Released early last year, the Sony HDR-XR500 series sports two hard disk based AVCHD equipment, the Sony HDR-XR500V and the Sony HDR-XR520V. These two cameras hold leading edge functions such as built-in GPS and the new|all-new|brand new|new-fangled|novel|cutting edge|avantgarde|breakthrough|progressive|radical|state of the art|unconventional} Exmor-R back-illuminated CMOS sensor. It too comprises an enhanced SteadyShot image stabilization system and a solid feature set.

The Sony HDR-XR500V gives a 120GB drive while the Sony HDR-XR520V encompasses a 240GB drive. Despite having a full set of features, these gadgets are armed with a significantly big price tag. For the price you would be forking out, individuals would expect to have more prosumer traits and not just a full set of consumer features.

The Sony HDR-XR200V, made available in the 1st quarter of 2009, is a 120GB, 1/5-inch 2.3-megapixel ClearVid CMOS sensor one that boasts a 15x zoom lens with a handful of enhancements like GPS for geotagging and an optical stabilizer for better compensation for video taking whilst walking, features mainly found on its higher end siblings, the Sony HDR-XR500V and the Sony HDR-XR520V and most of all, a more petite size.

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