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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
3.5 stars
"Good, but not for editing..."
Pros: I was given this camcorder by a person assuming that it would be easier to use than a comparable MiniDv one. I was quite excited to recieve it. It works quite well at what it is supposed to do: be a video polaroid. It is designed with ease for people w
Cons: If you are, like me, wishing to edit movies extensively, then this is definitely not for you. The main problem is that it has no FireWire. This means that you must download the video, convert to Mpeg-2 to get the audio from the download, then use anothe
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
Pros: NO rewinding TAPE. Big side screen. Great pix quality. small and light. Hook it to your computer and off load to a full size DVD-RW.
Cons: Battery life with Fm -50 is real short. Get the BIG battery. Get the double sided RW discs. You need to LOOk hard for the RW discs but they are available. I got 4 RW 2.8 double sided ones and paid 19 each. Plenty of recording time and you erase them after
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"CD recordind at infant stages"
Pros: CD, handy
Cons: Disc Formating. Disc Finalizing. Narrow view, need to buy lense add on. Bad voice recording in a crowd, need to buy a microphone add on. That back-light,dark shot,super dark shot and if you don't like the quality you can do more adjustments manually. All
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
5.0 stars
Pros: Purchased the DCR-DVD300 model; the 3.5" LCD screen makes a big difference! The movie quality is excellent and this camcorder is easy to use. If I had to start over with my research, I would still purchase this camcorder over others that use tapes (big
Cons: Sony could have included a much-better software package.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
Pros: Solid in the hand, controls are easy to use.
Cons: After market batteries incompatible. Software is terrible. If the software issue was resolved I would be elated with this unit. The quality of the pictures is great.
