Sony unveils two new 1080p Handycams

Nothing too remarkable about Sony's latest HD camcorders, but the new 64GB HDR-CX520V and 32GB HDR-CX500V are solid updates nonetheless. Identical apart from the built-in storage, both feature an Exmor R CMOS sensor with BIONZ processing that should offer solid low-light performance and decent 12 megapixel stills, Optical SteadyShot with a new active mode and three-way shake cancellation, Face Touch autofocus that allows you to simply point at faces to prioritize focus in order, and, most notably, 60p output, which'll interpolate your footage to 60 progressive frames per second when connected to a compatible HDTV. Not a bad piece of kit, but they'll cost ya: the HDR-CX500V will run $1,100 and the HDR-CX520V will be $1,300 when they arrive in September.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 7th 2009 7:25PM]

Where are you getting that these units shoot at 1080p?

Camcorderinfo describes it as "upconverted output to 1080p" which is unclear.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 8th 2009 12:56AM]

stupid sony we all know your camcorders wont actually record at 1080p60 (although that would be awesome)

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 8th 2009 1:52AM]

it as "upconverted output to 1080p" which is unclear.

http://www.chinalaptopstore.com/

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 8th 2009 2:01PM]

Nice.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 9th 2009 2:48AM]

Yes, this camera records at 1080i, not 1080p. It will upconvert to 1080p when the HDMI prot is used, however.

I don't get the whole point of that, though - I mean, my dang 1080p TV will do the upconversion from 1080i to 1080p anyway, so what is the freaking point of putting that in the camera????