Sony HVR-V1U

Summary: Lasted just out of warranty, Trying to get service from sony is the worst. It stopped working in the middle of a very important shoot. The problem I had was, for no reason it started saying "reinsert tape" and quit working. I looked online and this is a very common problem for these cameras to do this just out of warranty. Trying to get it fixed has been a nightmare! I would recommend staying far away from sony altogether!

Summary: This is the first HD I have ever owned I bought it over one year ago to shoot weddings . After shooting for many years on the VX-2100 it was not easy to get used to because of the amount of light need to capture clean footage. I converter a 250 out door light that use only 26 watt and started shooting in 24p It worked very well. Now I shoot mostly commercials and it works great I have taken this camera every wear even in the jungles of south america it is a true work horse .I manly shoot in 24p for me it works the best .