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What kind of idiots decided that this was acceptable.The zoom button uses left and right motion, which lacks any intuitive instinct regarding which side zooms in and which side zooms out. And while they are at it, put a white-balance button too, just like my old Sony Super-beta had.They had a really cool idea of making one button to start/stop recording, and a different button to take still pictures. In sunlight, you can make out some silhouettes on the LCD screen if you shade it with your hand, but you can't recognize faces, or even read if it is recording or in standby. How could they have gone to such lengths to make a technologically advanced product that is so asinine to actually use.Most significantly, it's nearly useless in sunlight because it lacks a viewfinder. I've refused to buy any of the current generation of consumer camcorders because they lack a viewfinder. Maybe even take a still photo while it is recording.They put a lot of thought into including a lot of esoteric functions that few people will ever use, while obfuscating the rudimentary functions that users need constantly: start, stop, zoom, focus, exposure, and maybe white-balance for an old-school videographer. I wish. Push it, and a dot appears on the LCD, and the dot moves to wherever I touch on the LCD screen while I am holding the button, or I move the camera until the point I want focused or metered is under that dot.
You have to set the camera into still or movie mode first. Side to side is not, so you have to think about it every time you use it.The spot focus and spot light-meter are nice ideas, but you have to jump through a bunch of menus to access them, so by the time you set it, you will have already missed the shot. This one came into my possession because my mother bought it, and it was too complicated for her to use.I absolutely hate this camera. But WTF. A front-to-back control would be perfectly intuitive. To be useful, these need dedicated buttons. Why couldn't it be modeless, and I simply push the button corresponding to the action I want to take. These should be so intuitive, accessible and unmistakable, that I shouldn't even have to read the manual to use them.
Well, I bought this wondering if I was going to like it or not. Night vision works very well. Verdict is in, I love it. Pictures are great, even while set on easy play. I bought filters and other equipment that makes this camera run great. If I can figure it out anyone can.
Bought it from a pawn shop for $200 and I have never spent better money for what I will get. This camera is the new way to get great video recorded and edited for you memories.
I see the reviews that say that it's a big problem that you can't edit video on a Windows PC easily. My answer is get a Mac.
Look, this is a great camera. Apple is the new evil empire.
Believe me, I'm not a Mac guy. I hate those "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" commercials.
I love it. Go with Sony when possible, you will be happy.
VERY POOR QUALITY VIDEOS/PICS. MY 69.OO KODAK TOOK BETTER VIDEOS AND PICS, DIFFICULT SOFTWARE,POOR DVD BURNER, HAVE TO CONVERT FILES/FORMATT TO EVEN MAKE A MOVIE,A REAL PAIN. THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE WORST CAMS ON MARKET. STAY AWAY.
The night vision was perfect, and the cameras internal Mic picked up sound just as well as out top of the line olympus DVR. I also wanted a hard drive so we wouldn't have to change DVD's or tapes every hour. I was looking for a inexpensive camcorder with Night shot and stablization for our Paranormal investigation group. The FH100 battey powers the camera for 5 hours(battery was extra) When you attach the camera to a wall plug in, on a tripod, and with a large IR emitter you get the best night shot video I've ever seen. I found this display model SR45 for a little more then $200.00. I was really pleasently surprised by what I got.I found that I could record on HQ for almost 6 hours and on standard for over 10 hours. Later we transferred all the video's to a DVD via a DVD burner.the group was very impressed. For an older model Camcorder we couldn't have found anything better at 4 times the price.Its light , easy to handle, instructions are simple, easy to transferr videos, and you can also do videos or stills on the memorie card.If your looking for a low budger Video camera we recomend the SR45
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