Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom
Digital camera Review: need suggestion ...
Summary: 2 Stars
i am going to buy a handycam for the 1st time ... i love sony "BRAND" ... i choose DCR SR-45 (for my price range and better zoom) ...
but now i am confused that should i go for SR-42 or wait for SR-45 !!
anyway, can i change the HDD of these models camcorder ? i mean can i put a 60 or 80 b in the place of default 30 gb ?
waiting for your positive reply ...
Digital camera Review: worth it
Summary: 4 Stars
I got this to record my sun. It works just fine. We liked the fact that it isn't too big and the video quality is nice. Only problem is sometimes when objects are moving fast camera gets blury.Can't adjust instantly.Digital camera Review: Sony DCR-SR42
Summary: 4 Stars
excellent product. Battery life and hard disk memory are really as long as Sony claim.
Digital camera Review: Not Mac compatable!
Summary: 1 Stars
They might tell you this thing works with iMovie08, but they're wrong! You still have to get third party conversion software and buy the MPEG-2 codec or Quicktime from Apple to get iMovie just to import the files. All of this means loss of quality. I can't believe they don't tell you this more clearly on the packaging or in the spec's. If you're a Mac user, stay away.Digital camera Review: This camera does NOT come with Mac-compatible software
Summary: 1 Stars
While I have no complaints about the basic functionality of the DCR-S42 that I just bought, I am tremendously annoyed that it is basically non compatible with the Macintosh OS (or any OS other than Windows).
I had reviewed several cameras, knew that I wanted a hard disk camera and already owned a couple of Sony digital cameras and an earlier Sony digital movie camera, so with the excellent low price, I bought the DCR-SR42 without thinking about it too much. After returning from a trip, I set about downloading the movies to my Macintosh. The first thing I noticed was that the software that came with the camera was for Windows only. No Mac or Linux support at all. That was a little annoying and most unusual since for about the last 10 or 15 years, basically all consumer electronics that interface with computers have come with support for all operating systems. But no big deal - I just hooked up a USB cable and my clever Mac recognized the Sony as another disk drive and so I copied the files over in the Finder.
They were readily recognized by the Finder as .mpg files, but when I double clicked on one to open it, I got an error from Quicktime that said the file was corrupt. I then tried opening it in Windows Media Viewer for Macintosh and got the same error. A little googling revealed that the file format used by the camera is MPEG-2 which is not supported by any of the leading video applications for Macintosh. You need to buy additional software from Apple or a 3rd party vendor. When I called Sony to verify this they said "Sorry. That's right. We do not support the Mac OS".
I am furious about this. It was not advertised on the box (or in any of the reviews I read). Certainly I can get around this but for a huge company like Sony to not include all the software needed to transfer its movies to ANY OS is really bush league stuff. And why choose MPEG-2 anyhow? Thus my low rating. Anyway, be forewarned. You will have to upgrade at least to Quicktime Pro and/or an MPEG-2 plug in for Quicktime in order to play or manipulate your movies on a Mac.