Flip Video may have started the mini camcorder enthusiasm, but Sony wants a piece of cake. Sony Bloggie touch which is just about the easiest video recording device we have ever, with the interface, mainly consisting of a touch screen and a big red button. He shoots HD 1080p video, but with around £ 180, it will cost you a pretty penny. Is it value? Let us find out.
The note would fit measuring 15 x 107 of 52 mm, very comfortable in the pocket of most breeches. We round touch to for a week in the pockets of our jeans worn and only 125 g never found it heavy or bulky. It sat comfortably next to our mobile phone.
The touch is pleasant slim, with a rounded back. The lens on the back is set high in the frame so for getting your fingers accidentally in the way. The case has a charming brushed aluminium effect.
At the edges you will find a power button, a button for the reception of stills camera, a tripod screw, flip-out USB stick for the connection of the Bloggie with your computer and space in an HDMI adapter, plug, so that you can view your movies and photos on a hi-def telly. The great record button below the display is the only physical button on the front of the camcorder.
The note is impressively easy to use. Once you control the display serves as viewfinder enable, buttons on the screen you're shooting. There is not much be done to control, zugegebenermaßen-- especially you will move the small bar at the bottom of the Zoom control. It is a low 1 x optical zoom, 4 x digital option.
We are not a big fan of digital zoom – you lose much resolution at the to enlarge. Digital Zoom crops into essentially just the image, so that you receive the material, which, if you zoomed, grainy and ugly looks.
A bigger problem is that you draw on the screen does not translate slider with your finger on a smooth zoom. We found it rather be nervous. Unfortunately, this translates into our recorded footage. If we, was our video all over the place always when we in or out, it increases rather make what looks like a Hitchcock thriller.
That may not bother you perhaps - ultimately the Bloggie is designed not for the professional video recording. Rather, it has intended, include quick and dirty film. Fortunately, that is, only a few seconds wait something, it tut-very well - you between the Bloggie switch on and start recording.
The note shoots 1080p video at 30 frames per second. If have a smooth video for you more is important, you can choose 720 p 60 fps or 720 p at 30 fps. You can capture still images with a resolution of 2, 8 or 12 megapixels.
In contrast to other compact camcorder, you should keep the Bloggie on his page in landscape mode, when you record videos. In this way, you will receive proper widescreen footage. You will leave with only a thin strip of the video shooting in portrait mode. The note when you have from portrait to landscape mode white, tilted, and turns the display accordingly. We have found that switch be pretty fast.
Video looks very clearly. It is sharp, with balanced, natural colors. Low-light performance is not too much, jedoch-- find secretly in the footage soon unsightly noise.
Your video will see not his best on the Bloggie 3-inch screen, but it looks good, as soon as you it on a computer or TV hit. Photos look decent to, but not on par with what you would get from a good compact camera.
One cool feature is that you can take video still images while recording. There is a 360-degree lens contain, which adds to the beginning of the Bloggie. It created a ring-shaped video from the camera environment, but is little more than a novelty.
We like how easy it is to the pop-out touch-USB-stick, if you want all content NAB - makes it easy to transfer video files. The note has 8 GB memory that you should be on high tide, recording for one day, but probably not much more.
We were impressed by the touch battery life. Sony says that you'll get 160 minutes of juice under normal shooting conditions. We shot every day for a week with the note and for the entire period charge a couple of short videos, so that the battery life seems in fact had to be pretty decent.
The touch sound quality also deserves a mention. Everything from tiny microphone recorded came through very clearly, and we charge us, hear anything when playing back the our videos never found.
The auto focus is rather annoying. If you switch themes, autofocus often slow to catch on, which could lead to a few seconds of out of focus film.
The auto focus makes a quiet ticking sound like their small mechanisms continually check and again at the Centre. It is very quiet, and it is possible that saw touch to use for many years and never the sound. But, if you record in a very quiet area, the sound is reflected in your footage, which is to keep something in mind that if you like filming in libraries or at funerals.
The Sony Bloggie touch is an appealing mini camcorder. Its slow autofocus and lack of settings mean its use is very limited, but it will prove that a faithful companion to a small camcorder, you carry around at all the time to film material rough and ready to take.
If you fancy a few quid to save and check not mind shooting in 720 p, the flip video MINO before parting with your money.
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