Stunning Footage...and works perfectly with Macbook! I purchased this camcorder in anticipation of the birth of my son last month. This is my first camcorder purchase and I am extremely impressed and happy with my purchase.
My goal was to make videos that I could watch in HD on my TV and also quickly edit on my macbook in iMovie and then burn to dvd or upload to youtube.com to share with family. In this regard it works flawlessly. The camcorder and my macbook play together beautifully and it is simple to get the footage off of the ca...
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/16/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (16 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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A solid camcorder This is a somewhat specific review, but as a research
biologist I'm hoping it will be helpful for someone looking
to use this camera in a similar way.
I've owned the camera now for about one week and have been
using it daily to film animal behavior. My previous
research cameras have either been low end miniDV for basic
video capture or the Canon XL1 and its previous Hi8
incarnation.
Despite previous negative reviews, I decided to ...
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/08/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (15 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Superb image quality in a tidy little package. I purchased this camcorder in early May after many months of debating and shopping around. We just had our first child in March and I'd been trying to figure out if I should replace my practically unused Sony DCR-TRV310 camera (circa 1999!) with something HD and the cheap voice of reason in my head just couldn't justify spending a grand on a new camera when my older one was in fine working order. I was planning on just dropping $300 on a newer SD camcorder that would be smaller and more conven...
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 06/02/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (14 of 14) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Lot of things could be improved, but overall good Things I like:
Takes excellent pictures outdoors
It has USB, HDMI, Composite, RCA, I-Link right on the camera (unlike other HD camera's from Sony, where they are available on docking station). All cables are supplied with the camera.
Handy access to backlight compensation button and auto focus button
Pictures look good even when recorded in SD mode (well not at high resolution)
When you burn normal, regular DVDs (MPEG2) (supplied Sony software do...
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/08/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Buy it! This product, so far as I know, has not been available from Amazon since Jan. 8 as a comment claimed. It wasn't available on Feb. 19 when I ordered it from an Amazon competitor. It's now available (about March 1) at a very competitive price.
It is a fabulous video camera. Colors are accurate, low-light performance is amazing, video noise is non-existent, resolution will blow you away. The 2-hr battery provides a full 2 hours of recording. The camera is light, flexible, and intu...
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/27/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (46 of 47) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent for amateur like me -much like an upgraded HC90 This just arrived Thursday so these comments come with minimal time on camera so far. I am also absolutely an amateur user of camcorders so I won't be able to comment on the quality of the manual controls, etc.
I agree closely with the other two reviews so I won't repeat their details. I'll try to hit a few other topics and also compare the HC7 to the Sony HC90, an earlier model that took 16:9 standard definition video with 3 MP stills.
I have taken about one hour of HD...
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/10/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (81 of 84) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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An excellent camcorder What a great camcorder! The resolution is excellent and the 6MP pictures are sharp and clear. This is one camcorder that really does an excellent job as a combination camera/ camcorder. Motion artifacts are minimal and the colors are bright even in dim light. All in all, an excellent buy.
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/22/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (9 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Initial Review- Very Impressive I received the Sony HDR-HC7 over two weeks ago. This HD camcorder is the 3rd and final piece of my HD makeover. The first component is the Sony KDS-R60XBR2 1080p TV, the second is a PS3, and now the new camcorder. One thing I noticed immediately upon playing my older home-made DV videos is that the big screen really amplifies the lower resolution (which is bad), and that the hand jitter of the home movies is more problematic as well to look at. Both of these deficiencies prompted me to go fo...
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/22/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
86% (39 of 45) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Pretty good but not great Pros:
1. Great video quality in good to great light. Colors are "punchy".
2. Doubles as a still camera. Even though the still quality is not great, it could still come in handy.
3. Down-conversion to standard definition seems pretty good. Can easily record hi-def to DVD using a down-converted digital connection from the camera to a DVD recorder.
4. Handling seems good. The size of the camera is fairly small. It's amazing what they can pack into things of this size.
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[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/01/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
86% (43 of 50) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Wow!!! I got an HC7 a couple of weeks ago and am really impressed with the image quality. I originally tried the Sony HDR-SR1 but was put off by its dismal low-light performance. The HC7 is much better on that front. Color tends to wash out a bit, but noise is not overly prounounced. However, in bright outdoor lighting, the picture quality is absolutely stunning.
In regards to photos taken by the HC7, I haven't printed any out yet, but I've viewed some on my 1080p and they look very good. ...
[Sony Mini DV Digital Camcorder (HDRHC7) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/12/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
75% (15 of 20) Users Found This Review Helpful |