Sony HDR-UX20 First Impressions Camcorder Reviewby Alfredo PadillaPublished on Jan 10, 2008 3:35 PM 
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Still Features
Still captures on the Sony HDR-UX20 (Review, Specs, Recent News, ) have taken two steps back and one step forward. The maximum size of still images has fallen from 6.1 megapixels to 4.0 megapixels, probably due to the smaller imager found on the Sony HDR-UX20. You can also capture images while you are recording video, although the size of those images falls to three megapixels, which is again smaller than last year's 4.6 megapixels. The quality of images captured by last year's Sony HDR-UX7 (Review, Specs, $0.00) produced solid still images, we'll see how the Sony HDR-UX20 does when we get it into the lab. All of the manual controls you would find when recording video are also available when capturing still images.
As with video capture we feel the loss of the Cam Control as you basically lose the ability to make quick and easy manual adjustments. Instead you'll have to pull up the on screen menu system every time you want to change a setting. The Sony HDR-UX20 has a flash mounted to the left of the lens. We worry a little about this placement as it could lead to uneven lighting, we prefer to see the flash mounted above the lens. Still images are saved onto a MemoryStick Duo/PRO Duo card.