Truly major innovations in camera hardware appear only once in a blue moon, which is the reason we’re excited about Sony’s Handycam HDR-CX430V ($700). As the most affordable Sony camcorder with Balanced Optical SteadyShot (BOSS)—a remarkable new image stabilization technology that is all but impossible to include in slim smartphones or tablets—the HDR-CX430V finally re-justifies toting around a dedicated device for video recording.…
