 Extremely excellent for its class |
| Review Date: June 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: D. Spino, AZ |
Im a student film maker and was looking for a cheap camera just to get me going. If you want an incredible camera you cant really expect to pay less than 600 bucks, but i took the risk and im proud I did. This camera is a standard class of video, but it excels beyond the class and could even be compared to cameras of 100 to 200 dollars more.
-Out of the box the camera lacks some color to it, but if you adjust the settings things look fantastic. Its NOT HD, but the quality is still fantastic for some reason. It does lack some saturation to some colors (greens and somewhat blues) but its all adjustable to an extent. I kinda wish it had that "film" effect that some Cannon cameras offer so i dont have to add it in via Sony Vegas, but im pleased with the resolution it has now.
-The zoom is absolutely out of this world. I was just screwing around with it and chose ill look down and zoom in on my shoe laces. I could literlly see grains of dirt all over my shoe lace, my shoes are completely clean to the naked eye. I was also zooming in on letters in long distances and was completely able to read everything clearly. The zoom does get a small pixelated when you place it on a TV (i have a Samsung HDTV) if you go too far or go around alot. But the stabability of the camera is phenominal, normally a zoomed in shot would be real shaky and un watchable, not with this camera.
-Like i said im a film maker, but i prefer to use the screen. I was using it outside and its not terrible at all, you can place a screen of it or you hand or something and see clearly. The camera is TINY! I couldnt believe it was so small, fit in the palm of my hand without a problem.
-Sound is pretty excellent. When im filming its completely silent all around me so i can hear the people talking and what not just fine. It sadly has no option for an external mic though. Its a CLEAR mic that will pick up alot of noise though, wind blowing or something. The Directional Mic that it has does a pretty excellent job of cutting out some back noise, but id still like for it to have an external mic.
-The cool thing for film makers like myself, is its a extremely excellent intro camera that you can afford. Not only that but Sony offers a TON of accesories for it. Wide Shot lenses, Camera saturation covers, underwater casing, external lights, and things of that nature. I thought that was extremely clean and bought the lenses myself.
-I forget the file it records in, but it uses the file so that it can burn directly to DVD. The feature is clean if you have a DVD burner for it (about 100 bucks) but you need to convert the file on your computer if you want to edit it. Its all excellent though, and if you have a excellent program you wont lose alot of quality.
-The built in HDD is incredible, so much space i couldnt believe it. Not only that but the memory cards it uses are the same as the PSP, they are cheap as heck. So you could add over another 16GB to it with a single card. One reason i bought this camera over its competitior is purely the fact that it uses a hard drive and not just memory cards, trust me its alot cheaper and alot cleaner.
-How the camera runs is fantastic. Flip the flap open and bam its on within seconds, push record and its nearly instant. It also has a built in lense protector, so press the switch and it shuts or opens, the camera will also warn you if its close obviously. The touch screen is impressive, i was expecting a delay or inaccurate intereactions but it worked well. Its nice not having a wall of buttons on the side of the camera for you to accidently push while recording.
The terrible things i can reckon of. It has no external mic option, but you can buy Lepel mics and just match up the audio if you wanted. The battery it comes with kinda sucks, only lasts 90 minutes and even less if your filming in the best quality. The single shot pictures are not the greatest, can get a small grainy, but you dont buy a camcorder for that. Its not HD, while i wish it was, you have to buy some of the newer models for 500 to 600 if you want HD and i cant afford that right now, the quality is still incredible though.
I tried to touch upon everything here if nnot ill try to update as I come across things. So far im extremely pleased with my buy. I like Sony products as its usually quality and this camera is no exception, if anything its advertising the other cameras they sell that ill probably end up buying in the future. Right now though this is what I could afford and to me it seems like i got a 500 to 600 dollar camera for 300 and thats not a terrible deal in my books. |
Excellent Camcorder for the Price
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| Review Date: June 1, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Greg J. Harrison, Cowtown, TX |
Simple camera to use, does exactly what it is supposed to do. In anticipation of my daughter's dance recital, we bought this camera at a local electronics store just before the recital. I was hoping that getting it up and running would not be too hard given the small amount of time I had to familiarize myself with it. Upon arriving home, I had it unboxed, and the battery charging while I changed and got ready for the recital. Once at the recital, I opened the viewfinder, it came on, and I was able to start recording without first reading the manual. During the intermission, my wife and I marveled at how small the camera really is, and how it felt natural in both mine (large) and her (small) hands; it was also lightweight with just enough heft.
Before the buy, I had read online reviews here and elsewhere claiming that when the camera was connected to a TV, the video quality was less-than-acceptable. I did not find this to be the case. Back at home after the recital, we were nervous to show the performance to some neighbors. We have a 43" high-def plasma, and the video quality looked like normal "standard definition" when played on a "high definition" TV. That is, it was not crystal clear, but it looked how any normal standard definition video should look. Having said this, if you want crystal clarity when played on your high-def TV, consider purchasing the high-def camcorder. Hooking the camera up to the TV was simple, as was connecting it to our computer, which runs Windows XP Professional. I had to update XP to Service Pack 3 in order for the included software to be installed, but once installed, it was able to pull the video from the camcorder to the computer without fuss and was able to immediately start editing and such.
Given my brief experience with the camera, I give it 5 stars. It records movies/audio very well, the picture looks fine on both the TV and computer, and the software allows organizing and editing (only minor editing, albeit) of videos and still photos. All things considered, I am pleased with this camera. |
Like it.
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| Review Date: June 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Sammy, NJ |
| Fantastic quality shots both in light and dark situations. When I first started using mine I thought the quality was just okay. Then I realized that it was set on SP. When I changed the setting to HQ, wow, what a difference. I don't get all the terrible reviews on the picture quality. I can't imagine any other SD camera having any better picture. It's SD. If you want perfection, spend the extra money on an HD camera. Also, the videos transfer to your computer easily. Also like the 60gb hard drive and the touch screen. The battery last longer than I thought - about 90 minutes. Would buy it again in a second. |
DCR-SR47 - Blue
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| Review Date: November 22, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Gordon Isherwood, Pittsburgh, PA |
| I bought this as a replacement to my Sony Flip camera. I replaced the flip camera because I wanted something with more memory and battery life. This camera met those issues and more. I didn't realize how poor the quality of my videos were until I used this camera. The quality is fantastic, the zoom level is fantastic, the battery life is fantastic, and it's just as simple to use. It is larger but it still fits in the cargo pocket of my dockers without any issues. The low light quality is better than the flip cams. It's not fantastic but much better. I use the camera to shoot my nephews soccer games and family functions. I am very glad I chose to go with this camera and wish I had gone with something like this first. I would recommend this camera to anyone who wants to take nice pictures and videos. Only thing else I would say, get a tripod. The zoom works fantastic but it also picks up every small movement and tends to make the video shaky. But I reckon you should expect that when you zoom in as close as this zoom gets you. |
Sony Camcorder
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| Review Date: July 10, 2009 |
| Reviewer: S. Heinen, LuVerne, Iowa |
| We needed this camcorder for a family reunion. We are very satisfied with our pick. Very simple to learn and took very excellent video. We have a very excellent recording of the happenings at our reunion. It had enough internal memory that we were able to get an evening and the following day recorded. |
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November 30th, 2009 | 
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