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Sony DCR-HC51E Mini DV Handycam with X40 Zoom | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: £124.62
New (24) Used (1) from £109.95
Rating:  8 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 6.5 x 5.4
MPN: DCRHC51E.CEH
Model: DCRHC51E.CEH
EAN: 4905524482928
ASIN: B0011UBI6S
Release Date: February 14, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 Excellent product. One can't go far wrong with Sony. April 20, 2008
Stuart Holden (Aberdeen, Scotland)
77 out of 80 found this review helpful
An excellent camera at an excellent price. For the semi-casual user such as myself this is a great product. Dead simple to use when you want to just get something down on film, but you can also use the provided software to get a little more clever. Not only that, but it's compact. Really very compact. I couldn't quite believe it when I opened the box and it came out. Things have moved on so much even in the last couple of years. For the money, this is a great little video camera, and well worth it.
 Motor noise ruins an otherwise great camcorder April 14, 2008
M. Dragojlovic (UK)
65 out of 68 found this review helpful
Positives
- Excellent nightvision mode
- Great colours
- One of the best optical zooms I have seen on a home camcorder
- Long battery life
Negatives
- Motor noise (a constant humming sound from the motor makes filming in quiet locations impossible. I was going to put up with it, but was just too loud which has forced me to return it).
Excellent build quality for the price. May 8, 2008
V. Patel (West Midlands, UK)
41 out of 44 found this review helpful
Bought this to use as an introductory camcorder to film our newborn Son. The quality of manufacture is clear, and the optical zoom amazing for the price. Very clear picture quality and a breeze to hook up to a Vista PC for editing via Windows Moviemaker.
This is a highly recommended entry level unit - so it makes a slight humming noise (motor); but this doesn't impact on the playback. You wouldn't take your car back because the engine hums! Deal with it.
Buy one!
 very disappointed July 21, 2008
one_cam (uk)
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
Due to my JVC dx 57 finally giving up the ghost and
on the basis of reviews here I ordered the unit 05/08.
Taking some test footage of foreground panning to landscape outside in bright summer sunshine. I then transfered via firewire to my PC and was very disappointed with the results. Specifically the unit really struggled focusing (an issue I could perhaps understand in low light) and footage looked like it was shot in soft focus. Note this is not apparent when replaying footage on the unit itself (which I assume is the reason why this has not been raised in other reviews or perhaps this is the first camcorder the other reviewers have experienced).
You can manually focus the unit but try doing that when your toddler subject is running about and its definitely not recommended.
I suppose I was asking for trouble with a unit boasting 40X zoom, sounds great until you try it and find you're reaching for a tripod. Sony would have done better concerntrating on the basics.
Top marks to Amazon in their returns policy as I was dreading this but turned out the best part of the purchase (the reason why this review got a star).
I then joined Which (I only wish I'd done so before) and my experiences tallied with their review. I've subsequently up'ed my budget and bought a Panasonic nv gs330eb (again from Amazon) and I'm delighted with the quality of the footage taken.
The main lesson I've drawn from this it don't solely trust these reviews.
No USB cable or software with this model June 19, 2008
C. X. Linton-Willoughby (UK)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Accessories enclosed are: AC Adaptor, Rechargeable battery pack, and A/V connecting cable.
Page 9 of the Operating guide (Step 1: Checking Supplied Items) states that a USB cable, and also a CD-ROM ""Handycam Application Software"") is supplied only with models DCR-HC53E/54E.
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