Compact Device, with a qood quality Video (Sony Handycam HDR-SR12E)

Member Name: chris_14

Product:	Sony Handycam HDR-SR12E
Date:	03/08/09 (14 review reads)
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Advantages: Good Disc space, nice and easy to use

Disadvantages: Battery Life, Price

After much research we decided to go with this Sony HDR-SR12 in order to complete some basic video and then to edit it.

The camcorder cost around £800 when we bought it which is not cheap but when you understand some of the features this cam corder has it starts to seem a little more realistic.

The Sony has an inbuilt 120Gb Hard drive as well as the option to add an SD card which we have found more handy for holding the stills that this cam corder is also capable of taking. The 120Gb is claimed to store around 48 hours of video all though we found that after about 30 it was getting close to being full.

The battery life is okay but we have noticed that even if the battery indicator stated 70 minutes remaining it is only about half of that but with a good run it will probably give you at least an hour of continous recording.

One downside to using the Sony is that you require there software to view the files as they are in a AVHC format unless you convert them first and use 3rd party software to edit which can take quite a long while.

The Camcorder itself is a nice size and fits well into your hand, the buttons are easily located and it is nice and leight which makes it easy to carry round.

Overall, i would say that this is a little on the pricey side and the battery would benefit from lasting longer but that said it is a nice camera to use and easy to get around.

Summary: An easy to use camera that is nice and "Handy" to carry around

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