Sony DCR-SR190E Hard Disc Drive Camcorder With 2.7” LCD Screen

March 18, 2008 | By Doug In Digital Camcorder |

Sony DCR-SR190E Hard Disc Drive Camcorder With 2.7” LCD Screen
Stylish HDD Handycam camcorder featuring a 40GB high capacity hard disk drive for long recording times ClearVid CMOS sensor for great images and 5.1ch surround sound creator. Features Up to 28hrs recording with built-in 40 GB Hard Disk Drive Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T ClearVid CMOS Sensor for optimum image quality 4 Megapixel still image recording and 2.3 Megapixel Dual Rec while recording movies Dolby Digital 5.1 Creator for Surround sound recording with built in microphone Technical Specifications Audio Audio System - Dolby Digital 5.1ch Audio Dubbing 12bit - No Built in Microphone - 3ch Built in Speaker - Yes Surround Recording - Yes Camera Image Device: Size - 1/3.0 ClearVid CMOS Sensor Image Device: System - Progressive 14bit DXP - Yes Advanced HAD techNology - No Number of Pixels Gross (K) - 2100 Number of Pixels Act Camera mode (K) - 16:9 Mode ; 1430 / 4:3 Mode ; 1080 Number of Pixels Act Memory mode (K) - 16:9 Mode ; 1490 / 4:3 Mode ; 1990 Focus: Full Range Auto - Yes Focus: Manual - Yes Manual Focus Key - Panel Spot Focus (Touch Panel) - Yes Spot Meter - Yes Minimum Illumination (lux) - 1.5 Minimum Illumination with NightShot (lux) - 0.0 SteadyShot (Image Stabilisation) - Super (Electronic) Night Shot - Super NightShot Camera Noise Reduction - Yes Shutter Speed - 1/3-1/800 White Balance - Auto / Outdoor / Indoor / Onepush Scene Selection - Twilight / Twilight Portrait (Still only) / Sunrise & Sunset / Landscape / Portrait / Spotlight / Candle / Fireworks / Beach / SNow Auto Slow Shutter - Yes Colour Slow Shutter - Yes Backlight Compensation - Yes Smooth Slow Rec - Yes Interval Rec - No Fader - Black / White Telemacro - Yes Dimensions Depth (mm) - 128.0 Height (mm) - 78.0 Width (mm) - 76.0 Flash / Light Flash - Yes Flash Automatic Pop Up - No Video light - No Flash Mode: Recommended Distance (Memory Mode) (m) - 0.3-2.5 Hologram AF - No Night Framing -

Customer Review: Works with PC and Apple computers
This is an excellent camera for both still and moving images. I edit using an Apple Computer. Although it isn’t compatible with iMovie 6, a simple upgrade to iMovie 08 solved all my problems. You plug the camera into the computer and stand back, the Apple recognises the camera, launched iMovie, asks to import the movies then creates movies already filed by date. Look no hands !

Customer Review: Dont buy Sony in America
Very good camera which I bought in St Maarten in the Carribean. Could not register it in the UK as I did not have a European registation code and Sony UK were most unhelpful. Dont buy it abroad if you can’t register it in Europe.

Different number for camera in the USA to europe same camera.

Panasonic NV-GS230EB-S Mini DV Digital Camcorder Mini Dv (2.3MP Stills, 3 x CCD, 10 x Optical) 2.5″ LCD
With its 2.3 megapixel Tri CCD sensor, digital image stabiliser and photo-on-memory-card mode, the NV-GS230EF-S from Panasonic provides you with the very best technology for your video recordings. In fact, this camcorder records your most precious memories onto miniDV, while its SIS stabiliser corrects blur and image distortion. It comes complete with a 10x optical zoom, allowing you to record detailed and vibrant images even when subjects are far away, and a sensitivity of 1 lux, so you can film your family gatherings and parties with friends perfectly. The NV-GS230EF-S saves video images and fixed images onto memory cards at the same time, and replaces your digital camera by offering a host of practical and user-friendly scene modes for your photos. What’s more, the NV-GS230EF-S camcorder has an AV output, an S-video output, a FireWire port, a USB 2.0 port, an accessories shoe (for video lights, for example), a microphone socket so you can record in a professional manner, and a headphones socket to control sound. The NV-GS230EF-S is a great camcorder that can be used by all the family!
Customer Review: Caveat Emptor
Whether this product is great or rubbish I have no idea. It was purchased from Pixmania (a non-UK company) via the Amazon marketplace. It arrived poorly packaged but on time. It showed clear signs of having been used - opened box, crumpled packaging, loose items etc. All of the instructions were in French and German but then again they would be - the item was an NV-GS230EF not the NV-GS230EB as advertised - never intended for the UK market. Pixmania insist that their own website makes it clear that the instructions are not in English (indeed if you look hard enough at their massive site you will find this somewhere). I remember buying it through Amazon though, where there is no such mention of non-english documentation. Certainly, there was no mention of second hand goods on either website. Pixmania insist (on their national rate phoneline) that they do not sell second-hand goods but offer no rational explanation as to why the product had clearly been used despite the transit box being sealed. Do I keep it and find out whether it works once I’ve found a download site for the instructions? Do I pay to have it sent back to Pixmania and hope for a refund? Perhaps Pixmania will collect it at their expense and make more effort to let buyers know they are buying goods never intended for the UK market.(!). I’m sure this product is great but I’m going to have to wait to find out. The service has definitely NOT being worth the small savings - buy from the UK or USA !!

Panasonic - HDC-SD1 - High Definition SD Camcorder
Panasonic presents the perfect combination of mobility and performance with the powerful, high-definition HDC-SD1EG-S compact camcorder! It was voted “European Memory Camcorder of the Year” for 2007-2008 by the EISA (European Imaging and Sound Association).Equipped with a Tri-CCD 2.1 million-pixel sensor, the HDC-SD1EG-S camcorder saves your videos or photos directly to SD or SDHC memory cards, giving it more power than the average standard camcorder. It records in AVCHD, a ?Full HD? format that brings out the best in your videos when the camcorder is connected to the HDMi socket of your high-definition TV set.Equipped with a 12x optical zoom and a Leica Dicomar lens, the HDC-SD1EG-S camcorder also includes a MEGA O.I.S. optical image stabiliser and offers advanced image treatment for natural colour rendering, with clear, precise details. Combined with the in-built surround sound microphone, these technologies ensure great quality recordings in high-definition with 5.1 sound. This amazing camcorder is easy to use, with a large 3? LCD screen that provides all the visual comfort you expect from a user-friendly camcorder. With its included wireless remote and 4 GB SDHC memory card, the HDC-SD1EG-S camcorder is the perfect solution for recording your memories to video in high-definition.
Customer Review: What’s the difference with the HDC-SD5 ?
I’ve been spending weeks and weeks poring over the best camera to buy, and still puzzled why this is so much more expensinve than the HDC-SD5, which also claims HD quality, albeit not with surround sound. Does anyone know ? Appreciate any feedback - thanks ! PS 5 stars ‘cos the reviews are so good
Customer Review: Brilliant camcorder - best i’ve ever owned
I have had this camera for just unter a month now and it just keeps on amazing me after owning mini dv cameras in the past the picture quality on this is absolutely brilliant and the camera is so quite so you dont get any annoying noises on the soundtrack Very fast focusing and Light adjustment includes the usefull zebra mode to warn you of over exposure. only word of warning is software provided is near to useless with basic editing and upload software. on the other hand if you own a mac get yourself a copy of the new ilife’08 package and you are sorted. I am also reliably informed that a recent update to final cut studio 2 allows for the editing of AVCHD footage. and for ?603 this camera is a bargain