( 7 reviews )
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Posted: 12-18-2008
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.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: 03-30-2007
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.
