Sony Handycam DCR-HC35E

With a little baby on the way, we had to get a video camera (my husband told me!). I have to say I thought it'd just be his toy and a waste of money but we have had so much fun learning how to use it and the baby won't even arrive for 2 months. I love the fact that this camera is so easy to use, you can record for ages and then edit it down. This is really useful if you have a rabbit who sits completely still as soon as you put a camera on him but then all of a sudden will do something amazing (relatively speaking - he is a rabbit after all!) It is extremely lightweight and so does not make your arm ache if you hold it for long periods. It also is pretty ...  Read the complete review

With the ever increasing popularity of sites such as YouTube and Yahoo! Video, I found it time to invest in a camera after being sick of uploading videos off my mobile phone to said sites. All I required was an entry level camera which did the basics; it has to use DV tapes. It has to film in widescreen. And with limited knowledge of video aspects (I'm more of a photography man myself), I settled at that. After looking around at numerous cameras, I found this Sony product to be right for me. The handycam has a 20x Optical Zoom, a Carl Zeiss lens, runs on Mini DV tapes and has a widescreen option. Good enough for me. I purchased the camera ...  Read the complete review