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Sony HDR-CX100 AVCHD HD Camcorder with Smile Shutter & 10x Optical Zoom (Black)
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| Capture 1920 x 1080 HD video to built-in flash memory |
| 10x optical zoom, 120x digital zoom; Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with SteadyShot image stabilization |
| 2.7-inch wide touch-panel Clear Photo LCD Plus display |
| 4-megapixel still image capture; Face Detection |
| 8 GB built-in memory; compatible with Memory Stick PRO Duo Media (not included) |
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Customers Reviews
2009-11-20
Ok for outside use
This camera is lightweight and user-friendly. The only problem is that the picture quality is BAD in low light/indoors. The picture quality is extremely grainy for highest quality HD recording. For the outdoors it is great.
The other trouble with it is that you MUST use the provided software in order to create a movie, view, etc and the program isn't necessarily user-friendly.
Question for those of you who bought this camera, what blank HD DVD disc did you buy? I want to make sure I buy one that will work well. Please let me know.
Thanks!
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2009-11-09
A pleasant surprise
Prior to ordering my camcorder I read all the negative reviews. While I appreciate that they warned me about the poor image quality under low light conditions, I was a little surprised that the camera even recorded under low lighting at all. Mind you, I am upgrading from a behemoth of Sony VHS camcorder that I bought in 1998, which just flat out wouldn't record in a dimly lit room without the lamp on (which also discharged the battery at 3x the speed of normal use), so my expectations are ,,, to say the least,,, much lower than most on low light recordings.
As soon as I got the camera I started testing the lighting requirements for recording. I started out in regular HD on an overcast day indoors and found that in a 20x14 foot room with 3 60 watt bulbs and all but one of the blinds closed on 3 windows I could record with moderate graininess but with surprising quality compared to my ancient camcorder under the same conditions.
I moved into my garage which had a small north facing window for a 20x20 garage and one 60 watt bulb. The graininess increased but surprisingly, I could even see the objects in the dark portions of the garage that were otherwise covered in shadow.
I moved outside on an over cast day and the quality was unbelievable.
When night fell, I recorded my wife in our 14x14 foot kitchen lit by 2 75 watt bulbs and one 60 watt bulb and the quality was again very impressive. I'm talking see the weave of the fabric on her shirt from 11 feet away with a little zoom quality.
Note that all lighting was florescent light, which in my experience tends to wash out color and the wattage I indicated for each shot is the equivalence to incandescent lights, not the actual wattage on the bulbs which are significantly less.
Using the camera for me was very easy. It felt intuitive to me, the buttons to record and zoom were fairly similar to my ancient cam. What I really liked was the size and weight of it. Man try carrying my other Sony cam around on your shoulder for an hour! This one fits in the palm of your hand and the lens cover is built in. Thats a good thing cause I lost my other cams lens cover a month after I bought it and had to buy another and lost that too.
The software is a snap to install and use.
I'm not into plugging in mics and lamps into the cam. I did that a couple of times with the ancient camcorder I have and learned they were just a big pain in the posterior so that doesn't bother me at all either. I do wish the user guides were written a little better though but besides that I'm stoked!
I didn't like dealing with Ace Digital Photo though. I paid for 1 day expedite and they sent it 3 day select. It barely got here before I went out of town and they never contacted me about reimbursing my money for the a shipping option I never got.
Oh yeah, and it should have come with the HDMIC cable instead of the component.
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2009-10-23
no sound on WMP
Movies play on other media players but on Windows Media Player there is no sound. I called Sony and they said that it was "Microsoft's problem", but I disagree, it is their CUSTOMER'S PROBLEM and they refused to help. Stay clear of this quirky pos.
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2009-10-20
Great Picture in a Very Small Package
Pros: great video, very small, relatively easy to use.
Cons: no flash, manual lens cover, stick is more expensive then SD card.
Great camcorder for traveling. Amazing video quality if set for highest resolution. I always forget to close lens cover, I wish it was automatic. Then again, maybe it is more reliable this way.
I am very happy with this unit so far.
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2009-10-09
Good Cam
Simply wonderful cam
I did not find week point in it except there is no infra-red for night mode, battery life is almost 2 hours
otherwise I do not have any comment.
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Product Details
Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sony
Color: Black
EAN: 0027242765023
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
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Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Sony
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Manufacturer: Sony
Model: HDRCX100/B
Publisher: Sony
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