I think the previous speakers have forgotten so much to mention should also be noted who awarded 4 and 5 star, who has, in my view, either hardly or no claims or use them rather only under optimum conditions, such as bright enough ect.
Equal first evaluation or comparison with a system camera or even an SLR camera would go too far, rather a digital camera in the 100-200 euro range.
In itself bad if it did not give more setting that it is not designed for snapshots still a little evil.
Coming first to the camera mode, clear the automatic mode it makes everything independently, in automatic programming in photo mode you can manually change the ISO value, exposure compensation is also possible and the white balance can be changed. Focusing is automatic and there is the touch focus, directly manually is not possible. It should be noted the Scene Selection as night mode, macro, landscape ect. is always automatic, can not be changed manually.
In video mode, you can absolutely change anything, you are always dependent on the automatic, especially in not so optimal conditions one would at least still want a manual white balance, exposure compensation and even, as already mentioned, the painful missing manual Scene selection. Are already worlds solely by the color if, for example, the camera can not decide whether she chooses to night mode or the candle (Insufficient illumination), one can not change anything to the fact / intervene, apart from the lack of WB times.
Would you rather still only be described as fair-weather cam, thereby you under less optimal conditions (indoor, night and not so bright lighting) in photo mode and little manual controls in video mode may change purely nothing. The lack of manual settings could be get over when because the automatic would be a good deal better.
I think a large debt has developed by Sony PlayMemories Mobile app, with another app, the DSC-QX10 unfortunately can not be operated. If Sony would make improvements as time would be determined just what the manual settings As for more in it. Almost every smartphone app can do much more, because one can only hope that Sony times reacts, where after one year because it looks rather bleak. Should Sony still make improvements to some, or at least get out a clever compatible app from another manufacturer / developer, I would forgive determines one or even two more stars.
The pictures are just great under optimal conditions, when the conditions are not so perfect, for example, the ISO speed driven so high, artificial and noisy added, blurred eh often with moving objects.
The videos are simply superb, when it is not so bright, even under optimal conditions, the video is by the ever automatic scene selection, as well as by the increasingly automatic WB noisy and dark, as well as Color-greatly distorted.
There are also positive, the connection via Wi-Fi is amazingly fast, approximately 5 seconds, at least with the new firmware 3:00 to short stuttering and dropouts comes there occasionally, this is likely only in the smartphone display visible in the video was not played ,
The autofocus is reasonably fast, and he does not empty ever, expected less than I had to realize that you can not adjust it manually, only automatic and touch focus in the photo mode in video yes only Automatically :-(
Images are transferred in their original size, as well as in a smaller 2 megapixel version on the smartphone, video can not be transferred to the smartphone, which are always stored on the memory card of the DSC-QX10. Shoot without smartphone in camera mode only possible in video mode None.
Conclusion: Recommending the DSC-QX10 is an addition to the smartphone Cam, who has no desire even to drag a camera with, where quite as handy because of their depth with support from 4cm it is not.
I have a smartphone, the HTC One S and especially in not so optimal conditions I achieved thus make better videos, what I have always sorely missed was the nonexistent optical zoom, therefore the decision to buy the DSC-QX10. For the price of 100 euros you can with the negative circumstances just so live,
for more like 100 I would rather not recommended, as there are plenty of better digital cameras.
My anticipation is already faded quite, without the HTC One S Cam let me now but not out, only in combination and at the price it keeps me still from the DSC-QX10 return immediately, I think about it yet.
