you guys have me all messed up. I'm very new to any and all of this.
So tell me, is the HX9v any good or what????? Mine is to arive tomorrow, on the 12th, now grant ya, all I did was earn points at sonyrewards dot com. It didn't cost me anything. But did I waste my points????????????????
Don't worry about what you read on the forums on in the various reviews. You'll see many people saying it's a good camera and then some saying it's an ok camera. Not many will say it's terrible... but even if some do... that's just an opinion and there isn't a single camera that everyone will agree on.
You'll look far and wide and never find a camera that has no negative aspects to it because EVERY camera has compromises of some sort (image quality, size, speed, zoom range, cost... just to name a few).
My best advice would be to pick a camera (which you've already done) and then just use it, take hundreds and hopefully thousands of pics with it and learn all its features and above all just enjoy photography.
The camera is just a tool... don't obsess over whether it's a perfect choice or not... use the tool to get some interesting pictures and forget about reading comments and pros and cons of the camera itself after you get it. Don't worry about the nitpicking over details in reviews or online forums. You made a great choice because having A camera to take pictures with is a lot better than having none.
As you become a better photographer the camera actually becomes better as well because you can learn to take advantage of its strengths and minimize any possible weaknesses as well.
Focus on the positives and not the negatives.
In my opinion the HX9V has good image quality, good operational speed, great HD video quality with good sound quality, takes great panorama pics, has a good zoom range and nice wide angle capability, has a great LCD screen, has GPS and is a nice compact size.
I think it's an excellent choice and you'll have a great time with it.
