Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Image Gallery: Southern California Superbloom

By Michelle Rae Uy · On March 29, 2019

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 Short Review

For a $450 camera, the Sony HX99 compact is packed with features many higher-end cameras might fall short on. It boasts Sony’s Optical SteadyShot, which works beautifully especially when shooting videos and when you’re zoomed in all the way, and has a powerful 28x optical zoom that makes it super versatile. It also touts 10fps continuous shooting, fast EyeAF, uncropped 4K at up to 30fps, and a touchscreen LCD that offers touch focus, touch shutter, and a 180-tilting ability. And those are just to start.

Unfortunately, it also falls short on a number of important things including noise handling, autofocusing accuracy, and metering, all three of which affect the camera’s overall still image and video qualities. However, to the untrained eye, those things aren’t really as apparent, and this camera is more geared towards users who shoot casually or need a compact they can easily carry around for travels and everyday use.

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Sony HX99 Sample Images

(24mm, F/8, 1/30, ISO 1000)

(24mm, F/5, 1/30, ISO 125)

(24mm, F/8, 1/30, ISO 800)

(24mm, F/3.5, 1/60, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/3.5, 1/200, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/3.5, 1/320, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/3.5, 1/1600, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/8, 1/250, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/8, 1/160, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/3.5, 1/800, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/3.5, 1/320, ISO 80)

(115mm, F/5.6, 1/500, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/5.6, 1/500, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/5.6, 1/400, ISO 80)

(100mm, F/8, 1/160, ISO 80)

(43mm, F/8, 1/200, ISO 80)

(28mm, F/7.1, 1/125, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/7.1, 1/320, ISO 80)

(43mm, F/7.1, 1/125, ISO 80)

(33mm, F/8, 1/200, ISO 80)

(173mm, F/8, 1/200, ISO 100)

(155mm, F/8, 1/250, ISO 80)

(35mm, F/8, 1/160, ISO 80)

(122mm, F/8, 1/160, ISO 80)

(24mm, F/5, 1/80, ISO 80)

(122mm, F/5.6, 1/160, ISO 80)

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX99 ISO Performance

The Sony HX99 only has a sensitivity range at 80 to 3200 (expandable to 6400) so be prepared with a good tripod when shooting in low light. The noise handling is also, unfortunately, not great. This camera could not keep the luminance noise down even at ISO 80, affecting the overall quality of your images; although, it actually does manage chromatic noise really well, keeping it at bay until around ISO 1600.