Digital heaven (Sony Handycam DCR-PC5)

Member Name: BringerX

Product:	Sony Handycam DCR-PC5
Date:	24/01/01 (405 review reads)
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Advantages: Great features

Disadvantages: Audio quality

The Chanel little black dress of the camcorder world, the DCR-PC5 is seriously small, sexy and gossamer-light at 450g. it’s so small, in fact, that you can’t hold it in the usual way, but master the drop down handle and his is a joy to use. It’s LCD viewer doubles as a touch-screen menu, allowing you to access a huge range of plush editing and playback features with ease. The 800k pixel CCD also makes it good for still images. The Carl Zeiss lens is top notch, too, offering 10x optical and 200x optical zoom. The only thing that’s less than great is the audio quality, which has clearly been compromised to achieve the device’s compact dimensions – but hey, something’s got to give, and you can always add an external microphone. In a word, gorgeous. This is the perfect home package: light, usable and feature-packed.

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