Let's state this upfront: Sweep panorama is one of the coolest features you'll ever use.
Introduction
The HX1 was one of the biggest hits from the 2009 PMA convention, the camera industry’s toned-down version of E3. Press people tend to be pretty jaded, yet there were audible gasps when this camera strut its stuff during the official introduction. We’re referring to a demo of the sweep panorama function, which lets you take a 224-degree panorama image just by holding the shutter and sweeping the scene. We--along with everyone else--were very impressed when the results were shown on a big screen. Anyone who has tried to stitch photos together on a computer will immediately appreciate this feat. On top of that, the 9.1-megapixel DSLR lookalike grabs 10 frames per second at full resolution, captures 1080p videos, and has a wide-angle 20x mega-zoom, all for $469. This sounds really sweet on paper; let’s see how she works in this big bad world.
by Charlie on November 8, 2009:
“Fantastic capabilities in a small package. Biggest problem for me is the really bad performance under fluorescent light. If you do available light photography under fluorescent light, you will need to use custom calibration.” More...