Digital Video Camera & Camcorder Review

The DCR-HC26 from Sony gives you a full-featured, compact MiniDV camcorder at an entry-level price. Highlights include the Advanced HAD™ CCD imager, which captures stunning detail and clarity, and the Digital Zoom, which focuses on distant subjects providing clear close-up images with less distortion. The Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens offers less glare and increased contrast for vivid, more life-like color and tones.

Make your personal videos complete with additional customization features such as Picture and Fader effects for creative and professional looking enhancements. Photo Mode allows you to capture and store hundreds of individual still images, and Picture Packageâ„¢ software helps you easily organize and edit still images and video.

LetsGoDigital has a story on the Sony DCR HC26 camcorder and says: “Sony DCR HC26 camcorder : Sony is taking the lead in bringing the focus on audio performance to the camcorder market with its new 2006 Handycam models. Nothing preserves memories better than moving images with sound,” said Linda Vuolo, director for camcorder products at Sony Electronics. “We are offering new enhancements to both audio and video performance in our 2006 product line.” On the digital tape front, four new miniDV models aim to please cost-conscious video enthusiasts with prices beginning at about $350. All the miniDV models deliver a powerful combination of precise image detail and vivid color reproduction thanks to Carl Zeiss optics and Sony’s high-resolution CCD imaging technology.

Sony HC26 - miniDV camcorder
The new Sony DCR HC26 camcorder features top-side tape loading so it’s effortless to replace tapes while shooting from a tripod. Furthermore the Sony HC26 incorporates a 680K-pixel Advanced HAD CCD image sensor, and a high quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens. To compose and view the moments the miniDV camcorder offers a 2.5-inch hybrid SwivelScreen touch panel LCD and a color viewfinder. The new Sony DCR-HC26 miniDV camcorder is available in February for only about $350.”

Camera Warehouse has reviewed the Sony DCR HC26 camcorder and writes - “Why We Like the Handycam DCR-HC26
Very powerful 20x optical zoom lens in such an affordable camcorder
Very affordable camcorder, great as a first Handycam
Easy to use, great for kids and newcomers to camcorders”

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