Feature :
- 30-gigabyte hard drive stores over 20 hours of long-play video or over 7 hours of high-quality video
- Built-in microphone for Dolby Digital 5.1channel surround sound recording
- Features 3.3-megapixel 1/3-inch advanced HAD CCD and Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar lenses with advanced optical multi-layer coating
- Several automatic exposure modes, including NightShot for video capture in total darkness
- Measures 3.16 x 2.87 x 5.86 inches (H x W x L) and weighs 22 ounces with battery
Overview :
Capture powerful sound and sharp images with the DCR-SR100 Handycam camcorder. Built for serious recording, the DCR-SR100 comes with a Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens for creating superior quality images. Featuring high-resolution imaging with a 3.3 Megapixel Advanced HAD CCD imager, you can take not only sharp digital video, but also detailed digital still photographs. You can record Dolby Digital 5.1 Channel surround sound with the built-in microphone to make watching your movies like a visit to the theater.Other features include Super NightShot Infrared System to help record in low light situations. See the bigger picture with the 2.7" wide SwivelScreen LCD display with touch panel capabilities.
Customer Review :
What attracted my wife and I to this is the large, 30GB hard drive. She takes *tons* of movies daily of our twin babies, and we still only have to clear the hard drive about once every three months.
Also, since it uses a hard drive, I love the speed and versatility you get when transferring movies. The included software allows you to burn everything to DVD with literally just a press of a button...it even compensates for when your movies span multiple DVDs. Perhaps the best part here is that you are not bound to buying custom/proprietary mini DVDs or tapes to take your movies...only to spend even more money copying those to a DVD, VHS tape, etc., just to be able to view them or make a backup.
A little tip...when you back up your movies, ALWAYS back up to multiple places, and preferably multiple media. (Because if you are a new dad, the LAST thing you want to do is lose the pictures/movies of a new mom's babies!!)
For example, I have an external USB hard drive that I plug into my computer to make a backup of everything on the camcorder. After that, I use the one-button feature to burn to DVD. (I generally don't back up directly to my computer, since that will just clog up the hard drive rather quickly.) Then, to keep the DVDs organized, I use the Casio CW-100 CD Label Printer...very quick and easy to use.
This "multi-factor" backup approach will give you a comfortable safety net, so that if your kids want to be cute and hold a really strong magnet to your backup hard drive (essentially erasing it), you still have your DVDs. And if they want to see what happens when they hold a lighter to the DVDs, you still have your hard drive backup. :-)
One thing that isn't the greatest is that the camcorder runs ONLY on its battery. Plugging it in just charges the battery, as opposed to charging the battery in parallel with powering the camcorder. (So basically, if your battery is dead, you have to wait until it is charged enough to use again.)
Furthermore, there is no charger for the battery (at least none that comes with it)...it has to be attached to the camcorder to charge...so you can't just buy another battery to have easy, continuous use.
But even with these minor deficiencies, this is still the best camcorder on the market. It is certainly one of the pricier ones, but it is worth every penny since in the end, it saves you money from all the other junk you'd otherwise have to buy.
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