By:
Ben Wolf
The Sony Handycam DCR-PC1000 is an odd camera, both in the sense that it has some unusual characteristics and in the more negative sense that it's a bit quirky.
On the outside, the Sony Handycam DCR-PC1000's dark-gray body is streamlined and low-key, with little to distinguish it from the company's small, vertically oriented one-chip MiniDV cameras.
Don't be deceived by the Sony Handycam DCR-PC1000's relative lack of external controls: this is a feature-rich camcorder.
The Sony Handycam DCR-PC1000 offers superb automation.
Sony's implementation of CMOS chips instead of the usual CCDs has succeeded in producing excellent video quality and decent photo quality from the Handycam DCR-PC1000.
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