HDR-SR11
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Best consumer camera ever
We have owned this camera for over 4 years and it has never let us down. We have taken it to sandy beaches, every football and baseball game, and every amusement park. We are now noticing some change in the photos, but I believe it just needs a thorough cleaning. We have had a couple of JVC and Canon's, and nothing compares to this camera.
I know most of the complaints have come from the included software, but if you want to be at the cutting edge, you have to wait for everyone to catch up. The included software has served us well. Now that Corel, Adobe and even Sony itself has caught up, the file format is not an issue for editing high quality video.
January 6, 2013
Fantastic Camera for the price
We bought this camera in anticipation of our first child. We shot numerous videos of my wife prior to her giving birth to our daughter, as well as numerous videos after her birth. We've used it for pictures, videos, everything, and I've always shot in HD. Then, along came my son, and we started all over again with numerous pictures and videos.
All in all, it's been 3 years and I still have EVERYTHING that I ever shot on the camera still on there, with room to spare. So the Hard Drive is enormous.
Secondarily, this camera has tons of features, is really easy to use (even my wife and my 68 year old father figured it out). And it's an HD camera. No reason to not buy this, even if it's a little "outdated". For the price you can't beat it.
The only con that I could come up with is the fact that it is a little bulkier then some of the cameras out there now. Not crazy 1980's bulky, but it's no flip video camera. But if you're carting around 2 kids, a diaper bag, and suitcases, etc on vacation this thing won't take up to much room!
June 2, 2011
Very good but...
All the mountains, beaches and common places for vacation are related to sand or dust. So oohhh surprise I cannot record on those places; otherwise the cover lenses gets stuck!!
October 17, 2010
Excellent HD event compared to others in 2010
I've had this piece for about 1.5 years now. During that time I was able to compare it to other camcorders my friends bought and the quality of footage as well as overall quality of the device itself is just fantastic!
I've been using this camera in all kinds of situations ranging from dark places in a underground bar to filming planes during an air show. Fantastic features, colors you can only dream of, extraordinary ease of use during recording thanks to all the needed controls brought on the outside of the device (backlight compensation and multifunction wheel just to name a few). Footage looks awesome on my 37" LCD HD panel. Overall I can't think of a better choice for me at this point.
August 24, 2010
