Advantages: Good design - small, compact and light. Disadvantages: Average image quality and poor battery life.
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I bought my Sony DCR-HC27E a few months ago from Curry's for about £200 (but I see Amazon.co.uk are currently selling for £179.99), I also picked up a case for it for about £15 - not essential but I have found it extremely useful. The first thing that attracted to me was it's size - it's quite small and easy to carry. It also had a nice touch screen which I think is a pretty cool feature - again in no way was this essential, but nice touches ... ...brand name also in a small part attracted me as I didn't know much about camcorders and wanted a name I could trust and rely on. It also has a Carl Zeiss Lens that I have been hearing so much about.
When I got the camera home the first thing I realised was it's ease of use - I expected to be sitting around for awhile with the instruction manual trying to find how the thing works - the instruction manual stayed in the box. I had it up and going in ...
suspectdevice 11.04.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sony Handycam DCR HC27E
This is a fantastic little Camcorder I actually won mine in an online competition It is lovely and compact looking and touch screen controls just perfect for taking on holiday as it fits perfect into your hand luggage it also has a 20x zoom!! Its so simple to plug staight into the Telly using the cable provided then record what youve captured to DVD.The battery charges up by plugging into the camera then into plug socket and lasts for many hours ...
telizak 20.02.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sony Handycam DCR HC27E
Advantages: Size and weight. Easy to use. Disadvantages: Battery life on standard battery.
This is a great camcorder and of perfect size suitable for all users from the beginner to the more experienced. It fits easily in one hand and is light enough to hold for quite a long period of time. My brother held mine for the whole of my wedding ceremony and he was so impressed he has gone and got one for himslf. I was overjoyed with the results. The picture was excellent quality and the sound was very impressive and even recorded from the other ...
jo1975 16.05.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Sony Handycam DCR HC27E
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