is this a good camcorder
1060836
I am in the process of returning the camera as it did not work when my grandson tried it for the first time as a birthday gift.
1060837
It is certainly a good camera for its price. In bright light pics and videos are good. HD quality and Wide-angle are not as good as some expensive cameras, but the 3-D Pics and 3-D videos viewed with 3-D glasses (Blue/Red) were amazing. As a starter 3-D Camera it is ideal.
1919427
Video quality from the camera is great. Just make sure you're using the STM lenses otherwise you will get the motor noise when it's focusing. Also, autofocusing with video is a little slow to lock-on compared to most camcorders today.
716854
Well I am by no means a camcorder, projector expert, but IMO it works well, I actually just received this camcorder and have been practicing with it, we sat out side last night and viewed some footage on the side of the house, we laughed and thought it was awesome, I'm sure if you spent alot more $$$, you would get a better projector, but IMO so far this camcorder works well for the $$$. I spent on it, in fact it's better than I thought, technology has came along way since my last video recorder, that I gave alot more $$$ for than this one which is now out of date.
1910628
Yes this is a great camera for this price. I would recommend the Sony to anyone. Some one wrote that it is slow and in some cases it can be but that is mostly caused by charging the flash. I have used mine to take thousands of pictures and I love it. It takes some expermenting in the begining but you can learn what features that you like and some that you don't like. The in camera guide is very handy. The feature that I use very much is the "sport" feature and with that I use the 10 frame burst. I use this to take pictures of my Grand childern playing football and baseball and track. As I said it is well worth $250.
478222
Hi Kathryn, this Sony Camcorder definitely will give out quality videos that you need for shooting fireworks. It even has a shooting preset for taking pictures of fireworks. -Vincent
1721437
I have the same camcorder. Download a trial version of the software from sony's website. It would well with it.
1625002
I purchased this camcorder refurbished from Canon for just $349..A real bargain!
73135
Can't recall it because I returned it. The worst Camcorder I ever had on my hands. Don't buy it
375006
This is a good camera, but not great for video. In fact I really don't use the video feature. No there is not a mic in connection. So in short it does good in video but if video is your main goal, don't choose this camera.
474599
I have a question about this also...Is this a one-time use camcorder or can it be re-used?I am thinking the latter, just by virrtue of the selling price...Many thanks in advance!
192596
My opinion is this would be a excellent camera for a starter. It has all the features of a proffesional camera at a low price.
2189561
The battery life kinda sucks. Sound and picture is pretty good for the price. But don't expect the picture quality of some of the more expensive camcorders. It dosent have that many settings for recording. I bought it because I was going on vacation and wanted a camcorder and thought this was a good price. It dose ok for basic recording but if you want really high quality videos you would probably be better off to go with a more expensive model that has more features. Hope this was some help to you.
2189562
The picture quality is good. From the Camcorder itself, the sound quality isn't very loud, but it does pick up your voices well.
2265546
Yes it is, I shoot diy tutorial videos with this camera on a stand and it works so well. I was very impressed with the clarity of the videos I've taken with this camcorder as well
1935516
Yes this is a fine camera I got mine around 2010 and it takes great photos 10MP or you can also shoot RAW picts. The video is ok but its no were even near 720P. The camera has a lot of setting that either you can tweak to your liking or you can let the camera decide. Make sure if you are trying to take photos of movement to get a class 10 SDHC card with at least 8GB storage. with that card even on the high setting 10MP I can take 4,999 photos. The camera easily switches from picture to video. Hope this helps.
846653
If you go to cnet, they have a more detailed comparison between the two. I'll try a link here...http://www.cnet.com.au/camcorders/0,239035877,339272971,00.htm
1847688
This camcorder is not set up to record concerts or music. It has no external jacks to install high quality microphones. I would say the sound is standard for an entry level camcorder.