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Product Reviews:
Sony DCR-DVD308 1MP DVD Handycam Camcorder with 25x Optical Zoom |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Edited video quality questionable
Comments: Sony DCR-DVD308 works beautifully and seems well put together. It's light, compact, convenient and generally well designed. Operation is easy, though it is so light it is difficult to keep steady on a long zoom, and the zoom is rapid and difficult to make unobtrusive - both probably what you get in this kind of camera. It may be a wonderful camera if you just want to watch what you shot, conveniently immediately, on your living room DVD player. Not so much if you want to edit it for anything other than YouTube. The problem seems to be the specific MPEG-2 compression for mini-dvd storage (which is not limited to Sony). I shot1dvd and then tried to edit it, which was a bit of a nightmare. I did manage to find a converter so I could edit in Adobe Premier Elements however the result was jumpy movement and otherwise pretty inelegant. I had much happier results from my old analog 8mm tape camera and a capture card. I have seen some references to simple editing software supplied, however couldn't find it on either of the cds that came with the camera. Sony's highly rated Vegas suites were not developed by Sony and reviewers say they do not supply any proprietary advantages for editing these miniDVDs. I eventually found an obscure software that will edit in the camera's native format without conversion, and that might work better - for another $100. These are just moving snapshots for me, however if I put a lot of work into editing (and I do want to edit), I want decent results that I will not be embarrassed to share or hate to watch myself. Reviewers (I later read) say the quality of miniDV format is better though tape is less convenient. So I have stepped back a technology, ordered a refurbed Sony DCR-HC62 miniDV, and if it proves better, this1goes on Craig's list. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Pleased
Comments: nice camera/camcorder and the price was an excellent deal. The camera arrived quicker than I had expected. I used it this weekend at my brothers wedding and the video and pictures turned out great.
Thanks so much, I am pleased!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Easy to use..works great
Comments: I am completely pleased with the picture quality and zoom of this handy cam. I would completely endorse this handy cam. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: I love this camcorder!! Thanks to reviews on Amazon.com!!
Comments: Before I purchased this camera, I read the reviews of this1and others to compare and I even compared Mini-DV and Digital and thanks to the positive reviews on this camera (and it was in my price range) I purchased it. I was not disappointed. I have only had it a month and I have used it many times. The mic pics up well, and the zoom works great (which I use for my kids sports). I have downloaded video to my laptop, and burned DVD's. I took the advice of other customers and purchased the longer life battery. The only difficulty I had was in not understanding that formatting meant deleting what you had already recorded on the disc, so I now know. My laptop did not have DVD burning capabilities so I did purchase an external burner and ething works great. I would endorse this camera to anyone who has a budget however wants a quality camcorder. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: great overall; except...
Comments: The picture is clear and recording is easy, the only bad thing is that the discs are so expensive. Deleting is simple and makes recording even easier, because if you do not like it you can delete it. |
