Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom

Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom
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Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with  40x Optical Zoom
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Manufacturer: Sony
Release Date: 2009-11-30
Model: DCR-SR42
Product features:
  • 30 GB built-in hard drive; record up to 20 hours
  • Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens; 40x optical/2000x digital zoom
  • 2.5-inch touch-panel SwivelScreen LCD
  • Super SteadyShot picture stabilization system
  • Handycam Station included; one-touch disc burn
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Digital camera reviews of Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom

Digital camera Review: 40X Zoom IS ACTUALLY 25X - FALSE ADVERTISING
Summary: 2 Stars

Yes, I brought the Sony DCR-SR42 (with 40x zoom) home and did some comparisons to my Canon ZR600(with 25x Zoom).
I was shocked to see it could not bring in an object any closer than my 25x Canon.
I then thought that maybe I had a bad camera so I brought it back to CompUsa. I tested my SR42 camera against their SR42 floor model and both zoomed exactly the same. I then tested it against a JVC GZ-MG130 with it's 34x zoom and I was blown away. The 34x zoomed in much more than the Sony 40x.
I then turned on digital zoom just to see how much I had to zoom to get to JVC's 38x image we were seeing. I had to zoom "Digitally" to 80x to acheive the same picture closeness. We zoomed in on ipod's across the store which when zoomed in could get 8 ipods at a distance which was still not up close and filling in the camera screen. The JVC when zoomed in could zoom all the way to a singgle IPod and read the ipods screen....WOW! (SO I EXCHANGE the Sony FOR THE JVC and the JVC was $100.00 LESS & IT HAS A BUILT IN LIGHT & 16:9 WIDESCREEN RECORDING AND RECORDS OVER 4 HOURS LONGER IN HIGHEST QUALITY RECORDING)
The Store Director, Manager and employee who all had a hand in testing the camera's all could not believe what we were seeing.
SONY IS FALSELY ADVERTISING A 40x CAMERA THAT IS NOT TRUELY A 40x BUT A 25x.

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