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Sony - AX100 4K HD Flash Memory Premium Camcorder - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.6
Rating breakdown 36 reviews
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Star
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96%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Sony - AX100 4K HD Flash Memory Premium Camcorder - Black
Posted by: Anonymous
Gender:Female
Verified Purchase:Yes
Good product. I purchased it for filming my daughter's performances. It takes good shot and good tone quality.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
The BEST Hanycam Made So Far
on July 21, 2014
Posted by: RickBennette
This camcorder is well beyond the needs of most users as it borders on the realm of a pro camera in a small body. Yes, for a home unit, it's large. For a Pro unit, it's small. For video, this thing outperforms any DSLR on the market, including the new 4K DSLRs from the competition, albeit by only a small margin compared to 4K DSLRs.
Image quality is tack sharp from corner to corner with absolutely no loss of sharpness and no visible chromatic aberation anywhere in the image. The corners look as crisp as the center. There's also no moire effect when shooting intricate patterns. Details are simply stunning. Even the feathers of birds show every bit of detail in the ribbings. It has a 12x optical zoom, which is darn respectible for a one inch sensor. Digital zoom works flawlessly out to 24x with no visible digital distortion. Beyond 24x the artifacts become visible, and by 160x they make the image useless.
The color is rich and lush, but not overly saturated, even in the automatic mode. Skin tones look film like in the correct light. Depth of field is way better than any three chip pro camcorder, but not so shallow that noses look out of focus when the eyes look clear. Everything seems well balanced in the full auto mode.
The pro features really shine on this little gem. Every major function like focus, iris, white balance, shutter speed and gain has its own dedicated button on the camera body and is totally independent in its function. They retain their manual settings even when the camera is powered off and back on. Other pro features include video peaking and zebra stripes. XLR inputs are available through an optional adapter that sits in the hot shoe.
The eyepiece is so crisp you'll swear you're looking through an optical lens and not at an electronic device. The flip out viewfinder is crisp as well.
Low light shots are simply amazing with grain held to a minimum even at 33 dB video gain. At that setting, it sees things brighter than my eyes, and any grain simply is masked when viewing at normal distance from a TV. In good room lighting and obviously outdoors, grain is not even visible in the image. Digital artifacting is barely visible only if you sit too close the TV looking for it. Othewise, you won't see it.
The 4K mode looks tack sharp even downsampled on a 2K monitor. The X-AVC 2K mode looks almost as good on a 2K monitor, but lacks that razor sharpness of downconverted 4K. It goes without saying on a 4K monitor, the image is simply breathtaking. Only reality is sharper, and that's only if you have 20-20 vision. Set this thing in Cinema Mode, 24 frames per second at 4K and you'll have an image that will look as crisp and rich in color as an iMax movie. In fact, iMax is 4K.
Stills are also very good, approaching the quality level of a mid priced DSLR. 14 megapixel gives the most bang for the buck. The 20 meg setting interpolates more pixels with little added sharpness, so stick to 14.
Batteries last a respective 2 hours or more for the small one, four hours for the medium and nearly seven hours for the largest. a 64 GIG card shoots over six hours at the highest AVCHD mode, and over two hours at the 4K mode.
The native 4K files import easily into the Sony Vegas editor, even the older version 11. Vegas only outputs the finished project in 2K, however, unless there is some new plugin for that. A quad core machine is enough to handle the high data rate sufficiently to edit 4K on a PC.
Bottom line - using this in the full auto mode will get you great video in all regards. Use of the manual controls by a capable user will yield incredible results usable in any feature documentary.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Proud owner
on March 21, 2014
Posted by: eugene157
Did a few test videos, results better than expected . I edit with Power Director 12. It was awesome to watch the video on a Sony 4K TV. Test pattern I use says 1800 lines resolution PPH.
This reminded me of the HC-1 I bought in 2005, same wow factor!
This reminded me of the HC-1 I bought in 2005, same wow factor!
Good compromise in performance vs cost ratio.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
4k 60 fps ?
on February 2, 2018
Posted by: saltre
Gender:Male
In the next updates could improve the frames per second in 4k and take it to 60 fps? Sound 5.1 is also necessary to be able to use when recording in 4K, could it be improved too?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
Impressed
on September 7, 2014
Posted by: nickname2
Very impressed so far with the looks and feel. The quality is there... and for a first time owner I'm sure I won't be disappointed. My customer service representative was very helpful in explaining my questions and I'm sure she will be very helpful in the future.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
I'm Very Disappointed in Sony
on March 23, 2014
Posted by: HorseMoney
I've had this camcorder in my hands for 4 days now. First off Sony didn't have the weight of this camcorder listed in their specifications when I first pre ordered the camera several weeks ago. It's way too large and heavy for my small hands. Second I was very disappointed in the image stabilization, I was hoping it would be at least as good as my PJ-650's, it's not, it's about on an equal with my old Panasonic. On active mode it bounces around quite a bit before it settles down. The image quality is wonderful, however they don't tell you that you can't edit 4k video with Play Memories Home. When you first start the camcorder it tells you to go to Sony.net/PM to download the software. After you shoot the video in 4k and can't edit it on PM. I contacted Sony online support and they told me that I have to buy Sony Vegas Pro 12. I like Vegas but it's rendering is too slow for the number of videos I turn out.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
5
First day with the FDR-AX100
on April 2, 2014
Posted by: arondene
So far so good, everything is a go, no problem of sd card.
I got an ADATA Premier Pro sdxc 64gb (95 read/45 write). And it was recognized without problem.
I got an ADATA Premier Pro sdxc 64gb (95 read/45 write). And it was recognized without problem.
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com
Customer Rating
4
Excellent video
on July 21, 2014
Posted by: Geneo157
I have owned the camera since March and have produced some stunning videos. However I have a problem with the OLED EVF, its brightness is so low that it is unusable in bright sunshine. Two other EVF cameras I own have at least double the brightness. I also found the complaint on websites dedicated to this camera.
The video certainly rates 5 stars but for the EVF
The video certainly rates 5 stars but for the EVF
Written by a customer while visiting sony.com