Sony Bloggie Touch MHS TS10 Sample Images

I bet you have seen lots of video footage of this snap camera, and I will include a video in this post with examples of the video recording at 1080p. But for this post, I wanted to share some sample pictures that have been taken by me with the MHS TS10. Sony Bloggie MHS TS10 Snap Camera 1080p. Also included is a video below. Just a few clips compiled together on a wet and windy day to show an example of what to expect when filming. What is the Bloggie. The Sony Bloggie MHS TS10 [4GB built-in storage space] is basically a touch screen video recorder and picture taker rolled into one, an old "snap camera" as they were called, and it looks a lot like a really small smartphone.

In 2023 It is considered as old tech, but it can record in 1080p @ 30 fps, and also in 720p @ 30 or 60 frames per second. Pictures can be taken while recording video [only 2mb in size], and pictures can be taken on their own @ 2mp, 8mp and 12 megapixel. Picture quality is just about acceptable depending on the lighting conditions. Glare is quite bad, and a lot of the images seem a bit washed out.

Charging is done by a full sized USB. There is a little press-it-to-flip-out USB connection at the bottom of the device. Sound quality is fairly good. Although there doesn't seem to be any way to adjust the sound level when in video recording mode. And the "portrait" mode is very thin and small. There is one example clip of portrait mode in this video, the rest are landscape - holding the Bloggie sideways.

Please Note: I bought this camera / picture taker because I wanted something that was small and could take decent video footage. I then started getting into making some shorts for some of my YouTube channels and wanted to use this device to make more. However, it does not produce them in a way that is accepted by YouTube as a Short video. The aspect ratio is very small and old. As a result, YouTube does not recognise the videos taken [portrait mode videos] as shorts. So if you are considering buying this device with the expectation of making some shorts to upload to YouTube, don't bother. It doesn't work for that.

 

Other than a few shortcomings, that we should expect from a device that is now well over 10 years old, this is a great device for people who don't own a smartphone, don't want to own own one, but want to go under the radar, blend in and look like everyone else pointing their "phone" at stuff and recording things. Which is now much more normalised and accepted than pointing a stand-alone camera in someone's direction. The Bloggie can be much more discrete than using a normal, instantly recognisable camera.

When it comes to the latest model, I don't think there has been any new releases of the MHS range for over 10 years. It seems to have been left at the roadside due to the massive rise in people using smartphones, which for the most part leaves the Bloggie as not needed, almost obsolete for smartphoners. As I'm sure you are aware, the best smartphones these days can take both 1080p / 4K video and snap very good quality pictures. But as mentioned, this is still a good little device for non-smartphone users. If you can find one for sale for a cheap price, buy it. I paid £6.50 for mine from eBay UK.

I have now upgraded to using a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact for taking pictures and recording video. I blend right in even more! It even has 1080p @ 60fps and 4K. I don't actually use it as a smartphone at all, it has no SIM card inside. But It's great as a picture / video taker if wanting / needing to travel light. So, at the moment, rather than carry my old "dumbphone" and a camera, I'm carrying two phones. I'll still use the Bloggie though, just not as much.