Why I buy this one ?
- 1 MP CCD with Memory Stick Duo media compatibility
- Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens; 25x optical zoom, 2000x digital zoom
- 2.7-inch widescreen touchpanel LCD screen
- Connects to compatible TV and/or PC via the included Handycam Station
- NightShot Plus technology and Super SteadyShot picture stabilization system

kellyomalley45 offers this stuff with condition New, new for:

Price : $399.99 Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Stop4digitall offers this stuff with condition New, new for:

Price : $489.00 Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Wall Street Photo offers this stuff with condition New, new for:

Price : $499.44 Usually ships in 1-2 business days

PCMONDE offers this stuff with condition New, new for:

Price : $499.99 Usually ships in 6-10 business days

What our customer's say!

"Great camera for the price!", I have had this camera for a few months now and I have been pleased. Verily. I don't use it a ton, which is why I wanted to get a cheaper camera rather than paying like $47 million for a hard drive camera. I've had no issues with it so far. I just hooked it into my laptop (which probably helps that that is a Sony too.) via firewire and used the windows movie maker and voila! It takes the video automatically (or manually) right off the camera for editting. I put up a few youtube clips with it that worked perfectly! the only drawback is that it has to upload real-time, but that's how any tape-based media is going to work. Definitely still worth it overall. Only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that I'm not a HUGE fan of the touchscreen interface, although its not as bad as some people make it out to be. Oh and night-mode is freakin' sweet! If you think I'm not going to make some lame Bear Grylls parodies with this you're crazy. (Just to be clear, I'm not saying Bear Grylls is lame....he's awesome.....I'm just saying that I will be lame for making the videos.)

"Stop Shopping - This is it!", I took several months to research cameras and finally thought I would settle on this camera. I was wrong - I didn't settle, I totally satisfied my desire for a video camera.

Pro's: Compact design / easy to use / works great in low-light / works great inside or outside / effective zoom / the fire-wire connection works seamlessly with iMac and iMovie / provides great sound / clear video - even on my 720p TV / lots of options like still photo, time lapse, and other video editing effects

Con's: Too small if you have large hands or poor coordination / may take a couple of extra steps to get it to work on a PC / still pic's are less than great quality / need the base to transfer video with fire-wire

Would I recommend this product to others? Not if I wanted my video to look better than theirs. ;-)

"Very easy to use", This camera is very easy to use, is lightweight and so far has had great battery life. I've had no trouble capturing my video using the i-link to USB cable as that's the only port available on my laptop. For me it's been great value for the price.

" Sony DCR-HC48 1MP MiniDV Handycam Camcorder", This video camera is smaller than my digital camera. It's easy to use and the only real problem I've had so far is learning to tape with one hand. It takes pictures in darkness beautifully. I've had fun playing with all of the bells and whistles. This is the first video camera I've purchased since buying a huge Panasonic camera in 1987. Lots of changes since then.

"Great value ", This is a wonderful little camera. The night vision works great and it records just fine in very little light. I would definitely recommend this camera. You may need to buy accessories like the tapes and the duo memory stick if they don't come with the camera prior to being able to use it.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Good buy!!", We purchased this camcorder a couple of weeks ago. even though I did not use it much yet I love it so far.
Small size, good video quality.
Pics are 1pix, ok quality.

"Cool little camera", We have only had this for 4 or 5 weeks, but we really like it. I was a bit skeptical about not having a 'real' light, but so far, I find that:
1) it works pretty well in very low-light conditions
2) the Super Night Shot Plus worked acceptably during 'no-light' situations, though the picture is kind of jerky and colors are okay at best.

I LOVE the spot focus and spot exposure modes the latter is great for shooting in backlight or otherwise dim-subject conditions. Again, I thought that using the touchscreen would be awkward, but it works just fine, and for these modes, is very good (though I think that a manual focus hardware button/switch would still be better, but this is the next best thing).

good:
It comes on quickly.
It has a widescreen.
Very light and ergonomical
Great battery life and very accurate meter
Touchscreen customization - put the items you want to access on the first screen rather than having to scroll through them

bad:
viewfinder shuts off when you open the screen
no firewire port on the camera (only on dock)
memory stick instead of one of the non-proprietary chips.

I am glad we bought this, after a fairly exhaustive search.

"Nice Camera", I havent noticed many of the problems others had experianced with this camcorder. We are on our third tape now and no motor noise or anything. The zoom is great I havent read the manual yet so havent used any of the features. I like it and think its good value for money. It can be found for less else where thou...

"Excellant camcorder, very good clarity", Pros-
-Very good clarity
-No issues with the function of the camera till now.
-Good zoom capability
-touch sensing panel

Cons
-Need to buy seperate i394 cable(not included) for video transfer to pc




"Good video, but clunky interface.", To save time, this will be quick facts; I've had the cam about 3 weeks. These are my preferences, you may have different thoughts about what is important. Overall, yeah, it is a Sony, but you can tell they are not putting a lot of effort into the design. I got this version (minidv) because I still feel tape is more reliable than a hard drive or dvd (lots of people have lost videos on those media).
Pros:
-Good sound and video
-Optical zoom
-Good low-light video
-Decent still images
-Good screen size for people with limited vision
Cons:
-BIGGEST COMPLAINT: changing modes for video/stills is a pain in the butt. You have to change the video mode (with a little round wheel knob) AND use a different button. Maybe this is a requirement driven by two different storage media, but it gets really irritating. It does seem that Sony should be able to have the still image button be independant and 'steal' images on the fly, even when you are recording to the dv tape. Instead, here is the procedure:
----you are recording video
----youi must STOP video recording with the video button
----you rotate the mode wheel to the still setting (stops your video)
----snap your image (button on top of cam)
----rotate the mode wheel two or three times to get back to video mode
----press button on back of camera to record video again
You actually end up doing this a lot, as you see images you want as a still while you are taping. Sure, you can do a digital grab later, if you have time. Point is that it would be much better if you simply could use the still button in any mode.
-If you have medium to large hands, it is awkward to get to the buttons while filming
-noisy in dv mode; high-pitched whine
-Sony proprietary memory stick duo; would prefer microsd or sd
-Accompanying computer software not as useful as Canon's; for example, Canon will download images and automatically create date-based folders
-Handycam station is a piece of junk. Wish the camera just had a simple USB interface. Cam doesn't like to stay on the station.
-Would prefer usb over firewire. firewire may be faster, but usb is more universal
SUMMARY: I needed a larger screen and wanted the tape, so this is where I landed. The cam takes good images and video, but just be prepared for really awkward interace both in use and in off-loading. Sony, I'm a little disappointed in this.