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Sony Handycam HDR-CX12E

Sony Handycam HDR-CX12E

Since the flash-memory-based equivalent of the HDR-SR11, Sony Handycam HDR-CX12 to serve the same pleasing performance and quality as a hard-drive cousin.

Kin to the hard-disk-based HDR-SR11, Sony Handycam HDR-CX12 offers the same feature set and excellent midlevel quality HD video in the compact body, the records instead of Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo flash media.

Excellent video performance; impressive photos for a video camera, decent manual controls. No wind filter; USB in the dock not only on your camcorder, no viewfinder; smallish LCD. [cnet]

Canon XH A1 Camcorder

Canon XH A1 Camcorder

Canon XH A1 and XH G1 are excellent camcorders for entry-level professionals and independent film makers, hard-to-beat prices for what they offer. Canon XH A1 is a pretty ordinary handheld video camera, but it has a few unique touches. The lens barrel has three free-spinning servo rings: focus, zoom and iris.

Canon XH A1 is the size and weight of the Sony HVR-Z1, it is only a few ounces less than 5 kg, when loaded onto the tape and battery. It is a well-balanced, but a handful of heavy, so the long duration of handheld into the fatiguing unless you have extra oxygen support. [dv]

Sony Handycam HDR-SR11

Sony Handycam HDR-SR11

Sony Handycam HDR-SR11 is among the cream of the hard-disk AVCHD crop right now, and the same applies to his sister, HDR-SR12, whereas the only difference between them is the size of their hard drives. (For this review, we tested a SR11.) The SR11 sports a 60 gigabyte hard drive, while the SR12 packs 120 gigabytes into its attractive HD-recording body.

The body design is quite nice, although has some quirks, and across a robust compared with most flash-models. Sony Handycam HDR-SR11 and SR12 60 gigabyte hard-disk-based AVCHD camcorder to deliver top notch performance and image quality.

Canon FS100 Camcorder

Canon FS100 Camcorder

Canon FS100 Camcorder is first flash memory camcorder. In addition, the advantage of added time recording, Flash Memory offers rapid response time, since they can not wait for moving parts. The FS100 is lower power consumption rate allows for charging the battery last longer. Measuring only 2.3 “wide, 2.4″ high and 4.9 “deep, that combines a large video storage capacity in a small, easy to wear body.

The 2.7″ widescreen LCD on the FS100 allows you to see more of what is video camera recording. With the FS100 you get a powerful 1.07 megapixel CCD image sensor. Video will shoot sharp, clear and true life, how will your photos. Genuine Canon 48x Advanced Zoom on FS100 expanding power of your zoom. In both wide angle and telephoto lens positions, it is virtually without loss of picture quality in its entirety. Canon DIGIC DV II image processor is the next generation of Canon exclusive DIGIC DV signal processing technology to ensure optimal image quality for still images and even video and still images have different requirements for color. Focal distance - 2.6-f = 96.2 mm Focusing minimum distance - 10 mm (wide) / 1 m (calf) White Balance - daylight, tungsten, Auto and Manual Programmed AE - Auto, Program, TV, Portrait, Sport, Night, Snow, Beach, Sunset, Spotlight, and Fireworks 2-channel Dolby Digital Audio (AC-3) 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack Microphone Terminal Dimensions - Width Height 2.3 x 2.4 x depth 4 9 (58 x 60×124mm) Weight - 9.2 oz (260 g). [digitalcamcordernews]

SONY DCR-SR45 with 30GB Storage

SONY DCR-SR45

SONY DCR-SR45 is simply an effective handycam with a generous storage. It uses professional quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens, with up to 40x optical zoom and 2000x digital zoom. It can save up to 20 hours of high-quality video to a built-in 30 GB HDD. The One Touch Burn feature also allows you to easily back up or share your memories, DVDs via connected to the computer. It is a 2.7 “touch screen LCD, which allows you to control the settings you have eyes on the subject. Priced at range of $ 360 - $ 508. (via)