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Sony DCR-SR100 3MP 30GB Hard Drive Handycam Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom- Sony |
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Box Contents: DCR-SR100, AC-L200 Power Adapter/In-Camera Charger, NP-FP60 InfoLithium(R) Rechargeable Battery, RMT-835 Remote Commander, A/V Cable, ImageMixer, USB Cable The Sony DCR-SR100 30GB HandyCam Camcorder saves you time, money and space by recording stills and videos internally. Its built-in 30GB hard drive stores all your imaging - connect the camcorder to any PictBridge-enabled printer and print out your 3.0 MegaPixel stills instantly. Your home movies come to life with 5.1 channel sound recording, while the large 2.7" LCD screen lets you monitor or playback stills or video. You can even preview in 16:9 mode. The Progresive Shutter System gives you progressive-scan performance for excellent definition, while the Super SteadyShot(R) and Super NightShot(R) features help you take shake-free shots & video that look great in the lowest light. On-screen navigation makes using the DCR-SR100 a snap, and the Active Interface Shoe lets you connect optional accessories for all your video needs. Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens Super SteadyShot(R) picture stabilization Super NightShot(R) Infrared Progressive Shutter System Shutter Speeds - Auto, 1/2-1/4000 sec. (AE Mode) Focal Distance - 5.1 - 51mm Filter Diameter - 30mm Touch Panel Exposure Full Range Auto and Manual Focus Multiple picture and fader effects Programmed Auto Exposure modes - Beach & Ski, Landscape, Portrait, Sports Lesson, Spotlight, Sunset & Moon On-screen zoom & record buttons Built-in 5.1 channel microphone Active Interface Shoe USB 2.0 PictBridge compatible S-Video in/out (optional) Operating Systems - Windows 2000 Pro, XP Home and Pro Battery - InfoLithium(R) with AccuPower(TM) Meter System Dimensions - 3-1/6 x 2-7/8 x 5-13/15 (80.5 x 68.5 x 149 mm) Weight - 1 lb, 6 oz. (615 g) with tape & battery The compact Sony DCR-SR100 30 GB Handycam Camcorder represents a breakthrough in digital home recording. With a 30 gigabyte hard disk drive that stores hours of video and hundreds of high-quality stills, a 10x optical/120x digital zoom, a built-in microphone that allows you to record in Dolby Digital 5.1ch surround sound, and many other features you'd only expect to find in the hands of professionals, Sony's DCR-SR100 will turn your home videos into instant classics ready for the big screen.
With the Sony DCR-SR100, your worries about storage capacity are over. Featuring an unbelievable 30 gigabyte hard disk drive, this camcorder can store up to 440 minutes of high quality video, and an amazing 1250 minutes (that's over 20 hours) of video in long play mode. That's practically your whole vacation! If you want to take digital stills, you can capture images up to 2016 x 1512 resolution directly onto your hard drive for easy transfer to your PC. Simply connect you camcorder to a PictBridge-enabled printer and print your 3.0-megapixel stills instantly. A USB 2.0 interface provides an easy way to connect your camcorder to your computer for fast transfer of video and still images to your computer for editing. You can also use the camcorder as an external storage device, for convenient archiving, storing, and transporting of your videos and still images.
At the heart to the DCR-SR100 is a 3.0-megapixel, 1/3-inch advanced Hole Accumulation Diode (HAD) CCD with a total of 2048 megapixels. Add to this the camcorder's professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lenses with advanced optical multi-layer coating, and the result will be some of the finest video performance you'll find in any camcorder device. The multi-coated lenses mean that your videos won't suffer from unwanted glare and flare that lesser quality optics give you. Sony has also added an advanced version of its SteadyShot system that controls an even higher range of shake and vibration frequencies, so that you can achieve increased smoothness in your shots without unwanted video degradation. The overall results of these features are vivid and brilliant images and video with true-to-life color saturation and tones. All these professional-level features, however, don't mean that you need to have an advanced degree to operate the DCR-SR100. Not by a long shot. The camcorder features zoom and record buttons directly on the frame of the LCD screen. The locations of the buttons gives you more flexibility and a higher level of convenience when you're holding the camcorder, especially during overhead or low-angle shots. The 1200x total zoom means that you can keep your distance as you archive up-close and personal shots. One-touch wide-angle shooting gives you single-button convenience when you want to switch between 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios for shooting. The camcorder's manual focus allows you to adjust the focus via the touchpanel, giving you greater control over situations where either the environment or the subject does not allow the camcorder's autofocus to perform optimally, such as when shooting through a window or in a crowded environment. With Sony's NightShot infrared system, you also have the ability to capture video in total darkness (0 Lux) up to 10 feet away. Super NightShot recording mode automatically adjusts the shutter speed to increase picture brightness and clarity. The camcorder's Color Slow Shutter mode allows you to record in low light situations with full-color detail by slowing down the shutter speed. And, of course, for the easiest and most convenient recording, the DCR-SR100 also features several auto-exposure modes, such as beach and ski, landscape portrait, sunset and moon, sports, and much more. Just choose a mode and begin shooting. It couldn't be any easier.
With Dolby Digital 5.1-channel recording, the DCR-SR100 will record in surround sound via its built-in microphone. By recording in 5.1-channel surround sound, you can experience your home movies with active sounds coming from all directions, just as if you were at the movies. The camcorder's 2.7-inch LCD display screen provides excellent viewing clarity for when its time to review your video. The high-resolution 123 kilobyte pixel LCD screen rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles and provides sharp, detailed images for monitoring or playback. The display's widescreen format makes shooting in 16:9 mode and composing shots even easier. And at a mere 22 ounces with the battery, and measuring 3.16 by 2.87 by 5.86 inches (H x W x L), the DCR-SR100 is ready to go wherever your filming takes you. What's in the Box  Customer Reviews:
This camcorder's quality and features far exceed my JVC Evario 3CCD's quality and features, plus it cheaper. But I'm returning it in favor of my inferior JVC Everio GZ-MC500 because it's too heavy and bulky. Also, it's obviously a camcorder, whereas the JVC looks like a still image camera which has allowed me to videotape people when they thought that they were being photographed (they act more natural). I am so disappointed that Sony could not make this camcorder more compact. For now, I'll have to just wait for technology to advance to where they can create the JVC-sized camcorder with Sony's HD line quality. *sad face* --2006-12-19 This camera works great. The picture quality is amazing, even when played in a high definition TV. Burning into a DVD was a breeze. Many people complain about the included editing software, but I liked it. It gets right to the point, which is passing your memories on to a DVD. If you are looking for a state-of the art video editing software, then do get something else. But if all you want is a simple way to burn your videos and don't want to mess with editing video on a computer, then the included image mixer software works fine. Here's the bad stuff: Within two weeks and for no particular reason, the camera refused to focus. Zooming in or out did not make a difference. An error message came out on the screen. the owner's manual identified it as a malfunction that could not be fixed, so I sent it back. Sony must have problems with their zooming technology on all their cameras because that same thing happened to my cybershot digital camera, only it did it 3 years later instead of two weeks. The camera sounds like it has a motor stuck on first gear and it will just not zoom at all. This is the second time it happens to me, so I'm just going to stay away from Sony cameras. I'm lucky that this happened to me while I still had time to get a refund. It's sad because, again, Sony's picture quality and ease of use get shadowed by these kinds of malfunctions. If you do decide to get a Sony camera, get some kind of service plan or extended warranty! You'll need it! --2006-10-30 I am very happy with the new camcorder. Buy one. I had first ordered a Panasonic VDR-D300 Mini DVD camcorder. It used the small DVDs and only stored 18 minutes on each one. Reading the manual told me I did not want that camera, so I returned it for Amazon (I love their service) and purchased the Sony-SR100 I took practice shots outside and inside, zoomed in and out, took close ups of flowers both in wide angle where you can get to 1/2 inch away and telephoto that you must be 2 feet away. Everything was always in perfect focus. Each scene shows up on the LCD as a thumbnail. You can play time all or anyone of them, you can play the last scene instantly after you take it and delete if you want. You can make a play list by selecting only those scenes you want to play, and if you want you can rearrange the scenes in any order you want. Still pictures also are shown as thumbnails. You select which one you want to see. This is all done on the LCD screen, which is a touch screen. I then plugged into my 60 inch TV and played the pictures. They were crystal clear. MUCH better than those still pictures I took in Africa with my 6 Mega pixel Minolta. Those look good on computer, or printed, but not so hot on TV. I then plugged the camera into laptop and made a DVD of all the scenes on the hard drive without loading them into the computer first. I then played the DVD on the TV and it was the same as when directly from the camera I then imported all the images camcorder hard drive into the computer and edited them. You can delete or edit them as you wish. Each scene shows as a thumbnail and you can play each one. You can also cut out frames or a group of frames. Great camera and easy to use. I figured out all of the above in about an hour. If a person does not wish to edit, then you just point and shoot and put all the unedited pictures on a DVD and that is it. The 30 gig hard drive will hold 7 hours of pictures, so that is more than enough for a long trip. I have two lithium batteries that each last about 120 minutes. They recharge in two hours. As you take pictures the readout is always showing you how much time you have left on the battery. I am sure on my travels I will be taking mostly video and also still pictures with my 6 megapixle camera but a lot less of those than before. This camera also takes still pictures and it also has a flash. They seem to be good quality when viewed on the TV. For pictures when it is very dark, it has an infrared light. I have not tested that. This is an amazing product, and I find dealing with Amazon to be the best. I had one price for this camera $300 less, but when I tried to buy it, they called and asked if I wanted the parts other than the body. They tried to offer it to me complete for $100 less then Amazon, but after that sad experience, I did not want to do business with them. --2006-10-24 This camcorder does capture good video. But the main drawback is that it records in MPEG2 format (DVD quality). Initially its nice and easy to capture video and watch it on your computer by downloading the files using the USB 2.0 connection. It gives you instant gratification. But after capturing 4 or 5 hours of video, you will notice that your videos aren't so great as you expect it to be. Its not the fault with your camcorder. Its because all of us shoot extra footage, unwanted scenes, shakes, etc which we want to edit. You may want to add a title or two, add transitions, add backgroud music, combine your photos with the video, etc. Basically you may want to edit your footage. Its here when you find the major drawback of this camcorder. The MPEG2 quality video is not good for editing. The video quality is so compressed that you won't have sufficient bandwidth to edit the video. MPEG2 is a LOSSY compression technique used to compress large video files into smaller files that can be fit into a 4 GB or 8 GB DVD. Since the camcorder compresses the video and then writes to the hard disk, the source file that you download to your computer is already compressed and has lost much of its data during the compression. If you edit this already compressed file, you lose more data during the process thus resulting in poorer video quality. When you edit these videos, add some transitions or special effects, increase/decrease brigthness or noise, etc, the newly edited video loses further clarity and thus makes your video look ugly and pixelated. In summary please don't buy this camcorder if you are serious about your videos and would like to edit them. But if you are not bothered about editing and want to watch your unedited footage forever, then go for it. That said, if you still think you want to go for this camcorder, please read the review on its other features: 1. Super NightShot Infrared System: Not a useful feature. Its amazining to initially see how this camcorder is able to "see" using infrared light. But the moment you shoot your subject using infrared light, you never want to shoot again as they will appear like devils when shot using this infrared light. Remember infrared footage appears almost black-and-white and not color. And the subject's eyes really look like devil. 2. 2.7-inch wide SwivelScreen LCD display with touch panel capabilities: . Its a good feature if you always want to shoot in widescreen. In fact I would suggest you to shoot in widescreen only as all future TVs and current LCD/Plasma TVs are widescreen. You can future proof your video by shooting widescreen. 3. Digital still photos: Please don't rely on this feature. The best photos from this camcorder as as good as the worst photos from any popular digital camera. Technology has still not matured to the point where a camcorder can shoot as good as a digital camera and vice versa. Megapixels alone are not enough to shoot good pictures. This camera has 3 MP CCD. But the photos come out only as good as an old 1 MP digital camera. 4. 10x optical/120x digital zoom: Optical zoom is very good. You can handle upto 10X optical zoom without a tripod. Any more zoom requires the use of a tripod. Don't use the digital zoom feature. Turn it off. As mentioned above, MPEG2 compression already makes the video bad in quality. The digital zoom further makes it worst. 5. Professional-quality Carl Zeiss lens: Yes its good. The image quality is truly great. No doubt about it. 6. Super SteadyShot picture stabilization system: Good enough to avoid small vibrations caused when going on a ship for example. But not good enough for the shakes encountered when walking with the camcorder. Don't expect to get great footage in such conditions. For great footage, you must still rely on a steady hand or a tripod. 7. On-screen zoom and record buttons: Not an useful feature. The camcorder tends to shake more when you use these zoom buttons on the LCD because the LCD is always projecting outside when shooting video. Hence you shake the camcorder more when you touch the LCD than when you touch the camcorder's body. 8. USB 2.0 interface: Good interface. Fast enough to download 30 GB in 1.5 hours. Firewire interface would have been great. But USB 2.0 is also good enough 9. Image Mixer Software: Very useless software. The free Picasa software from Google is far better in organizning your videos and pictures than the software that comes with this camera. Forget about this software. 10. InfoLithium battery with AccuPower meter system: Great battery life. I could shoot for upto 1 hour 20 minutes with one battery. Remember we always don't shoot continously in everyday life. We turn the camcorder on and off repeatedly when shooting. This battery last for 1 hour 20 minutes during normal shooting as explained above. If you shoot continously you may get longer battery life. 11. DVDDirect compatibility: This feature allows you to directly burn your video and photos to DVD. I don't think this is a very useful feature. Its always better to download to computer, and burn only the good files and photos to DVD instead of burning all of them. Overall summary. Buy this camcorder only if you are not serious about editing the videos. Its a good buy for point-and-shoot-and-view pleasure only. In my opinion, a mini-DV camcorder (DCRHC42 for example) is still a better bet than a DVD or hard drive based model. The only inconvenience in a mini-DV model is that you have to be a bit techy to download video to computer. If you are ok with that, the mini-DV still provides good value for money as its far cheaper than DVD or hard-drive models. --2006-10-06 First of all great Camcorder. Quality is great even in low light. Transfer to my PC is easy and quick. Overall the best camcorder I've used. So why 3 stars? Simple, Sony has a poor policy when it comes to replacement batteries. Basically in the new models that are being shipped their HDD camcorders will only run on OEM batteries. Even if the battery is compatible and works after 10 seconds an error message comes up and says ... .."Use the InfoLithium Battery Pack" Although the battery exceeds specification of Sony and is would work fine I contacted Sony directly and they told me they are no longer allowing non-OEM batteries with their HDD camcorders. Poor decision. I will have to purchase one of their replacement batteries because it is honestly a great camcorder but be advised that you'll be paying a premium for additional components. If anyone knows a work around for this I would love to hear it. I purchased the non-OEM battery through batteryheads.com on Amazon. --2006-09-25 Read for more: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=B...
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