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(More customer reviews)Just bought this camera from Circuit City about two weeks ago. The first camera I had to return the next day because the image on the LCD was stuck upside down. The camera powers up pretty fast and you can begin recording in just a couple seconds. I love the fact that you can browse through the video and play anything on the fly. I would have thought at this price point it would take better still shots (only 1mp)but that wasnt really the reason I bought it anyway. Low light is ok.. it's no better or worse then my JVC Mini DV. I like the Sony 'night shot' feature. It allows you to take video in total darkness with a built in infrared mode. Do yourself a favor though and purchase an extended battery. The one that comes with it is pretty worthless at only a 1 hour rated life. I purchased the extended 9 hour battery and can realistically get about 4-5 hours without having to charge. The touchscreen is a little different but you get used to it quick. Kinda wish it had a viewfinder but that's on the next model up.
Mainly I purchased this because I was sick of dealing with tapes... I have a whole box of VHS and Mini DV tapes that I now have to take the time and convert to usable formats on my PC. The beauty of this camera is that all that goes away and the video is going to be in it's purest form for this level of camera. It doesnt take hollywood level video but at least you are removing one step out of the equation when having to re-render it. The software that comes with it is pretty worthless. about the only thing I liked was it has the ability to archive any changes from the camera whether video or photo and auto back it up with one click.
Don't buy the SR-40 or SR-60 you will be disapointed with the features vs. price. If you are looking to upgrade from tape go with this one the SR-80 becasue it is the best value over the two lower models. If you can afford it (i couldnt) Get the SR-100 becasue it has the better camera (3mp) and a viewfinder.
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With a generous 60GB Hard Disk Drive (HDD), the DCR-SR80 Handycam camcorder can capture up to 40 hours of video in standard 4:3 and 16:9 widescreen formats. And it couldn't be easier to share everything with One Touch DVD Burn capabilities. You can burn directly from the camcorder or the Handycam Station cradle. Additionally, you can connect to a DVDirect burner to create DVDs without having to connect to a PC. With a 12x Optical/800x Digital Zoom combined with a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens videos remain brilliant and still images are simply amazing. Sony's 1/5.5" Advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD with 690K (effective) video Pixels provides stunning detail and clarity, for exceptional video (up to 520 lines of Horizontal Resolution) and still image performance. REalize great looking Digital still images with 1,000k effective Pixels. The 12x Optical Zoom helps to bring the action close up from far away. In addition, the 800x Digital Zoom interpolation means that extreme Digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of Digital zooms.
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