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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program With a typical camcorder, the design trade-off is between portability and cost on the one side, and low light performance on the other.
If you salivate over low light performance the HDR-PJ790V is the one for you but it both weighs and costs three times as much. On the other hand, if you desire portable videography on a budget, the HDR-CX380 is the winner. In fact, as you will see in the comparison notes below, the CX380 is probably the best value to be had in Sony's stable of budget camcorders CX230, CX290, CX380, and CX430.
CX380 Features:
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++ 16 GB of flash memory, sufficient for 1h 15m of highest quality video
++ Clean 3" LCD with touch buttons for recording/zoom
++ Hardware features (Mic input)
++ Software features (Face Detection, Auto Wind Noise reduction, Tracking focus)
++ decent lens (Sony G Quality, 26.8mm/F1.8, 30x optical zoom)
++ compact surprisingly light, and fits in smaller hands and into most large purses
++ traditional Sony optical steady shot stabilization tech
CX380 performance:
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In good lighting conditions, it captured smooth images, great colors, and decent sound though the auto wind filter was a bit over-aggressive.
As expected, in low light conditions, the images were noisy though watchable, and the colors were muted.
CX380 conclusion:
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This is a well designed unit, with small thoughtful touches such as rough grooving along one side for a better grip, and a built-in USB cable.
While there is nothing here that blew my socks off, it did meet my expectations for performance in a highly portable unit at this price point.
Happy videography!
~A_E
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Comparison to the CX290:
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Going down one level to the CX290, you lose simply way too much functionality:
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