How to use Sony HDR High-Definition mini dv camcorder
To begin, I am new into the HD video, but am a techie and have done a lot of research. My primary objective was to get a mini dv camcorder that took good low light video, so video in my living room with the kids with normal evening lighting looked good.After doing a lot of research, I initially bought the panasonic camcorder. One of the popular camcoder web sites claim the new Panasonic camcorder with 3 sensors to be the best low light cameras.
I decided to buy the Sony and compare it to the panasonic camcorder. I got the mini dv camcorder home last night and was happy to learn that the charger plugs directly into the camera without removing the battery, so I was able to use the mini dv camcorder immediately.
It still wasn’t dark but I took some video and pictures and toyed around with the menu system (I am a man so of course I didn’t read the manual!). I found the menu system easy to navigate, with nothing terribly hidden or buried in layers to access.
There are some features that I found I will need to read up on, and the my mini dv camcorder feature very confusing, but I suspect will be very useful after I read up on it and learn how to use it.
I hooked the mini dv camcorder to the HDMI of my 720P TV and was just FLOORED with the quality of the images and video! This is the feeling I hoped to have when I first watched the video from the Panasonic camcorder that I never had.
OK, so it is around 7pm, still light out but no direct sun in the house. I have big windows so this presents a tricky backlighting issue for most mini dv camcorder. The video and picture from this Sony were just a true as life.
The mini dv camcorder handled the tricky lighting automatically with no manual backlighting adjustments. I couldn’t wait for dark to test the low light but I was really confident that I had a winner here.
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