Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Oct 07 '04
Pros: Low price, analog inputs, performance, features, compact and lightweight
Cons: Manual controls not easy to use, low digital still resolution, zoom control too sensitive
Summary: For less than $500, the S
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DCR-HC30 is quite an inexpensive digital camcorder, which still uses MiniDV format and quality Carl Zeiss 10x optics. The HC30 is virtually identical to ...
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Sep 28 '05
Pros: Seven hours of usage before going dead? NONE.
Cons: This DCR-HC30
Summary: After purchasing the DCR-HC30 on July 2004, had problems with "Dirty Head" message, record button sticks, and just last week, the built-in charger will not charge as it's giving a clicking or ticking noise when the adapter is plugged in. With only 7 ...
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Aug 22 '05
Pros: Lightweight, connectivity, video clarity, menu access, touch screen, Carl Zeiss lens.
Cons: Still camera is only 640x480 and Memory Stick Duo Pro compatibility.
Summary: I got this camera for Father's Day and have been using it for a little over a year. The video quality is great for me and the family. The camera has several ports to connect the camera to a TV, Digital Video (Firewire), USB and the Sony LANC port. The ...
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Jan 30 '05
Pros: Nice images, easy to use as a point-and-shoot camcorder, steady shot works well.
Cons: Construction seems a little flimsy. Complex nested menus are difficult to navigate.
Summary: I bought this camcorder to replace a similarly small Panasonic DV camcorder that broke ("Dew Detected" error that prevented it from working; lots of other users of some Panasonic DV camcorders have had the same problem). It is a very nice little camera ...
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Dec 27 '04
Pros: Don't know since was not able to use most features
Cons: Extremely poor quality control and poor support for repairs.
Summary: I thought I would like this camera since I had a Sony from a few years ago that got stolen. Sony has gone completely downhill in their quality control and repair departments. After using the camera 3 times a dirty video head message came on. We bought ...
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Oct 30 '04
Pros: picture quality, bright colors, compact size, amazing electronics, great LCD, EZ to use, many features
Cons: hard to find any. possibly range of contrast, possible cool bluish picture
Summary: Its hard to choose a cam. There are so many things to be considered. I'm an experienced amateur still photographer and completely understand exposure and shutter speed etc. I was looking for something compact and light to take on vacations. Before ...
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Aug 20 '04
Pros: All the features, especially I/O, Remote, Lens, Nice body,
touch screen operations.
Cons: I do not see any so far,...
Summary: I own one old CANON camcorder that I purchased in 1998. I do not have any issues with that, but I wanted to make use of the latest features available in today's camcorders. Therefore, I started my research. For this I compared features and price. ...
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Aug 18 '06
Pros: Nice touch screen, can import movies via USB/Firewire/AV, and microphone input jack.
Cons: Bad for taking pictures - grainy still pictures.
Summary: This camcorder is light weight and very easy to use. I've had this camcorder for about two years and I have had no problems with it. The camcorder allows you to record in 4:3 and 16:9. It also has a few transition effects that you can use. The LCD
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Apr 28 '06
Pros: Small, easy to use
Cons: It will stop working soon after buying it
Summary: After 1 year the play feature stopped working. Everything else worked, Sony wanted 300 dollars to repair it so I said forget it. Don't recommend it to anyone, our kids birthdays and all especial events cant be
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Dec 24 '05
Pros: Small, compact, functional,brilliant, great to use. Camcorder and still camera together.
Cons: None to date........
Summary: I love this camcorder due to it's easy use features. Have used on holidays and at football matches. Brilliant and easy to use, small and great with screen. Great self-focus. Always get brilliant video. Easy to use with computer and copy and edit into
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Jun 21 '05
Pros: Great camera, has all the features a beginner/intermediate user could ask for.
Cons: Warranty unacceptable! Camcorder does not focus, it stopped working after 4 months.
Summary: After 4 months of owning the DCR-HC30, the camera no longer works. I bought it at Best Buy, which refused to help me (no optional service plan). I called Sony. They told me to send it in for repair, since the camera was out of the 90 day warranty,
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Mar 22 '05
Pros: Feature packed, Versatile for pc apps/editing. HAS MIC INPUT! YES!
Cons: Low light perf not great, but not bad. Of course, battery life.
Summary: This the HC-30, as opposed to the HC32, came with the mic input. It's becoming harder to find a consumer level camcorder with this feature. The raw image data is workable in Sony's Video Vegas Software (not included, but you can pick it up on ebay, it's
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Sep 29 '04
Pros: Small enough to fit in jacket pocket. Easy to transfer video to PC. Night vision
Cons: Feature Menu had to use. Low resolution camera pictures. Firewire not included.
Summary: Its been 7 years since i bought a camcorder and i love how small it is. Its very easy to transfer the video to your PC, but you will have to buy the required firewire cable. I also love the night vision features.
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Jul 06 '04
Pros: -small
-very light
-best picture quality i have seen from a camera
Cons: -shutter should open when power is turned on.
Summary: this is by far the best video camera i have bought to date> the camera is small enough to fit in a jacket pocket. the camera has the ability to work like a still picture digital camera, but the pic's are only about 1 mega pixel. the video from this
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