Sony HDR-UX7 First Impressions Camcorder Reviewby Matt CullerPublished on Jan 10, 2007 3:00 PM
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Other Features
Optical Images Stabilization – It is perhaps the best feature on the HDR-UX7. It is a major upgrade from the HDR-UX5. The HDR-HC7 also features optical stabilization.
Zebra Strips – Available at intensity levels of 70 and 100 and accessible using the touch screen menu system, this feature puts zebra (black and white) strips on areas that are overexposed.
Telemacro – This option engages the full length of the camcorder’s optical zoom for capturing close-up objects and results in a focused foreground and blurry backdrops.
Guideframes – Selecting this options puts guideframes, basically a tic-tac-toe board of white lines on the screen to aid composition.
X.V. Color – Sony is featuring this technology on four of their new HD camcorders this year. It stands for Extended YCC Colorimetry and is a new color space standard that supposedly includes more color variations. Unfortunately, the only way to view this properly is on one of Sony’s special HD televisions, which are rare and expensive right now.
Smooth Slow Record – Smooth Slow Record creates slow-motion footage. The rate at which fields are recorded is increased four fold, it and can only record three seconds of footage at a time in this mode. The produced footage is understandably darker than normal.