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Summary: excellant
Review: I had bought this handycam on my daughter's birthday.I am very happy with performance especially with digital effects and supreb zooming technology.
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Summary: mine jams too!
Review: I have had the same problem another reviewer mentioned. The tape will stop moving and the indicator flashes the icon for 'tape end' even though it's not at the end. This has happened to me both in recording and in playback. Then, when you try to eject it, it doesn't open all the way - it gets stuck midway so that you can't get the tape out, and you can't push the thing closed. The only way I've figured out how to move beyond this is to unplug and plug in the AC cord while you've got the camera turned on - sometimes SOMETIMES this works, until the next time it does it. Curiously, another camera I use at work, the TRV 58 (which is the same body but only HI 8, not digital) - has done the same thing to me.
This is the second problem I've had with this camera. When I first bought it, the colors were strange. Reds were extreme and off. I had to take it to SONY twice before it started looking okay. The images have been pretty good since then.
I used to be 'lucky' enough to have a SONY place near by that I could take it to. Now I'm asked to ship it a pay a lot just to have it looked at. Since then, I've bought a Canon ZR 60 that's pretty decent, but I don't love it. (Loading and unloading the cassette from underneath is a pain.) I'm envious of all the people who say how wonderful their camcorder is. The TRV 120 has been a pain since I got it.
What really bothers me is that, once you've plunked down the money, you're stuck with what you've got. If there's a problem, you send it away and you're without a camcoder for awhile. Then when the problems recur, it's the same old story. There ought to be a lemon law for camcorders.
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Summary: Great Digital Camera At A Great Price!
Review: I just recently purchased this video camera after deciding to upgrade from an old Hitachi 8 mm analog camcorder and I am really very pleased with this decision! This particular model is no longer being manufactured by Sony but Sony has a full line of parts and accessories for it and you can find some really excellent deals for a new or refurbished model if you do a little bit of web searching.The cheapest digital camcorder far surpasses the best analog out there so if you are considering a new video camera, consider this one. I personally do not need, or want to pay for, state of the art features that many more expensive digital cameras have. This one has all of the features that I personally find important: 1.) Really nice resolution @ 460,000 pixels (Same as the 130,140,240,310,340,520,530 for starters)
2.) 25 X Optical and 450 X digital zoom
3.) Electronic image stabiliztion
4.) 2.5 inch swivel LCD screen
5.) Nite Shot and Super Night Shot modes (you can vid in total darkness!)
6.) Backwards compatability with my 8 mm and Hi 8 tapes
7.) Firewire (IEEE1394) output
8.) LANC interface for editing on pc
9.) Last, but not least, a reasonable price! It has lots of special features that I don't use such as different fade options, titling and special effects but these also can easily be created by editing on your pc. As a side note, Sony has put together a nice editing package called EZ Editor to go with their digital and digital 8 video cameras that contain the firewire card for the pc, the I-link cable for the camera's connection to the pc, Pinnacle 7 Studio editing software and a thick user's manual. It is so easy and so much fun to edit videos on the computer adding music and titles and voice over's along with different fades. I believe you can also edit analog video as well. I am very happy with this camera and with the quality of the video that I am taking, especially at the price I paid! It is well worth the money and a high quality Sony product.
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