 | $638.69 | $859.99 to $928.92 |
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| Release date | March 15, 2011 | March 15, 2011 | March 10, 2010 | April 01, 2011 | |
| The Bottom Line | Typical for their price class, the no-frills Sony Handycam HDR-CX130, CX160, and XR160 produce generally subpar HD video, but if you're not picky you'll probably be fine. The CX130 is the best buy of the three, as long as you go cheap on the memory card. | A fine follow-up to last year's M3xx series, the Canon Vixia M4xx series should please most home-movie-oriented videographers despite its relatively high price. If you don't need the EVF, the M400 is your best buy, but if you'll be shooting a lot in sunlight, it's worth it to step up to the M41. | Panasonic's quartet of entry-level HD camcorders--the HDC-HS60, TM60, TM55, and SD60--delivers a nice manual feature set and good performance, as well as solid video quality for their class. As long as you don't pay list price, the SD60 is a great value, and if possible, avoid paying the unnecessary price premium for the hard drive in the HS60. | Panasonic's trio of prosumer camcorders, the hard-disk-based HDC-HS900 and flash-based TM900 and SD800, deliver generally excellent video quality and provide the full set of manual controls and features advanced users want. But you have to be willing to baby the white balance a bit. The TM900 is my top pick of the three for its EVF, but if you're on a tight budget the SD800 should suit just fine. | |
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| Video input type | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder |
| Digital zoom | 700 x | 350 x | 200 x | 1500 x | 700 x |
| Optical zoom | 10 x | 30 x | 10 x | 25 x | 12 x |
| Optical sensor type | 3CCD | Exmor R CMOS | CMOS | MOS | 3MOS |
| Image stabilizer | Optical | Optical (Steady Shot with Active Mode) | Optical (Dynamic SuperRange) | Optical (POWER O.I.S.) | Optical (HYBRID O.I.S.) |
| Flash type | None | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Built-in flash | Built-in flash |
| Lens aperture | F/1.8-2.8 | F/1.8-3.4 | F/1.8-3.0 | F/1.8-3.3 | F/1.5-2.8 |
| Manual focus | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic |
| Media type | Hard disk drive | Flash card | Flash card | Flash card | Flash card |
| Battery technology | Lithium ion | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable |
| Weight | 15.9 oz | 8.8 oz | 12.3 oz | 9 oz | 13.9 oz |
| Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications |
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