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hey there I'm Josh Goldman senior editor for cnet and this is a look at the sony cybershot h x 30 v it's the follow-up to the HX 9v an excellent and extremely popular 16 x compact mega zoom from 2011 the 30 x v is just as good but with a longer 20x zoom lens it's still loaded with all kinds of shooting options from full auto to full manual and you get things like adjustments for contrast saturation sharpness different color modes manual focus all kinds of stuff just no raw capture unfortunately you also get built in GPS and Wi-Fi which lets you wirelessly back up to a computer send to your smartphone or view on a Wi-Fi enabled TV if the wireless stuff doesn't appeal to you though look for the HX 20 v which is the same camera but without the Wi-Fi photo and video quality are excellent as is its shooting performance it's a very quick camera with very fast autofocus about the biggest problem I have with it is its price to other frontrunner in the category the Canon sx260 HS and Panasonic zs can be found for up to about a hundred dollars less they don't have the exact features of the HX 30v but they're close enough that the price difference is substantial nevertheless if you have the money and this is a great camera i'm josh golden and that's the sony cybershot HX 30 d