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Sony Handycam HDR-SR12E (120GB)

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5 Jul 15th, 2008 

4 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
Excellent video and stills quality, Large 3 . 2 - inch panoramic screen, Sufficient manual controls

Disadvantages:
No wind filter, No HDI cable supplied

Recommendable Yes:

Detailed rating:

Ease of use

Recording quality

Picture quality

Sound quality

Value for money

edjones36

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I managed to get one of these on test and I must say it was an excellent piece of kit.

The picture quality of the video was excellent and so was the performance, as for the still photos, very impressive for a camcorder.

There are also sufficient manual settings, so if you’re like me you'll have plenty to play around with. However, you will have to use the 3.2-inch touch screen to get to some important functions, which can be an annoying way to use a camcorder.

The high capacity HDD allow you to save hours upon hours of full 1080 HD video

The large 3.2 - panoramic screen is of good size but the screen is still fingerprint prone. The fingerprints can be distracting at times when recording.

If you're in the market for a hard-drive-based high-definition camcorder, you won't go wrong with one of these Sonys. If 120GB is too much for you, the HDR-SR11 offers a 60GB drive and the rest of it is the same as the SR12Good Points
  • Excellent video and stills quality
  • Large 3.2-inch panoramic screen
  • Sufficient manual controls
  • Comes with docking station

Bad points
  • Finger prints on screen can be annoying
  • No wind filter
  • No HDI cable supplied with it

85/100 

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Comments about this review »

anonymili 15.07.2008 15:15

Welcome to Ciao, a nice concise and helpful first review :)

manlybeach 15.07.2008 15:00

Good 1st review. Welcome to ciao

Hypernation 15.07.2008 10:25

Great stuff - people are starting to buy weapons grade video stuff these days...

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