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4.5 stars
"Great video (with a few caveats)"
Pros: Highest quality video is exceptional
Cons: no viewfinder
Summary: best camcorder i have owned, 3 complaints:
1. OIS not cutting it at far tele end. (i fixed this by discovering that the sony default is to lower the shutter speed, turned this off and now cx7 keeps shutter 1/60 or more and raises the iso instead, OIS is now 100% effective.
2. Indoors must keep lens in widest position or risk focus hunting. not much i can do about this but i find that indoors i rarely zoom so it is not a big deal.
3. no viewfinder, very sad as a) no diopter adjustment means reading glasses to use cx7 and b) harder to hold cx7 steady with lcd door open, on cam's with viewfinder i can close the door and hold very steady w/both hands.
overall, dont hesitate to buy this, the video is shockingly sharp and clear (compared to SD cams) and easy to edit (at least in iMovie). Also easy to take stills while filming..
however stills do have a lot of shadow noise...
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Sony Handycam HDR-CX7:
$969.95
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