Sony HVRA1U Hard Drive Camcorder

Pros: SUPERB video camera. Great colours and 'film-like' effect.
Cons: A few niggles, but really nothing major. The Pros definitely outweigh the Cons.

The Sony HVR-A1E is described by Sony as being the 'World's Smallest Professional High-Definition Camcorder'. It's black, solidly built and actually quite sexy! Add the audio box on top and this is one VERY professional-looking camera. This camera ...

Pros: SUPERB video camera. Great colours and 'film-like' effect.
Cons: A few niggles, but really nothing major. The Pros definitely outweigh the Cons.

The Sony HVR-A1U is described by Sony as being the 'World's Smallest Professional High-Definition Camcorder'. It's black, solidly built and actually quite sexy! Add the audio box on top and this is one VERY professional-looking camera. This camera ...

Pros: Perfect and beautiful surface and the perfect color.
Cons: The battey standby life is too short for me.

Totally it's excellent, SUPERB surface of  camera. Perfect colours and 'film-like' effect. But there is a little spot is that the battery life is not as long what the manual said. And the price product is over my heart line. Because of that I have to buy a replacement battery. Buy the way, the replacement battery was bought at a online dime store, not bad, all though it just is a replacement battery. But if the original battery is too expensive and you need another battery for back up, then you can buy a replacement, I think it's a good choice. Now there are many online dime stores which are selling replacement batteries such as http://www.cheap-laptop-battery.us, http://www.shop-batteries.com, and so on. Because the short life of the battery I have bought one on shop-batteries, it's perfect since I receive the products from it's client service. But it's standby life is a little shorter than the orginal. But it's OK for me. Any one who is interest in this can take a look this replacement battery for Canon Fv m200 Camcorder:
http://www.shop-batteries.com/new-camcorder-battery/canon-fv-m200.htm.

Pros: Small package, great pictures in fair - good - excellent light
Cons: Poorish low light pictures, controls are small or multi function

Be very careful about what exact model number the camera store wants to sell you. I was the victim of a bait and switch by broadwayphoto.com, same as bwayphoto.com and many other aliases. If you’re in the US like me, do not accept a “J” model camera! Sony will not service a HVR-A1J in the US. Service is only available in Japan. You will see the HVR-A1 advertised at $1500 - $1800 price point. This should be a big red flag. Take a look at these links and read before you take a chance on one of these loss leader advertisements. Go to the New York Better Business Bureau at http://www.bbbnewyork.org and search on the website URL bwayphoto.org. You will see plenty of evidence of the bait and switch tactics pulled by these shady operators. Also see this URL: http://photo.net/neighbor/view-one-about?id=2&about=Broadway+Photo%2c+Brooklyn+NY
See also: http://sheddingsomelight.com/buy-cameras/list/dealers-bwayfam.html