Sony Handycam DCR-HC16

Sony Handycam DCR-HC51E

them higher than other makes of video camera they review..mainly for image quality but Panasonic no longer do a camera with proper full IR night vision..so I decided to go Sony . Very compact compared to previous panasonic and I was eager to try out the 40 times zoom lense! The battery charges whilst still attached to the camera which is good. The overall image quality is not a good as my previous Panasonic and the IR setting not as powerfull either. The 40 times zoom is impressive if you can keep steady enough otherwise you won t see a thing because of the shaking. There is a steady shot setting but this doesn t help much. The touch sensitive screen is what you ...

Sony Handycam DCR-IP7

it is quite expensive for a camcorder but the quality of the image is top notch. It uses a Carl Zeiss lens with 10x optical/120x digital zoom and has a 800 ,000 pixel CCD which gives a superbly clear and crisp image. Ok ,so if you compare it with the top range prosumer cameras then the image can sometimes look grainy but within this price range this is the best image you are likely to get. There is a 2.5" coulour LCD screen which gives is great for playback of tapes although it does tend to drain the battery. The battery life is not spectacular, when using the LCD screen expect it to last less than an hour. Spare batteries for this model are also very expensive. ...

Sony Handycam DCR-TRV6

excellent with the Sony InfoLithium range. The down side is the high cost of miniDV tapes and their 1 hour SP recording time. In that respect Digital8 is better, but means a bigger machine. This one fits in a waist bag. The lack of Memory Stick (for RAM based stills capture)was not a prime concern to me as a dedicated digital ...