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I bought this older video camera to use in my work doing live bee removals. Primarily for the enhanced zoom features so that I can get a good look at how bees are doing in remote locations I have set trap boxes for them to remove them from structures such as house roofs, chimneys, soffit, building decks, etc... I can take ok still photos, but more importantly, very good videos to study bees behavior off site and to show clients progress or problems. I only have to charge it once a week, maybe twice in lots of use and it holds the charge very well. Buying a brand new cam for this use wasn't worthwhile but I have been pleasantly surprised at the performance of this camera.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
If you're looking for an affordable, simple to use video camera, then this camera is for you. It weighs only a few ounces so it's easy to carry around. It shoots sound in Dolby Digital and while the picture quality is decent and digital, it's not High Def, it's only Standard Def. The battery life is just over 2 hours (I bought mine used, so battery life may differ from camera to camera of the same model #) and the internal 8GB memory (I have the DCR-SX41 model) will hold around 2 hours of video. You can also extend the memory by using a Sony MemoryStick Pro, which is as small as a SD card. It will not work with SD cards though. It also takes still pictures in addition to full motion video. It is very easy to use and navigate around aka "idiot proof". It comes with software, but with Windows 7 you don't need it. Just plug the USB cable to the camera and the other end into the PC and go. The only thing that's negative about this camera, is that it does not have a light on the front or NightShot built in, so you can't use it in the dark. It does have some kind of crappy "backlight" thing that is of no help in low light situations. To put it bluntly: this camera sucks for using it at night. This is the only downfall this camera has, but overall it's a good camera.Read full review
Well its easy to use, display touch lets you delete, record, change function, change settings... Its a CAMCORDER, not a DIGITAL CAMERA, so don't expect it to take good pictures, cause they look pixelated and very cheap, but the image of the video is quite good "for the price", I have to use it on HQ cause otherwise I dont like how the image appears, but thats just me, I took it to the beach, it was really windy and the wind feedback its captured on the audio, so better to use it on low wind to no wind situation. No flash, the internal memory supports an hour of video on HQ, the Battery fully charged works for aprox. 1.5 hours. The microphone its really sensible so you will hear everything you record, plus when you play the video on the camcorder it sounds well.
I bought this for my daughter to start recording events of my three-year-old granddaughter's life. She's very excited to get to use it once we are able to get the right size memory card because the one included with this set to make it a more attractive deal is not the one that is compatible with this camera. So I can't quite rate the ease-of-use on this product since we haven't really been able to do that yet but the one picture I did take as a sample turned out really sharp and clear. I am sure she is going to enjoy it
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I got his camcorder to see what the new flash type are all about. I got it used at a good price so I feel I'm ahead no matter what. After reading many scary reviews after I got it I thought I bought a piece of junk...However, after trying I see how some can feel it is inferior. First, if you try to use media player the file is not recognized so I had to use the AVS Viewer and yes the video was questionable. Also on USB, my Toshiba DVD recorder won't recognize the unit. So I tried the AV cables and indeed made a great looking and sounding video albeit an analog to digital copy. Still looked great and sounded great. A high capacity battery is a good idea and the one I got lasts for 9 hours plus so I got a Sony 16GB memory stick to take advantage of all that extra time. OK, the camera says this memory card may or may not record and play back images corectly. Bummer, but when I also made an analog to digital DVD it looked great and plays fine. So if you can get this thing for under $90 and can live with the quirks and type of DVD recording it's quite good and fits in your pocket ready to shoot video and decent still images as well.Read full review
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