Sony DCR-DVD308 1MP DVD Handycam Camcorder with 25x Optical Zoom
List Price: $499.99
Details
- Dolby Digital 5.1-channnel recording with built-in microphone
- 2.7-inch Cross SwivelScreen LCD; one-touch wide-angle shooting
- Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens; 25x visual/2000x digital zoom
Description
Instantly collar and share all your moments with the DCR-DVD308 Handycam camcorder. Record directly to DVD-R/-RW/+RW/+R Dual Rank discs while you're shooting. The Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 1 megapixel CCD masterfully captures every spitting image, while the built-in microphone records audio in 5.1 channel setting sound. Screen your masterpiece on the generous 2.7"2 wide come panel hybrid LCD monitor. And once you've finished shooting, share it beyond on DVD or transfer to your computer with the USB 2.0 connection1. Fast and easy, the DCR-DVD308 shoots and shares video in a descent all of its own.Customer Reviews
Skilful little cameraIt is elementary to use, takes great film direct to mini dvd and hasen't substandard me yet.I would recommend this camera to anyone.
"Moving picture Recording Disabled" Problem Causes Loss of Video Persistently
After about six months, the Sony DCR-DVD308 would start off to not recognize some brand new discs. Then, on discs it did recognize, it would start to show an wickedness message that says "Movie Recording Disabled" after you've recorded on the disc. Once this happens, you have disoriented all the recorded video on the disc, and the camera no longer recognizes the disc. This happens now about 75% of the opportunity. Sony would not do anything for me because their warrenty only covers the first three months, which is a joke.
Mac on the same wave length !!????!!
So first of all for all the Mac users out there that sanctuary't purchased a camera yet - beware!!!!
I was really excited when I read the one reassess that this one is actually Mac compatible and a list on a the apple website confirmed too that this camera is in agreement
I managed to get it into iMovie which was nice but once I started editing the footage I noticed that the attribute was very bad! I tried all kinds of different modes on the camera but nothing helped
So if you stand in want a nice quality camera for a Mac this isn't the one for you!!!
You might want to check out the featured cameras on the apple site and splurge a couple more bucks just to save you some major headaches
So far none of the Sony products worked well for Mac except still cameras!!!!
I belief this is helpful for all the Mac users
Edited video excellence questionable
Sony DCR-DVD308 works charmingly and seems well put together. It's light, compact, convenient and generally well designed. Operation is very tolerant, though it is so light it is very difficult to keep steady on a long zoom, and the zoom is darned rapid and difficult to make unobtrusive - both probably what you get in this kind of camera. It may be a wonderful camera if you impartial want to watch what you shot, conveniently immediately, on your living apartment DVD player. Not so much if you want to edit it for anything other than YouTube. The problem seems to be the specific MPEG-2 tininess for mini-dvd storage (which is not limited to Sony). I shot one dvd and then tried to edit it, which was a bit of a torment. I did manage to find a converter so I could edit in Adobe Premier Elements but the consequence was jumpy movement and otherwise pretty inelegant. I had much happier results from my old analog 8mm ribbon camera and a capture card. I have seen some references to simple editing software supplied, but couldn't find it on either of the cds that came with the camera. Sony's quite rated Vegas suites were not developed by Sony and reviewers say they don't provide any proprietary advantages for editing these miniDVDs. I when all is said found an obscure software that will edit in the camera's native format without recovery, and that might work better - for another $100. These are just moving snapshots for me, but if I put a lot of business into editing (and I do want to edit), I want decent results that I won't be shamefaced to share or hate to watch myself. Reviewers (I later read) say the calibre of miniDV format is better though tape is less convenient. So I've stepped back a technology, ordered a refurbed Sony DCR-HC62 miniDV, and if it proves safer, this one goes on Craig's list.
Very In seventh heaven
Very small camera/camcorder and the price was an excellent deal. The camera indoors quicker than I had expected. I used it this weekend at my brothers wedding and the video and pictures turned out close.
Thanks so much, I am very pleased!!!!!!!!!!!
