Sony FDRAX1 4K Camcorder Voucher

Sibelius (Palo Alto, CA USA) : Sony's FDRAX1 4K provides decent, all around point and shoot functionality with respectable image quality thanks to good image stabilization, intelligent flash lighting and a Carl Zeiss (licensed) lens. While most of the unit is housed in a metallic plastic case build quality seems decent for the price point. What I appreciated the most was its compact sizing (slightly smaller then a deck of cards) and speed at which the unit can go from power-off to photo taken in less than 2 seconds. The 8x optical zoom goes through its progressions smooth and quickly and the 3 inch LCD display is adequate when considering the devices size. The menu and options UI is mostly standard and intuitive if you've used other point and shoot cameras over the past 5 years. Overall, a handy little camera with image quality that will surprise you if you experiment with the manual settings.

Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) : As with pretty much all cameras, you will have to get a memory card (which for $10 to $35 you will be able to get a real decent one). Again, like most cameras, this one doesn't have a case. It does have a strap and a recharge cord for the battery (which is nice as it is such an improvement from the days of having to buy batteries that last for about an hour in a digital camera)

Mark Perry : I am a little disappointed with the quality of this point and shoot. First, the pros are that it is light, attractive, small and easy to carry. Everything else, in my opinion, really revolves around what you get for the money. Quality of the pictures is just ok, I honestly think my Apple iphone takes better pictures (even in dimly lit areas). But for those people who want to take a lot of pictures on a trip and need memory card, then a camera would be a must have. Not crazy about the zoom capability, seems to definitely be less than advertised. As I mentioned, in low lighting camera stabilization seems low. Overall, if this was in a gold box deal for $99 I would jump on it for the name and durability of a Sony product. But not for $20-30 more than that. I think you can do better.