Strong upgrade from HDR-CX7 Five months ago, I took the leap and bought a Sony HDR-CX7. I had been using the Sony HDR-HC1 HDV camcorder, but as my boxes of DV tapes grew, I thought going tapeless would solve two problems: 1) tapes degrade and take space, while a flash memory card could be backed up easy to DVD-Rs. 2) it would take much less time to copy data from a flash card to the computer, instead of importing real-time. The downsides will be mentioned in a moment.
As it turns out, #1 was correct, but #2 was...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review by Allen C. Huffman can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | Allen C. Huffman | | Review Date: | 09/03/2008 | | User Location: | Des Moines, IA USA | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (24 of 24) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Addictive but be aware of the work you will create using the clips! This isn't a review of the features and performance of the camera. I am not an expert at comparing it to others. This is a review of what you can do with the files that you create.
I got this camera and the 16gb memory duo card. So far so good. It stores between 2 and 5 times the life of a single battery in video.. hours and hours unless you pick the highest bit rate.
The challenges come after you get your files home.
1. Sony Vegas
Probably this is the best ...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review by justin can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | justin | | Review Date: | 09/18/2008 | | User Location: | new york, NY United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (12 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent all-around video, audio, feature and build quality I have a Sony standard definition miniDV camcorder, and also bought the HF100 and the Sony CX12, both flash camcorders.
I found the Canon to be the better value: good to great video and audio quality in good lighting conditions, better user interface, and standard SD cards will save you money and hassle vs. the Sony CX12.
However, the Sony is the superior product IMHO based on the following features: much better low-light performance (by low-light I mean indoor night-time videos ...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review by AT can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | AT | | Review Date: | 08/20/2008 | | User Location: | California | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
95% (21 of 22) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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FANTASTIC!! DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS!! If you are deciding between the Sony CX12 and any other camcorder I recommend the Sony CX12... HANDS DOWN!! I just got it today and it is AMAZING!! The still photos are beautiful, super high quality. And the smile shutter technology alone is worth the $$$. I have three little girls and it hasn't missed a smile yet, they smile for even a second and it is captured. How could we have ever done without it????? And it burns to disc at the touch of a button... Yes, it has an "easy" button, reall...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review by L. Hampton can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | L. Hampton | | Review Date: | 07/28/2008 | | User Location: | WA, USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
82% (14 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Comments based on previous CX11 This HDR-CX12 is an update on the CX11 model which also took beautiful pictures but had several operational deficiencies.
The CX12 remedies one of the big ones -- it has a sleep mode so you can protect the lens between shots. (With the CX11 you had to power-off, and then it took about 10 seconds to power-on again.)
On the CX11 the 'optical image stabilization' (OIS) doesn't appear to work, at all. I haven't seen any reviews on the CX12 yet but unless someone says it's d...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review by A. Tovar can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | A. Tovar | | Review Date: | 08/17/2008 | | User Location: | California | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
31% (7 of 22) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Simply the best This is simply the best camcorder I have ever owned, and I have owned seven dating back to 1987. I have a fairly new Sony hard disk camcorder and this HDR-CX12 has it beat hands down. The hard disk will skip and stop recording if the buffer is exceeded when there is repetative movement, whereas the HDR-CX12 just keeps on recording. The storage media is so much easier to deal with than the video tapes in other camcorders. I purchased this camcorder for my motorcycle tours and it has worked ou...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/12/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (5 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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I love this camcorder Well, i am an amateur when it comes to camcorders, so my review may NOT be very technical. I love this camcorder, this is my first HD camcorder and the picture quality is real amazing. I use this camcorder mostly to take home videos and for our trips. The camcorder is real sleek and fits nicely in your hand. I dropped SR12/SR11 just because of their weight and their bulky harddisk. One down side is that this camcorder uses just a memory stick, they are expensive, but they are reliable. i have be...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review by Saravana Kumar Kuppusamy can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Saravana Kumar Kuppusamy | | Review Date: | 10/07/2008 | | User Location: | Winston Salem, NC, USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
75% (3 of 4) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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great!! I love it!! I got this digital HD camcorder because I prefer having SSD storage media(no moving parts)such as memory stick to store my video footage. I feel that memory stick and should be more robust and resistance to shakiness when I shoot the video.( I also own a PSP so the memory stick should be able to work too)
The features worked very well as advertised but there are some thing to take note, there are additional purchase to get full out of the device:
1. Get a new lithium battery. The suppl...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review by Hoo Hean Ee can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Hoo Hean Ee | | Review Date: | 10/21/2008 | | User Location: | Sinagpore | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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AWESOME Well, if you always use the best, this should be your choice. Top model of the handycam world. Memory Stick PRO Duo instead of hard disk drive, 1920 x 1080 full HD video and 10.2 megapixel still image capture (which means you don't need a camera anymore). You won't believe the quality of the recordings when you watch them on 55 inch TV.
Plus, very handy and lightweight.
Strongly recommended...
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review by Altan Sisik can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Altan Sisik | | Review Date: | 10/28/2008 | | User Location: | Istanbul, TURKEY | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
25% (1 of 4) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great camcorder! Just had it for a few weeks, and it is my first camcorder, so nothing to compare against. It delivers what promises.
Good image quality for video, and the smile shooter is great!
The software is on the down side: With a dual core HP laptop 1 gb ram and vista it took me about 2 hr to create a SD DVD from a HD movie of about 40 minutes... slowwwww and you have to download the files to the computer. Very easy to use, however.
Suggest additional battery and memory stick.
[Sony DR- High Definition Memory Stick PRO Duo Handycam Camcorder With 12x Optical Zoom (CX12) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/06/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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