Sony Handycam DCR-HC36E

Best for a newbie (176 words)
by prattt69 - written on 18/11/08 (Very useful, 164 readings)
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easy command on understanding its features while playing and recording.Good battery life of upto 9hrs.carl Zeiss lens,Digital Zoom 800x,Weight: 0.4 kg,Optical Zoom: 20x,Also work effectively as a digital still camera function.easy to use even perfect for you if you are a newbie in Handycam .But its just not limited to the newbies,you can use it to record our mini movie or any party funtion. The one thing which I m not satisfied with is Its nightshot plus.For the recording in dark you can always switch on its nightshot mode but with the result i m not quite impressed.If you want to learn recording this is the best to start ...

Sony Handycam DCR-PC5

Ideal for the casual user who wants quality (225 words)
by seanlev - written on 25/07/01, updated on 25/07/01 (Very useful, 355 readings)
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I bought this camera after trawling around the Internet and various shops for opinions and advice. I wanted a decent quality camera but it needed to be small - the theory being that I would far more be likely to carry around a small camera than a big one. I am happy to say my choice has been excellent. Although the zoom doesn't match up to some of the bigger cameras, it is plenty good enough and can do really close up work. The output quality is brilliant, whether it is straight to TV/video or to a PC. The zoom is slightly fiddly, but easy enough to use even with my banana fingers. The still photos are only 640x480 so not brilliant but okay for web shots. ...

Sony Handycam DCR-PC5

Small but beautiful (updated 9/6/01) (970 words)
by martinlross - written on 11/04/01, updated on 09/06/01 (Very useful, 1076 readings)
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again. I've even dropped it onto a (thinly carpetted) floor from two feet up and it works no problem. Great! I bought our Sony PC-5 only last Saturday. By my reckoning that means I've had it 4 days. However, I've mastered the controls and played around with it enough to be able to give any prospective buyer what I hope is a fairly good opinion of this machine. First things first. I have never owned a camcorder before although I have used several larger models quite a lot. My opinion of them has always been "nice but terribly big". Now that we're having a baby in July I thought it would be an ideal excuse, sorry, opportunity to ...