Product Description
DVD HANDYCAM 8CM DVD-R/RW
Customer Reviews:
Really disappointed with Amazon.......2007-12-28
Ordered this on 27/12, as item was in stock.
Just been on to check my account and told that the expected delivery date is between 24/01 and 14/02!! I'm not waiting a month for this camera.
Have cancelled my order, and brought it cheaper from Pixmania (£189), which will be with me in 2-4 days.
Amazon.co.uk use to be a great site - now it's full of misrepresentations and 3rd party sellers with over inflated postage costs. I ordered 10 blank DVDRW's - £9.48 with postage being £9.80! It's a joke.
Best camcoder ever.......2007-12-25
I had a tape camcoder; I think it was panasonic until it broke a few months ago and since then a camcoder has been on my wish list. I bought the previous camera two years and it cost me the same price as this one now.
This camcoder is probably the most you get for your money out of all the cameras out there.
The video quality is excellent and you can film in widescrean and surround sound. There are many modes that you can use like sports mode, potrait mode, macro mode (which is excellent) and, my favourite, night mode. This is like the effect they use on the Blair Witch Project and Most Haunted. It is an effect where you can film in pitch black with an infared light and it will pick up the areas you are pointing at without you being able to see it with your own eyes. It's great.
It is simple to use apart from I had a bit of trouble with figuring out how to get my CDs converted to be able to use on the computer and on my editing software (Magix). But once I got it it is quite simple although it is quite a bit of hassle just to be able to get one small piece of film on there.
Overall a great product
Misleading Information.......2007-12-24
At the moment I am considering the purchase of this camera. Naturally I have attempted to gather as much information as possible. I have given 5 stars because I do not wish my comments to degrade the overall average and as I already own several Sony products I am sure that the quality will be first class. However, I was disturbed to find that the manufacturer's description on the page for this product referred in fact to the DCR-DVD406E model which is considerably more expensive. This is to say the least misleading and initially it certainly led me to believe that the specification was much greater than it in fact is. I hope that this oversight will be corrected at the earliest opportunity as my dealings with Amazon have always been of the highest order and I am sure that the company would wish to clarify what appears to be an inadvertent ambiguity.
good camcorder.......2007-12-24
Ordred my camcorder from amazon and saved over £100 compared to tesco direct and received it next day. 5 stars for amazon. I've found this camcorder excellent in all areas. Picture quality, sound, zoom and ease of use is brilliant. Nightshot plus is amazing and films in the pitch-black. The best thing about this handycam is the low budget price you pay for the specifications on this nifty number. Those are the plus points and now for the negative ones. Sony need to get their act together. The manual is all over the place. An example is "getting started" is on page 19? and sums up how badly it has been composed. I agree with other reviews that a disc should have been included in the package for start and go. The biggest problem with this camcorder is extras. If you don't buy a more powerful Sony battery pack but another make, the power doesn't go through the battery connection but through the DC in jack, via a cable connected to the battery. Appartently Sony will not allow other makes to power up this cam through the battery housing. One other thing to mention. You will need a Memory Stick to take pictures, but be careful when ordering one. The manual states that data that uses "Magic Gate" technology cannot be recorded or played on your camcorder. I would highly recommend this handycam to anyone but the extras are going to be expensive if you buy Sony.
Great, simple camcorder.......2007-08-31
I got this item from another store but wanted to leave my review here. This is an excellent camcorder and the picture quality is excellent for what you are paying for. i use TDK dvd-rw discs which work fine and i get no pop up telling me its not a sony disc. the Zoom is fantastic and i find it so simple to use that you have to be a monkey if you find it difficult(no offense to other reviewers....LOL.
I have ordered a compatible NP-fh100 battery off ebay for £12 inc P+P. compared to the samsung camcorder i previously had (from amazon) this is much better. Love the superplus night shot...really spooky and works surprisingly well.
you should not be disappointed if you buy this camcorder. if you have more money to spend then get the 1 mega pixel one if not then this is a winner.
knocked off a star for the naff battery they include and the lack of any discs and case..come on sony how much money do you make each year!! LOL
Customer Reviews:
Excellent for entertainment and serious player!.......2006-04-06
Very handy campact size for you to take anywhere.No excuse to feel bored when Scrabble master is at hand.I bought it from Sydney few years back and it is still my favourite pocket companion. Really handy while playing scrabble and if u want to challenge a word.Replaces a hefty scrabble dictionary to check if your word exists!
Paterns and word building is a great feature that is integrated.again, helps you from a tight spot like a rescue rope to a sinking man!
The word games makes your long train,car or boat journey really short!I used to play hangman and jumble game everyday between my home and work place which connects with a 45min train journey in sydney.Now i'm back in Maldives and now it bridges long 'dhoni' (traditional boat) journeys.
This should be a must for anyone who has ever played Scrabble and loved and enjoyed it!A real (green) diamond!
A scrabble lover's must!Dont take my word for it.One play and u'll want to take home one!
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The Cyber-shot N2 - offering 10.1 effective Megapixels with high sensitivity for reduced blur, a large 3.0 inch Clear Photo LCD Plus screenwith touch-screen operation, and a ZEISS 3x Optical Zoom.
Customer Reviews:
From an amatuer point of view.......2007-10-13
I bought this camera around 8 months a go from Amazon and I have to say that initially I absolutely loved the device. You certainly can tell the difference in the quality of the images compared to my previous five cameras (which were all Casio or Canon) and the touch screen display is very easy to use and handy! The one thing that let the camera down for me was the unreliability of the device. Several of my friends and family have the same model and on occassions the retractable lence would jam, the camera would not switch on (despite charged) or failure messages would come on screen. I must add this was an occassional problem for us all but was a little frustrating if you want to get a quick snap.
I am a novice with cameras and just like a model that looks good, produces good quality photographs and is simple to use. This camera does all those things and should satisfy the needs of most. However, don't buy just because its a Sony as I feel that you could meet the same criteria with another big branded name for less.
The only compact digital you'll ever need........2007-08-31
An outstanding unit, beautifully crafted and easy to use. It's tough, lightweight, good looking, with a fairly common sense set-up for a camera with such a massive range of functions.
To answer the reviewer below who says that the picture quality isn't that much better than her old 6mp camera. Well, it is, it just probably isn't that easy to see until you start blowing pictures up to A4 and above. The human eye isn't going to be able to distinguish between 6mp and 10mp on a computer screen! Then again, define quality? If you're a recreational photographer who only prints 6x4s or views pictures on computer, then a 5 / 6 / 7.2 MP camera will do you fine......
Someone else said that pictures look grainy at ISO1600. I should hope they are! (For those amateur photographers, ISO is the sensitivity setting of the sensor - the higher the ISO, the more sensitive the sensor; hence a lower level of light is needed for the exposure. This is useful at twilight or indoor photos where you don't have the luxury of a tripod. The downside is that you get increased levels of `noise' - like static `snow' on a poorly tuned TV set.) Every camera will suffer from this at high ISOs and for a compact like this to offer such a setting is a bonus in itself. Besides, any decent photo-editing software can help you remove noise with minimal effort. Indeed, in low light conditions, the Sony deals with exposure much better than my big Nikon DSLR. It's just perfect for pictures inside churches, on café terraces at night (turn flash OFF and crank up ISO - brace camera as much as possible for exposure) etc. At the end of the day, a high ISO sounds good, but you'll rarely, if ever, use it.
If you're a strictly holiday photographer, you'll find this camera utterly perfect, even on fully automatic. I'm not a great believer in massive amounts of creative options on a compact digital, because if you're a semi-serious photographer who'll use them, you'll probably have a DSLR anyway. However, the Sony boasts a comprehensive range of features (program modes, fully manual settings) for every conceivable situation. It is a bit of a faff setting those parameters though, but don't worry, you'll rarely need them - automatic is great on this unit.
"Camera must be steady for shots with no flash?" Well, yeah, in low light conditions, that's a given. Show me one that doesn't need to be steady with no flash!! In fact, show me one that doesn't need to be steady full stop! In daylight, there's no problem with the Sony - colours are superbly rendered and images are pin-sharp. I take the point that Sony products do tend to have enhanced colour saturation (my TV and laptops both do), but the Zeiss lens here is technically brilliant
I love this little camera - for recreational photography, I tend to leave the SLR at home and slip this Sony into my pocket and snap away. (Even if I do have the SLR, I slip this into my pocket anyway, as it's a great backup, and it's far easier for other people to use when you ask them to snap you!) If you take it out for a day on holiday, though, I'd recommend you invest in a spare battery - the Sony's is good for about two hours on and off shooting - charging time from empty to full is about 3 hours.
Large memory cards will slow the operation down little, but that's life. Personally, I keep a 2GB card in all the time - that'll hold about 500 pictures at high resolution, which is more than enough for anyone at any one time (unless you shoot lots of video).
In short, this ground breaking 10.1MP from Sony is coming down in price - it's already about 50GBP cheaper than when I bought mine nine months ago. Don't be tempted with the massive MP sensors now - unless you're going to print posters, you'll never see the difference between that and a 10.1MP camera. Having said that, for most people a 6 - 7.2MP would be fine, but the sheer quality, ease of use and range of options on the N2 make it a winner every time. Can't fault it.
Amazing image quality.......2007-08-28
This has been the perfect camera for me as a total novice: easy to use, giant screen, superb picture quality no matter what the lighting or how unsteady my hand is. I've never been one to take photos because they always disappointed - now I take photos at every opportunity because I know I'll get some really good ones. I would recommend that if you buy this camera, you also buy a camera case as we didn't bother and the screen got scratched.
Slightly Disappointed.......2007-08-03
I purchased this camnera online a few weeks ago from Amazon.
On the whole I feel that the camera is just average:
Firstly, for a ten megapixel sony camera, I was expecting fabulous results. Unfortunately, the camera yielded pictures of quality that are not any better than the previous the 6 MP Konica Minolta that I used to use.
I also feel that the start up time is far too lengthy. Starting up the camera without a memory stick pro duo card take just over a second. However once i've inserted my 4GB card it takes 7 seconds, which is extremely aggravating.
Thirdly, I feel that the purple fringing on some images is excessive.
Finally, I've noticed that the camera doesn't seem to reproduce colour as 'truly' as expected.
To sum up, with the exception of the seven second start up time the, many of the other cons rarely crop up. They have merely been mentioned, as i expected better quality images from a sony.
On the flip side, the camera does generally produce okay images for that of an amateur, for an intermediate photographer i would suggest buying another.
It is superbly easy to use, which I find typical of a sony product.
And has a multitude of functions which can be used to 'enhance' your images.
Great Camera! Lives up to all expectations!.......2007-07-10
The Sony DSC-N2 is an excellent camera overall. There many reasons why I have given this camera a 5 star rating including:
Image Quality: The image quality is superb with max 10 million pixels. You can use it indoors or outdoors and all images come out like masterpieces.
Screen: The camera has a massive 3" screen which is also a touchscreen. Viewing photos on this high quality screen is a pleasure. The 3"/touchscreen also make this camera unique in a competitive market. The virtual buttons are big and clear and the layout is user-friendly.
Overall this camera is excellent value for money and you will not regret buying it. Its not the slimmest camera but is very well designed and built. It is truly special and has the WOW factor.
Highly Recommended!
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