Review on Sony HX400V Compact Digital Camera: Capturing Brilliance with 50x Optical Zoom in Black by Gagaan Pahal ᠌

Before deciding whether to take this camera, ask yourself the question: do you really need optical zoom in the 15x-50x range? Shooting handheld at this magnification without blurring is very difficult, everything jumps in the viewfinder. If your answer is YES, I REALLY NEED TO SHOOT AT 15X-50X Magnification, and you don't have a budget of tens of thousands of dollars for just one lens, and the subjects are well lit, then this camera can be an interesting way out. My theory is that since the price and weight of the optics is a cube of the frame size, the frame size here is reduced by 3.74 times compared to the popular APS-C format. This reduces the cost of optics by 3.74x3.74x3.74 = 52 times, which is especially important in the 15x-50x magnification range. The weight of such optics is also reduced from 3 kg to 60 grams. The price for the opportunity to shoot inexpensively in the 15x-50x range was a decrease in area, and, consequently, pixel sensitivity by 13 times compared to an APS-C format matrix. I would also venture to suggest that the resolution of the lens-matrix system has decreased by 3.74 times. Since it is widely believed that even with a 20MP APS-C sensor, the pixel is already too small for modern optics, which means that by reducing it by another 3.74 times, we lose the same amount of detail. I got the camera from my wife. I got it because the detailing of the pictures did not live up to expectations, so if you are not interested in photo techniques such as blurring the background, or water jets, and waiting for a visible increase in quality at STANDARD settings, you are unlikely to be satisfied. Pictures take up no more than 7-8 MB at the highest quality. From many of the pictures, the feeling that they are made on embossed photographic paper. If you shoot everything in a row, and optical zoom up to 10X-12X is enough for you, then in the same budget I would recommend looking towards inexpensive APS-C cameras with third-party lenses, for example, study the bundle - the budget Nikon D3300 or Canon 1200D with a Sigma lens 18-200.