Sony Handycam DCR-HC37E

We bought Sony ahndycam DCR-HC37e for Christmas and it was £142 at Cameras2U.com. We bought bag as well as it was a good bundled deal and it is really necessary. It is very easy to use. Commands are displayed on LCD and I found menu intuitive to follow. The only drawback is that screen can get dirty from fingerprints quickly. Battery life is decent for our simple needs (children playing, birthdays, holidays with children). My wife is using it without any problem although not very technically savvy. USB cable can be used only to transfer still frames/pictures from the tape to PC. You need firewire card and cable to transfer video to PC. Software which comes with camera is ...  Read the complete review

NICE ITEM, EASY TO USE AFTER A WHILE. ALTHOUGH IT HAS A USB PORT YOU HAVE TO USE A FIREWIRE TO CONNECT TO YOUR PC IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD FROM THE CAMCORDER. NIGHT SHOOTING MODE IS A GREAT IDEA ALSO.
WISHED IT CAME WITH A CAMERA BAG AS THEY ARE NOT THAT CHEAP TO BUY EVEN ON THE WEB.

I had been filming my son growing up on an old camcorder handed down to me from my mum and dad but as I had a few pounds given to me over Christmas I bought myself this Sony handycam in the January sales for what I thought to be a very reasonable £185.99, it truly is a handycam very compact and light too. At first when I got home and eagerly unwrapped it from its impressive packaging I thought to myself I will still be trying to learn how to work this next January but I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of use once you have read the very straight forward instruction manual. Although the first look at the manual will frighten you as it did me by its shear ...  Read the complete review