Sony Handycam HDR-HC5E

Sony Handycam DCR-SR290E

It was, it is enough to say, difficult for me to come to terms with the Sony Handycam DCR SR290E. My previous video-camera – a bastion of unparalleled style and functionality – reviewed just a few months ago, came to an untimely demise at the callous hands of my fiancée, who had thought it wise to toss it to one side during a routine cleaning exercise. With my first love reduced to a shadow of its former self, I was forced to invest in a suitable replacement. The Sony Handycam DCR SR290E seemed like the perfect choice. It is, without a doubt, a highly functional, if, at around £600, highly pricey, piece of equipment. Its proudest boast is its vast array of features, ...

Sony Handycam DCR-TRV80

for a fifth of the price? The DCR-TRV80 is a relatively new offering from Sony, which replaces the DCR-TRV50, it is a MiniDV camcorder. The camera boasts a 2.1 megapixel sensor, a multitude of the latest features and accessories as well as responsive automatic controls; on paper this camcorder would seem tailor-made for any point-and-shoot videographer (or at least those with a big budget!) ~~~DESIGN~~~ This camcorder has a relatively compact body with a hand-grip design which means it is configured for handheld shooting and essentially this is how the camcorder is ideally used because it has a bottom-loading cassette hatch which means it isn’t possible to change the ...

Sony Handycam DCR-TRV60

t have at least one new feature to add to the already impressive roster, and the DCR-TRV60 doesn t disappoint on that score. The key additions here are a 2.1 -megapixel CCD, support for the new Memory Stick Pro format and the first true widescreen-recording mode on a home-consumer camcorder. A new camera sensor and support for a new memory format might appear to be more useful in a digital camera, but they also improve things on the video front. As well as 1,600 x 1,200 stills, the high-resolution CCD provides an impressive 540 lines of video resolution. The inclusion of Memory Stick Pro and its greater capacity (up to 1GB) is useful too, as you can finally start to ...