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| Price | $899.95 | $446.29 to $479.99 | $169.00 to $218.92 | $638.69 | $255.97 |
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| Release date | March 15, 2011 | March 10, 2010 | April 01, 2009 | ||
| The Bottom Line | Typical for their price class, the no-frills Sony Handycam HDR-CX130, CX160, and XR160 produce generally subpar HD video, but if you're not picky you'll probably be fine. The CX130 is the best buy of the three, as long as you go cheap on the memory card. | Panasonic's HDC-TM40, TM41 and SD40 are some of the cheapest camcorders you can buy with a zoom lens and manual controls. If you care about video quality, spend a little more money on another model; if you don't, buy the cheapest one of these you can find, adjusting for the cost of memory for the SD40. | Panasonic's quartet of entry-level HD camcorders--the HDC-HS60, TM60, TM55, and SD60--delivers a nice manual feature set and good performance, as well as solid video quality for their class. As long as you don't pay list price, the SD60 is a great value, and if possible, avoid paying the unnecessary price premium for the hard drive in the HS60. | The Panasonic SDR-H80 has the zoom power of a telescope and a lot of storage in a compact body, but the video results are not nearly as thrilling. | |
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| Video input type | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder | Camcorder |
| Digital zoom | 2000 x | 350 x | 1200 x | 1500 x | 3500 x |
| Optical zoom | 42 x | 30 x | 16.8 x | 25 x | 70 x |
| Optical sensor type | CCD | Exmor R CMOS | MOS | MOS | CCD |
| Image stabilizer | Optical | Optical (Steady Shot with Active Mode) | Optical (POWER O.I.S.) | Optical (POWER O.I.S.) | Optical (Advanced O.I.S.) |
| Lens aperture | F/1.9-4.3 | F/1.8-3.4 | F/1.8-2.6 | F/1.8-3.3 | F/1.9-5.7 |
| Manual focus | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic | Manual Automatic |
| Media type | Hard disk drive | Flash card | Flash card | Flash card | Hard disk drive Flash card |
| Weight | 12 oz | 8.8 oz | 6 oz | 9 oz | 10.6 oz |
| Flash type | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Built-in flash | Info unavailable |
| Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications | Full specifications |
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