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Out of stock | | | | | | Shoot your next big event without tapes or DVDs and record directly to hard drive. Housing a 60GB Hard Disk Drive, the DCR-SR80 captures up to 40 hours of brilliant, high-quality video.The DCR-SR80 houses a 60GB Hard Disk Drive that stores up to 40 hours of high-quality videos in standard 4: 3 and 16: 9 widescreen formats. With 12x Optical/800x Digital Zoom and a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens, everything will be as clear as you remember it. Plus, sharing everything you've captured with family, colleagues and friends has never been easier with One Touch DVD Burn capabilities. You can burn directly from the camcorder or the Handycam Station cradle. Additionally, you can connect to a DVDirect burner to create DVDs without having to connect to a PC. | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 11.0 inches | | Product Width: | 9.0 inches | | Product Height: | 6.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 3.53 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.4 inches | | Package Width: | 6.7 inches | | Package Height: | 6.3 inches | | Package Weight: | 2.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 37 reviews |
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| | Features | Built-in 60GB hard drive for easy file storage and one-touch DVD burning1/5.5-inch, 1-megapixel CCD delivers crisp images12x optical zoom; 800x digital zoom2.7-inch widescreen LCD monitorHandycam station included
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 Worst purchase of all time Dec 18, 2008
My husband and I enjoy new technology and we purchased this camera two years ago when it was fairly new to the market. It was the worst purchase we have ever made. We were enticed by the "one touch burn" and fast transfer promises for backing up on our computer. We lost the software to the camera a few weeks after we purchased it- and we had not loaded it on our computer. Sony nor Pixella will replace the software. You can purchase it for $65. Not exactly what I expected after paying $995. In the last 18 months we have used several alternatives. We currently use Vegas Movie Studio from Sony and after a time consuming process we can burn a DVD. Not what we expected when we bought a product promising quick transfer to DVD. We basically just wanted high quality footage of our four children. My advice: be sure to hang onto the software if you buy it, don't plan to use Movie Maker or other standard novice software to edit- this camera's format is not compatable. Be aware you may find yourself in our situation: we now have a camera full of footage I don't have time to render. Just today I spent four hours trying to download fixes to no avail. I'll never purchase a Sony product again.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
good, but... Feb 23, 2008
this camera is good with the two exceptions:
1) they should have used avi instead of mpeg2
2) the camera is below DV quality
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Happy with this Camcorder! Mar 30, 2007
We bought this camcorder in 2006, it's perfect for us! The hard-drive can store many hours of video and the zoom is great! The 12x zoom is so good that the 1MP still shots can actually look somewhat impressive (but don't get rid of your digital still camera!) I can't imagine how awesome the 25x zoom must be on the new 2007 models. The DCR-SR60 is easy to use, so don't worry if you're not very tech savy. It's simple to transfer video from the hard drive to a PC, and not too tough to burn video onto a DVD with an external DVD burner. Our only complaint is that it sometimes takes a second or 2 for the color to adjust when the light changes, and the video can look a little funky during those times. We don't use the camera in dark areas much, so we've been happy with the overall performance.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Spend a little more if you can and get a much better camera Mar 18, 2007
This Handycam is Great for only one reason - the 60gb hard disk. It means never having to worry about tapes or DVD etc. It's small and light.
I returned a Sony DVD handycam which malfunctioned within the first 30 days of receiving it and bought the SR80 instead.
I'll focus on the negatives:
a) VERY POOR low light performance. Shooting indoors is a pain. For example - you try to shoot a dance floor in a night club - forget - this camera can't deliver. I am about to purchase the light attachment hoping to alleviate this problem. The only way to get halfway decent low light shots it to shoot in a party mode where the image loses all sharpness.
b) The original lens that comes with this camera ahs a very narrow focus - it's like you have tunnel vision. I bought this in time for my daughter's 6th birthday party and the results were terrible. It was impossible to get a decent shot unless I was at least 10 ft away from the subject - and I am talking about trying to get more than one person in the frame. I bought the wide angle lens for about $40 and this has made a lot of difference. The lens however is not sharp when you have zoomed out to the max. I also found that I cannot use the camera in most conditions without the wide angle lens. Why Sony would sell a camera with such a poor lens is beyond me.
c) Sound is OK. It's supposed to be Dolby Surround. It provides only mono sound with the Bluetooth remote sound attachment.
d) Super night shot is useless beyond a few feet. Trying to shoot our Christmas tree was a nightmare. The wide angle lens also blocks the infrared light that is supposed to light up what ever.
e) 1 mp Digital stills: Why do they even have the option? Results are terrible. There a cell phones which shoot better pictures?
Pros:
1) Image stabilization is excellent.
2) I already mentioned the benefit of having the large hard disk.
3) Good battery life.
4) Nice wide LCD makes it easy to operate even for people with big hands.
5) Easy to navigate interface.
6) Hot shoe for external attachments like additional light and Bluetooth microphone device is necessary.
7) Day light shots are great.
 Great Camera Mar 09, 2007
I bought this camera directly from the sony store paid $650 on March 7, 2007. Amazon was selling it for $350 more than what i paid for it. Buy direct from Sony and save. The guy at the counter tried pressure me to buy the extended warranty, i declined. Sale guys make more money selling equipment warranty then the camera itself. Camera works great, i also bought the $20 stand which i use for my sony digital stills camera. You can't go wrong with this product.
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