http://www.creativenewsblog.com/dvcamera/archives/premature-sony-hdr-hc3-review Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:39:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.creativenewsblog.com/dvcamera/archives/premature-sony-hdr-hc3-review#comment-30 Wed, 10 May 2006 01:26:06 +0000 http://www.creativenewsblog.com/dvcamera/archives/premature-sony-hdr-hc3-review#comment-30 Just got the camcorder and was skeptical about how it would perform. Mainly because it's a sony and I've become skeptical about all their products, along with anger about their use of proprietary memory cards, connections, batteries, and accessories. Happy to say I'm really enjoying this camcorder. I'm amazed at the picture. I'm not a scientist so I'm going to keep this simple. I shoot video in good light and play it on my plasma or my LCD and I am blown away by how nice it looks. It's like watching High Def. Discovery channel for the first time, except my family is in the picture. I don't find the menu hard to deal with and the size is not bad. The steady shot is much better then previous sony and JVC's that I've owned. My hands shake like a junkie going through withdrawals, but the sony can handle it. In low light it's not bad. I read reviews where there were complaints about the low light video, but I think it's okay. I also have an upconversion dvd player that's crap. The Sony does seem to up convert the regular DV tape to a better picture. I'm very happy with the camcorder and would recommend it to someone who just wants to record thier memories in high def. It would be nice to have 5.1 surround, but I can live without it. The camcorder did start showing green horizontal bars across the screen during playback until I disconnected the battery and hit the reset button. After that it played fine.I'll have to see if it happens again. Other then that... go and get one!!! Just got the camcorder and was skeptical about how it would perform. Mainly because it’s a sony and I’ve become skeptical about all their products, along with anger about their use of proprietary memory cards, connections, batteries, and accessories.
Happy to say I’m really enjoying this camcorder. I’m amazed at the picture. I’m not a scientist so I’m going to keep this simple. I shoot video in good light and play it on my plasma or my LCD and I am blown away by how nice it looks. It’s like watching High Def. Discovery channel for the first time, except my family is in the picture. I don’t find the menu hard to deal with and the size is not bad. The steady shot is much better then previous sony and JVC’s that I’ve owned. My hands shake like a junkie going through withdrawals, but the sony can handle it. In low light it’s not bad. I read reviews where there were complaints about the low light video, but I think it’s okay. I also have an upconversion dvd player that’s crap. The Sony does seem to up convert the regular DV tape to a better picture. I’m very happy with the camcorder and would recommend it to someone who just wants to record thier memories in high def. It would be nice to have 5.1 surround, but I can live without it. The camcorder did start showing green horizontal bars across the screen during playback until I disconnected the battery and hit the reset button. After that it played fine.I’ll have to see if it happens again. Other then that… go and get one!!!

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