One of Sony’s 2009 models would be the Sony HDR-CX500V. This Sony piece of equipment is a high-definition camcorder armed with capabilities like a 12mp still image capture, back-illuminated 1/2.88″ “Exmor R” CMOS image sensor with ClearVid™ array, Professional-quality Sony® G Lens, Optical SteadyShot™ image stabilization with Active Mode and 3-Way Shake Canceling, 12X Optical, 150X Digital Zoom, 32GB flash memory and geotagging. Through such a huge feature-pack together with a cheap price tag, it is hard to pass on this wonderful performing camcorder.

Its older sibling, the Sony HDR-CX520V owns highlights akin to that of the Sony HDR-CX500V except it has double the flash memory. With these two like-minded pieces of equipment amongst competition, individuals are able to choose from a wide variety.

Launched in early 2009, Sony’s HDR-CX100 is a low-end high-definition camcorder which is primed with capabilities such as 8GB internal flash memory or optional Memory Stick Pro DUO memory card, 10x optical zoom, a 1/5″ Exmor™ CMOS image sensor with ClearVid™ array, Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens with SteadyShot™ image stabilization, face detection, Smile Shutter, manual focus, exposure and white balance adjustments amongst many others. Sony’s unconventional piece of kit also owns a 2.7″ touchscreen LCD display and is available in 3 colors - silver, black or red. In spite of being larger and heavyset in comparison with its peers, the Sony HDR-CX100 is extremely responsive and starts up in a split second. This Sony model offers high quality video at a rather small price tag.