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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
2.5 stars
"All good except the image quality"
Pros: Hard Drive disk, small, easy to use
Cons: Really poor video and still pic quality, touch screen control is hard to use
Summary: The reason I pick this camcorder is because it is hard disk drive and it is way cheaper than its upper level product DCR-SR60. The camcorder is small, cool looking, easy to use but poor image qualiy. Before I bought it, I did some research. Lots of online reviews for this camcorder mentioned the image quality is poor, I just didn't think it would be that poor. I can tell this, my Canon digital camera takes better videos than this camcorder. I also found out this camcorder does take still picture, but in a very poor quality. My Logitach Quickcam takes better still picture than it. I was actually disappointed of Sony, I cannot believe they can even produce poor video quality camcorder like this and sell for $500+.
For me to choose a camcorder, video quality matter the most. Others may not. Hence, If you can accept poor quality video but pay more attentions to other features, this camcorder maybe your choice. However for me, I returned the next day. I may buy DCR-SR100 which sells $300 more, I think there is a reason.
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I agree with the poor video quality - I bought this and returned it, although Circuit City did price match J&R price. The low light video was VERY grainy and the regular daytime video quality was poor. My previous digital high-8 was better, I will opt for the mini-dv for now until this hard drive technology is improved and the price comes down (other reason for midline camcorder research-price)
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Sony Handycam DCR-SR40:
$799.97
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