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Feb 24, 2018
Wow, $339 is a really good price on the HX90v! Bought mine almost 2 years ago for $429 from B&H, and the price has since gone up to $449. Great little camera, and still one of the smallest superzooms out there. Pictures are quite good given its crappy 1/2.3" sensor, battery life is amazing, and the build quality seems very nice as well. Overall, the amount of features this tiny camera has packed in is really impressive (wi-fi transfer to PC/smartphone is pretty handy!)
And as previously mentioned, if you don't value the 30x optical zoom (with internal crop zooming and digital zooming past that), and instead would rather have a larger 1" sensor and RAW files, then just buy the RX100 (~3.5x zoom) for the same price. Would be nice to have both, but don't think it's technically possible at this size, given current technology. Being able pull that much of a zoom out of my pocket has allowed me to take quick "close up" photos of wildlife that I would have otherwise scared away trying to use an RX100 (ymmv, of course).
Just in case it helps anyone, the SONY PCK-LM15 screen protector is a perfect fit, and their LCMCSVH hard case and LCS-CSW soft case are the smallest cases that will just barely fit this model (or the other HX/RX/WX models). Also, their ACCTRBX kit (BCTRX wall charger with NP-BX1 battery) for $50 is a must-buy. The tiny Joby GorillaPod Micro 250 tripod is also pretty cool and still fits in the two cases I mentioned, but unfortunately, I think it's been discontinued or replaced.
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