Sony HDR-SR5 reviews: Hard disk drive storage Full HD camcorder

Sony HDR-SR5 reviews: Hard disk drive storage Full HD camcorder reviews

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8.7 out of 10 based on 38 reviews.

Sony HDR-SR5: Horizontally held, 10x optical zoom camcorder using Memory Stick card. See full product description

Ease of use	8.8
Image quality	9.2
Battery life	8.0
Weight	8.6
Value for money	8.6
Overall rating	8.7

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Eddie, Londonderry Experienced amateur

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: It is all Very Good. This is the best video Cam i have bought. HD 100%
Bad points:: It has no eye peace that you can look into when your out side.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Review date: 29 Jan 2010

michael, Keen amateur

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: very easy to use.
Bad points:: if very sunny one has a problem in seeing the object

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Features	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Battery life	9.0
Weight	8.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 Sep 2012

Charlie, Edinburgh,Scotland Experienced amateur

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Image quality is great so is the wat to use it
Bad points:: No USB on the device

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	9.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Review date: 22 Jan 2010

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Score 10.0/10

Good points:: easy to use
Bad points:: not compatible with windows 7

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Review date: 16 Jul 2010

bill, bohanna Experienced amateur

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: A pleasure ti use
Bad points:: Need a better editing system, the one supplied is poor

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	8.0
Battery life	6.0
Weight	8.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Feb 2011

Tony, Newcastle under lyme Keen amateur

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: easy to use.
Bad points:: better battery life/running time

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	7.0
Weight	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Jun 2009

Toni, Experienced amateur

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Lovely hard disc with loads of space and easy to download. Battery life also excellent. Have purchased a second battery which gives one confidence when away from home and not always able to recharge.
Bad points:: Have marked ease of use down because I find switching on and off a bit fiddly. The other model I looked at which switched off when closing the vdu was very good but that had an inferior vdu display in bright sunlight.

Image quality - have just done a video of my granddaughter's wedding which was in bright sunlight, some pictures seem a bit hazy. The pictures which I took on my old Panasonic were a little clearer.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	8.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Review date: 10 Jul 2010

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Product Features

Resolution quality	Full HD
Resolution quality can be standard definition (SD), High Defintion (HD) or Full High Definition (HD). SD camcorders will have 480 horizontal lines of resolution whereas HD camcorders can have up to 1080. The more lines of resolution you have, the sharper your video will look. Full HD refers to camcorders that record in 1920 × 1080 resolution.
3D	No

Optical zoom ratio	10
The amount by which the camera optics (lens) can bring the subject closer.
Media format	Hard disk drive
This is the type of storage that your digital camera or camcorder uses to save images to. The main types of card media format: Compact Flash Micro SD MMC (Multi Media Card) SD Card (Secure Digital) SDHC (Secure Disk High Capacity)
Connections	USB

Type of memory card	Memory Stick

Shape of camcorder	Horizontally held

Digital zoom ratio	80
Not to be confused with optical zoom, digital zoom enlarges a portion of the image thus simulating optical zoom. In doing so, some image quality is lost.
Type of image stabiliser	Electronic
If a photo is taken at a slow shutter speed, or at a long focal length, the effects of ‘hand shake’ will be amplified. Some cameras come with built-in image stabilisation which is designed to act against this to produce sharper images. It’s great for low light shots without a tripod, like at a gig.
Widescreen recording	Yes
Resolution (Megapixels)	2.1

Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	30
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second)	1/800
This is the fastest speed at which the camera can take a photo. Faster shutter speeds really freeze the action and are great for sports photography.
Weight (g)	360
The weight of the product in grams.
Screen size (Inches)	2.7
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Maximum aperture telephoto	2.9
Maximum aperture wide	1.8

Lowest focal length (Millimetres)	50.5

Highest focal length (Millimetres)	594

Type of chip	CMOS

Release date	2007-06-06
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: SONY HDRSR5E, Sony Mega, Sony HDR SR5

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Manufacturer's Description

Megapixels compact HDD Handycam® camcorder featuring a 30GB high capacity Hard Disk Drive and capable of long time recording.

Built-in 30 Gb Hard Disk Drive (up to 20hrs 50 min recording time)
1.07 Megapixels Advanced HAD CCD
True 16:9 widescreen mode
2.7" Wide Hybrid LCD with Touch panel for an easy access to playback and features
14 bit DXP
Carl Zeiss® Vario Tessar
Super SteadyShot
12x Optical Zoom / 800x Digital Zoom
MPEG2 recording (same as DVD)
HDD Smart protection with 3G sensor and memory
Handycam Station
USB 2.0 terminal
One touch DVD burn
Easy back up to PC with synchronisation
Editing on the camcorder (picture effects, title, playlist and deletion of unwanted scenes)
4 Picture effects and 2 Digital picture effects
6 Programme AE
Stamina 7 hours (with optional battery)