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I would definitely use this company again. product was delivered in less time than expected, and everything was exactly as it was advertised.
I bought this camcoder in August 2005 and it worked great for almost 4-years. The camcoder is definitely on. Earlier this week, when I was getting to use it, I turned it on and then opened the touch panel LCD, but the LCD remained black as it the camcoder was off. I closed the LCD and now I could see through the viewfinder but it looks "staticky".
[.].I did not bother contacting Sony for help after I read the entries from other users in the above website. I checked the battery charge and it was fine. I then connected it to the wall outlet but the LCD would still not light up. I will never buy Sony again. I decided to check the internet for help, and to my surprise, my camcoder is not the only one having this problem. Mind you, I only used during the holidays and took great care of it.
It seems the viewfinder shuts off when I would open the LCD. This was a $473 camcoder in August 2005; a lot of money for barely four-years of service. I checked the viewfinder and it too was off, but I can hear the internal components on stand-by - you know, that mild hummm. I open the LCD once more, and the LCD is still black and the viewfinder when black again.
Maybe I'm spoiled by my wide-angle DLSR lenses, but the lens on this is like cropping into you subject 3x from wherever you're standing. It's annoying that it takes 60mins to upload 60mins of bad quality video to my computer.-Cell phones take equal quality video in a smaller size.-Can't upload videos over USB on Vista,-Night shot isn't a replacement for a good video light. The video quality on this thing is HORRIBLE. Even when I first got this when I was 19 I thought it had bad video quality. go with Canon, or Nikon.Pros:-Lightweight-Has a viewfinder-Good zoom-Good micCons:-Terrible video quality-Poor battery life (60mins)-Uses mini-DV tapes when a camera of this quality/size should use flash memory to reduce size even further and make upload even easier to a computer. The only advantage is that this camera has 20x optical zoom, and image stabilization. Another thing that bothers me is the angle of the lens.
I love Sony, and I think everyone should own a PS3, it's the most awesome media center on the planet IMO, but for their optics. Also, my cousin owns a newer model Sony digi-cam and it's horrible compared to my Canon SD1100.
Today's cell phone are capable of taking videos in equal quality to this camera. After this camera I stopped trusting Sony's quality when it came to video/digital cameras.
Washed out colors, noise in low-light, slow to focus, annoying touch-screen menu. You have to back up very far to get all of your shot in, and sometimes in doors it's just not possible to go back any further.
It makes everything green.-Annoying touch-screen menu with too many useless options to navigate through.Bottom line, don't pay more then $75 for this. I remember thinking my parents huge old school VHS video camera took 100x better videos then this, and this was the new hot product when I bought it.
The mic on the camera seems to work quite well too.
Bought as a gift, no problems, nothing great either however, but good enough for making simply videos.
Do not buy this camcorder. Sony refuses to accept responsibility for this flaw in their CCD. My next camcorder will not be a Sony. I had a similar experience with my Sony HC21. After less than two years the CCD failed and all I have is a a black to dark grey image.
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