Sony DCR-DVD610 DVD Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony DCR-DVD610 DVD Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom
Digital camera Review: Can't use viewfinder in direct sunlight
Summary: 1 Stars
I hate this camera. When I use it in direct sunlight I cannot see anything in the viewfinder because of the glare. Is this a fluke or are they all like this? Would love to hear if others have this same problem. Best Buy will not take it back (thank you, customer no service), so I'd love to know if this is something Sony needs to fix.Digital camera Review: Decent Video cam, but mediocre low light/indoor performance, limited recording time, very basic upload software
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a decent video cam that offers some good features:
1) ability to record to mini-DVD's that you can upload with the included software fairly easily
2) Good quality still pictures.
3) Decent upload software.
The negatives?
1) Low light/indoor performance - This video cam is compromised by its performance indoors and in lower light. It seems to go through extensive adjustment to get to "equilibrium' when indoors and we end up with a lot of dark spots on videos. It's not horrible, but have definitely seen better. The quality is worse than my friend's flip camera, which is disappointing.
2) mini-DVD's don't have much recording time (~30 minutes).
Honestly, I find myself making a lot more recordings on my Canon point and shoot camera these days as they turn out good video quality and decent audio. It's a lot more convenient than schlepping a video cam and point and shoot camera.
Digital camera Review: Disappointing camera
Summary: 2 Stars
This is my second Sony camcorder. The first bought back in 2000 was a HI-8 digital tape camcorder. That was a good camera, quality pictures, decent battery life, lots of features...etc., etc. But I digress, I recently began seeing these small pocket size cameras at school functions and was really jealous because mine was big and heavy. After much research I decided to go with this DVD Hybrid camera. I wanted this camera for ease of playback (DVD's) and ease of uploading video to laptop for sending video to relatives out of state. For those reasons the camera was good however the picture quality was horrible unless it was high noon with full sun. Indoors with regular room light images were dark and out of focus, really? Strike one. Then (I guess I didn't research enough) the DVD's for this are only 30 minutes at standard quality, and 20 minutes for high quality, really? 20 or 30 mins. and I have to get a new disc and then carry around extras? Strike two. The flash card is nice to record to but even that with no memory issues that still has poor video quality. You can read all reviews and research but sometimes you really can't tell until you get it out of the box. The touchscreen was nice but having it open and using it sucked the battery dry. The memory card is an extra [...] bucks at Walmart for the 4 GB. Oh, I forgot to mention the steady shot is horrible, the images were very shaky, and that was with minimal movement. I also saw they just released a newer version of this camera the 650, don't know about that but this 610 is only 1 year old but that's electronics.Digital camera Review: Enthusiastic
Summary: 4 Stars
I am enjoying this camcorder. I am still learning how to use some of the many features. I got this just a few days before I took a trip. I bought an extra battery and charger to always be ready for what I want to do.
I am very pleased. This is the first time I have had a camcorder.
Digital camera Review: Everything I expected
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought it for NightShot works well(less then 25 feet).
I also use Sima IR with it works excellent.
Super NightShot not so good unless on tripod (Still Shots).
Shipping was good and fairly fast.
I recommand buying the NH100 battery (about 10 hours) and use memorysitck 16gb (660min recording LP).