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8.9 out of 10 based on 33 reviews.

Sony HDR-SR7: Horizontally held, 10x optical zoom camcorder using Memory Stick Duo card. See full product description

Ease of use	8.8
Image quality	9.2
Battery life	8.2
Weight	8.5
Value for money	8.3
Overall rating	8.9

Some customer reviews of Sony HDR-SR7

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Ian , Hampton, Middlesex Keen amateur

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Quality of images and Film is really good. It is very easy to use and even has Night Vision capability (which I have not tried yet)
Bad points:: The only reultant Film format is based on Blue Ray which requires some additional software to convert the files to standard Video which can be played on 'standard' video players

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

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Review date: 29 Mar 2010

divyesh, leicester Just point and shoot

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: you dont have to buy seprates memory stick, because it have hard disc.so you save that money.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	5.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Review date: 28 Jun 2010

phil, leicester Keen amateur

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: i love this camera. quality is fantastic. i paid extra for battery with 10 hours recording so never have a problem.i find it easy to use mainly on automatic setting
Bad points:: had to buy blu ray player to play the avchd format

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	7.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Review date: 25 Jun 2010

Purchaser Keen amateur

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Easy to use. Great movie image quality. Very good still images.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

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

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Review date: 25 Apr 2010

Richard , Maidstone Keen amateur

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: As above.
Reliability seems to be very good. Robust build quality.
I purchased the camera in Dec 2007.
The updated version of PMB software is good, the first version was very poor.
viewfinder as well as touch screen.
Good Data management on camera and after offloading onto computer
Bad points:: Fiddlely on/off switch
Flash control pushbutton too near to on/off switches

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

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Review date: 22 Jan 2010

Robert, Surrey

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: compact viewfinder
Bad points:: dificulty in finding photo button during video wihthout causing shake

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	9.0
Weight	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Feb 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Ease of use & picture quality
Bad points:: Expensive

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	9.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 02 Feb 2008

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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 Duo

Shape of camcorder	Horizontally held

Digital zoom ratio	20
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	Optical
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)	3.7

Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	60
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)	530
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)	49

Highest focal length (Millimetres)	490

Type of chip	CMOS

Release date	2007-06-05
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony HDRSR7, SONY HDRSR7E, Sony Mega, SONY HDR-SR7E

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Manufacturer's Description

The ultra-compact, stylishly-designed AVCHD HDD Handycam with ClearVid CMOS Sensor, x.v.Colour and Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar®T* lens. Featuring 60GB HDD, it records 1080i HD movie for up to 22 hours.

1080i High Definition recording (AVCHD Format)
Up to 22 hour High Definition recording on 60GB internal HDD
Carl Zeiss® Vario-Sonnar® T*
ClearVid CMOS Sensor for optimum picture quality
x.v.Colour mode for more vivid, lively and true colour
Quick browsing with new intelligent search functions: Film Roll Index, Face Index, Highlight Index
6.1 Megapixel still image recording and 4.3 Megapixel Dual Rec while recording movies
Super SteadyShot (Optical)
10x optical zoom / 20x digital zoom
Assignable dial for manual functions
STAMINA up to 5 hours 55 minutes (with optional battery using view finder)
2.7" Wide, “Clear photo LCD plus” screen with touch panel
Dolby Digital 5.1ch Creator for Surround sound recording with built in microphone
Smooth Slow Rec mode for advanced slow motion footage
2nd Start / Stop REC and zoom button on LCD frame
Easy-to-use Home menu and Guide function
HDMI output for HD ready TV
Hi-speed USB 2.0 (input / output)
Battery Info
Auto Lens Cover

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