Toshiba Camileo SX900

Toshiba Camileo SX900 review

Although the Toshiba Camileo SX900 looks like a regular camcorder and has a perfectly decent specification, it feels more like a toy than a serious piece of consumer electronics. It's rather small and the casing uses a lot of shiny black plastic and chrome. Small gadgets can be very cool, but in this case the design seems to be flawed somewhat, as the hand strap and lens cap look like an afterthought. This wouldn't generally be considered a terrible sin, but we're talking about a £250 purchase. Furthermore, the tiny size of the SX900 means that you effectively need to hold the camcorder between finger and thumb as the strap isn't much help. This becomes even more of an issue when you're making changes in the set-up menu as the fold-out 2.7-inch screen sits at 90 degrees to the navigation pad on the side of the camcorder. Another aggravation was the USB connection. We plugged in the proprietary USB cable, pressed the transfer button and then had to answer the question of whether the USB connection was for a printer or a PC, and then whether the connection was for YouTube, Card Reader or MTP.