Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V

How to stop preview image after taking shot?

Hi, In the recent past I stopped using an older Olympus FE-46 camera and got instead a Sony HX-20V. The Sony camera has a lot of nice features, but one jarring thing I've noticed is the perspective distortion that comes from the default field of view / angle / focal length. My FE-46 had a default minimum length of 36mm reportedly (6mm adjusted to 35mm equivalent). So when I turn both cameras on the FE-46 gave less perspective distortion than the HX-20V. While the HX-20V may be a "world away"...

Hi all. I'm new to DPREVIEW. I'm planning to buy the Sony HX20, but it is a camera with almost one year old. On cellphones the time for replacement is about one year. And with cameras? I'm not in a hurry to buy a new camera, so probably I shloud wait for the sucessor of HX20? What are your opinions? Thanks.

Hello,I have a Cybershot dsc-hx20v and all the files that are generated by this camera (pictures & movies) are "read-only", which is incredibly annoying, can this be set to "not-read-only" ?I checked the settings from the camera but can't immediately find it.Thanks for your time.

Hi everyone,Sadly the possibilities of my Sony Cybershot DSC-HX20V are quite limited although I am very satisfied of this device.Some of the stuff I cannot do include self timers over 10 seconds, timelapses, long shutters, etc.I have been looking for a windows compatible software that would allow me to do that without success.I do not have access to a mini HDMI cable right now, so I was thinking of doing that through the USB cable...Any advice on how to do this?Thank you for your time

Hi everybody. I was testing outside the city my Hx20v, and I noted that when I choose Manual Mode, the camera doesn't seem to do a good light measure when I select "Spot" metering mode... and take photos like this one:It seems to be fixed in "Multi Pattern" mode, despite of my "Spot" option previously selected in the menu. I mean, when I choose spot metering, the camera still looking at the whole frame, and usually, the final result is a poor light-balanced shot.This is an error only in my...