Sony Bloggie Touch (MHS-TS10/S) - 4 GB, 2 Hour (Silver)
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Manufacturer: SonyModel: MHS-TS10/S
Color: Silver
Product features:
- 1920x1080 HD MP4 recording: The Bloggie Touch camera lets you record your favorite moments anytime, anywhere. Using the MP4 format, the Bloggie Touch shoots video in 1920x1080 high definition, as well as captures 12.8MP still images
- 12.8MP still images: Enjoy capturing clear, crisp still photos at 12.8MP resolution. The high resolution yields incredible detail while giving you the flexibility for large prints and cropping
- Capacitive touch-screen LCD: The touch screen LCD utilizes an easy to use touch & slide method for searching through your videos and pictures
- 3.0" LCD with vertical/horizontal operation: The 3.0" touch screen LCD (measured diagonally) will rotate its orientation automatically; however you hold the camera - horizontally, vertically, left, right, even upside down
- Up to 2 hours HD video: Record and store up to two hours of high-definition video footage (default setting) to the Bloggie Touch camera's 4GB of built-in flash memory
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Sony Bloggie Touch (MHS-TS10/S) - 4 GB, 2 Hour (Silver)
Customer Review: Beautiful Garbage
Summary: 1 Stars
Overall
I thought when I opened the package, "Wow! This is gonna be great!" I bought it to take to the Rush Time Machine tour. What I didn't realize was that the battery time is less than two hours, and that the video time is pretty bad as well. In addition, if you want a nice wide screen look to your videos, the microphone is placed exactly where your finger will want to rest when you hold it.
Video Quality
The video is shaky, lacking any stabilization control software, and anything that creates a decent amount of light or movement on the screen will cause it to fall out of focus. Getting it back into focus isn't easy, and the only way I found to get it jumpstarted is to take a picture with it, which is going to shake the camera as you move your finger and press the button. Even taking a picture, however, is no guarantee that the camera will make its way back into focus, and you could end up like me during the sing Witch Hunt, panning the camera around trying to find something else for it to focus on so you can get in back into focus, touching the microphone in the process and generally ruining the whole thing.
Motion blur is also a problem. On nearly every video I took, blur is evident as I pan the crowd. Even though I'm moving slowly, it's noticeable and looks really really bad.
Sound Quality
The focus thing isn't the biggest issue, however. The microphone holes (three in all), aren't located in the front of the unit. They're on the side. Exactly where your finger will want to rest should you decide to turn your Bloggie on it's side so that you'll get a nice widescreen version of whatever it is you happen to be watching. Whoever decided to do that needs to be beaten soundly with a stick. It's a stupid thing to have done, and ruined nearly every video I managed to take at the concert. Even if you manage not to touch it with your finger, since it's right on the side, it picks up the scratching sound of your finger and leaves little scratchy sounds in your video. The sound quality also gets really rough if you're in a concert situation with a lot of distorted guitars and bass, or Rush, for example.
Software
The software is a little buggy, and it's faster to just drag and drop the files into Windows Explorer. Doing it with the Bloggie software is slow, cumbersome, and if you're using a little small netbook, you may not have the computing power to do it in a reasonable amount of time. Bear in mind also, that the Bloggie doesn't charge unless it's turned off, and that you can't offload it's visual cargo unless it's turned on, so while you're spending the 10-15 minutes it takes to offload all that video, you're burning your precious battery time, which is short indeed. Want it back? Good luck. There's no way to remove that battery, and charging it up to full takes about three hours.
Comparisons
I've seen video taken at Rush concerts with other cameras. The Flip being one of them. I don't know why I didn't buy that one. My whole experience may have turned out better. Kodak supposedly makes a smaller camera that is great for this sort of thing. Frankly I wish I had bought one of those rather than this. It's a gorgeous little thing, all sleek and polished and brushed metal, but it just doesn't live up to it's good looks.
Description of Sony Bloggie Touch (MHS-TS10/S) - 4 GB, 2 Hour (Silver)
The Bloggie Touch camera captures web-friendly HD MP4 video and 12.8MP images while featuring a capacitive touch-screen for simple touch & slide operation. Integrated software makes it easy to share videos and images on Facebook or YouTube. Record up to 2 hours of HD video on its 4GB of internal memoryCamcorders
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