Who should buy this camcorder? I bought my HVR-V1U and have had it a week now. I am very impressed with the quality of video with very good light. In low light the quality of this video camera is poor. But after doing hours and hours of research I decided on this model for a few reasons.
1) Size - This camcorder is about the same size as a VX-2000 with the same feel and pretty much the same layout.
2) 24p - This camcorder can shoot film in true 24p which is great if you want to give your video that "Film l...
[Sony Mini DV Camcorder (HVRV1U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/02/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
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Best pro-sumer Sony yet I got burned on my VX-1000 with its 32K stunted audio, no firewire in and no manual zoom. The PDX-10 that followed was great- except for still missing a manual zoom. I looked really hard at the first HDV cameras- and decided to wait, and V1U was well worth it.
Bought the Sony HD- and am totally amazed at how much faster my edit process is. The picture quality is phenomenal- but, we've mostly used standard DV since clients are quite ready to pay for HD.
If you've shot with a PD-170 yo...
[Sony Mini DV Camcorder (HVRV1U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/12/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Outstanding, with some minor caveats I have had the chance to use this camera a few times, plus compare it to some other HD cameras out there in it's price range, and came away impressed by a few aspects, and more knowing about a few others to consider.
All in all this is a great little HD camera that takes great pictures right out of the box. It handles really nice, has a true microphone that comes with it, and the lens is great on it with it's 20x ratio. It's slow-motion, though at quality a little less than SD, loo...
[Sony Mini DV Camcorder (HVRV1U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/27/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (37 of 38) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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A Vision of Light After working with the HVR V1U on various projects since the beginning of this year, I have concluded that it is perhaps the finest camera an independent filmmaker could buy at a price that will not break the bank. It produces true, beautiful colors in both natural and low light settings, and is exceedingly easy to use. As with any camera, understanding cinemagraphic fundamentals is key to producing interesting, photographic compositions; but the V1U makes it almost too easy to create visual mas...
[Sony Mini DV Camcorder (HVRV1U) review by William P. Brody "weezlenuckle can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | William P. Brody "weezlenuckle | | Review Date: | 08/05/2007 | | User Location: | Seattle, WA USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
94% (18 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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V1U-Delivers Amazing Picture, Perfect Zoom, EXCELLENT handling of low light. Super happy with my purchase!
[Sony Mini DV Camcorder (HVRV1U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/31/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
32% (10 of 31) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Very impressive!!! I love this camera the picture quality and audio quality is good!! having XRL imputs is a very important plus. The only downside is white balance feature. Its not true white balace, just two presets, one for outside one for inside. But other than that, for the price you are getting great quality!! I would recomend this highly!!
[Sony Mini DV Camcorder (HVRV1U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 10/26/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Studio Use We use this camera in a controlled environment, 5.5kw of incandescent light, and the images are sooo nice...
The camera has been setup to shoot 24p all the time, and the color tweaked by me and a colorist, and the results are amazing.
Our casting company uses it about 90% of the time, we record to a Focus FS 4 and to tape simultaneously.
The Optical stabilization works amazing when hand held, the mic is not so good, but at least it's there.
Wish it ...
[Sony Mini DV Camcorder (HVRV1U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/05/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Great Camera, Great HD !! We use two of these cameras for our event videography company. We shot mostly weddings but have shot many other events and this camera has been great on all of our shoots. The HD quality is great. the XLR sound is good. and there are plenty of manual adjustments to make this camera work in any situation
[Sony Mini DV Camcorder (HVRV1U) review by JHRJ Productions can be read at buy.com] | | buy.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | JHRJ Productions | | Review Date: | 05/11/2008 | | User Location: | Ankeny. IA | | Review From: | User Review |  | | |
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