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Summary: it's a good product - but....
Review: Overall speaking, good camera. But, it will cost you a fortune (US$880) to repair it, if you drop it on the floor. I was also planing to use on my Dell computer as a WebCam via the firewire port. No, it didn't and doesn't work. After being pushed back and forth like a pingpong ball by Sony and Dell, final explaination was that this camcorder could not be used as a webcam through the firewire. If I insist on using it as a webcam, I need to install a vedio capturing card in my Dell computer in order to get the vedio feed from the RCA output of the Camcoder. Somebody mentioned battery can last 6+ hours recording. I would be really really happy if I can get one quarter of that. Don't hold you expection that high.
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Summary: Keep you fingers crossed, never drop it on the floor.
Review: Overall speaking, good camera. But, it will cost you a fortune (US$880) to repair it, if you drop it on the floor. I was also planing to use on my Dell computer as a WebCam via the firewire port. No, it didn't and doesn't work. After being pushed back and forth like a pingpong ball by Sony and Dell, final explaination was that this camcorder could not be used as a webcam through the firewire. If I insist on using it as a webcam, I need to install a vedio capturing card in my Dell computer in order to get the vedio feed from the RCA output of the Camcoder. Somebody mentioned battery can last 6+ hours recording. I would be really really happy if I can get one quarter of that. Don't hold you expection that high.
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Summary: Almost perfect
Review: Sony produced an overall good camera. The built in megapixel still camera makes this a great combination. There are a couple things you should know though. - low light performance is marginal (7 lux) - the mic placement is poor and picks up motor noise - the memory stick supplied is almost to small to be usefull so plan on buying a 32 or 64M stick - the camera is almost too small, if you have large hands try it out first. - there is not a built in flash for the digital still camera. If you can forgive these short comings you'll love this camera.
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Summary: Lie about 1 Mega Pixel photos
Review: the Camcorder Box and Spec says it is good for 1 MegaPixel photos. It is a lie. The image quality is like magnifying a 640 x 480 to 1 Megapixel. The result is coarse pixelation of the photo... I called the Sony customer support and they told me, "if it looks good on the view finder, then Sony's job is done." What [a lie]. Sony, wake up and don't tell lies!
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Summary: Lie about 1 Mega Pixel photos
Review: the Camcorder Box and Spec says it is good for 1 MegaPixel photos. It is a lie. The image quality is like magnifying a 640 x 480 to 1 Megapixel. The result is coarse pixelation of the photo... I called the Sony customer support and they told me, "if it looks good on the view finder, then Sony's job is done." What [a lie]. Sony, wake up and don't tell lies!
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Summary: nice but expensive
Review: The Sony digital camcorder records excellant video images and sound, but most TV set fail to reproduce the image quality and conventional VHS recorders lose the video quality when copying. The still image quality is poor compared to stand alone 1 mega pixel cameras and cannot be used at the same time you are video taping. Works well with a iMac and iMovie for editing, could not see doing it any other way for less. Some Sony home PCs also allow for editing using the same firewire interface with the Sony camcorder. Recommendation: If you want super high qulaity video images and want the small size get this camcorder...But don't get it because it has a still image capability, instead get a nice digital still camera for that function. A side note: if you use a IR filter on this Sony and use the night shot mode you can view and record in infared. Cool for experimental video effects and can be done likewise with most digital cameras I am told.
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Summary: nice but expensive
Review: The Sony digital camcorder records excellant video images and sound, but most TV set fail to reproduce the image quality and conventional VHS recorders lose the video quality when copying. The still image quality is poor compared to stand alone 1 mega pixel cameras and cannot be used at the same time you are video taping. Works well with a iMac and iMovie for editing, could not see doing it any other way for less. Some Sony home PCs also allow for editing using the same firewire interface with the Sony camcorder. Recommendation: If you want super high qulaity video images and want the small size get this camcorder...But don't get it because it has a still image capability, instead get a nice digital still camera for that function. A side note: if you use a IR filter on this Sony and use the night shot mode you can view and record in infared. Cool for experimental video effects and can be done likewise with most digital cameras I am told.
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Summary: The best
Review: This is the best camcorder I have ever seen. By far the best feature on it is the NightShot which lights up the area you are filming just like a flashlight would do except if your are being filmed you can't see the light. Also the camera feature is just like having a $300 digital camera built in that is how good the digital pictures are. The Memory Stick for the camera part of the camcorder is very small but a little pricey. The only bad thing about this camcorder is the software that comes with it which makes it hard to download pictures.
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Summary: Good things come in small packages...
Review: We bought this camera a couple of months ago to take on a trip and to put in an underwater housing for video taping while scuba diving. It was fantastic! The clarity, colors and lighting were of no comparison to our older Sony Hi-8. My only complaint is the limited time to tape with the mini-DV tapes- 60 minutes. When extending to LP mode(90 min), there was slight compromise in picture quality apparent when trying to print captured shots from our computer. The cost of the mini-DV tapes is still high, and is astronomical outside of the USA(when you can find them). The microphone still has a lot to be desired (slight breezes should not be that noisy). It takes a little getting used to the zoom feature- but the Carl Zeiss lens is great. We hardly set the camera to digital zoom because we preferred the quality of the CZ lens. A few times we ran out of film at 60-100 feet underwater, but all was not lost- just set the camera to memory shot mode and we were able to take some fabulous stills on the memory card. We filled up two 64MB cards. We took the camera to school, taped special events, taped some demolition derbies, races- Something we would not have done with a regular sized camcorder. It fits nicely in a jacket pocket. I highly recommend this camera. --- Consider getting the Infrared receiver to play back your videos to TV or VCR, as well as a UV filter to protect your lens. And of course, a 64MB Memory stick and a larger battery. (I wouldn't get the largest, unless there is a reason you cannot recharge your battery for several hours- too bulky).
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