Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Sony
Display Size: 2.7
EAN: 0027242701755
Feature: 1-megapixel Advanced HAD CCD imager
Floppy Disk Drive Description: None
Item Dimensions: Array
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Maximum Focal Length: 62.5
Minimum Focal Length: 2.5
Model: DCRDVD308
MPN: DCRDVD308
Optical Zoom: 25
Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
Warranty: 1 year warranty

• 1-megapixel Advanced HAD CCD imager
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens; 25x optical/2000x digital zoom
• Dolby Digital 5.1-channnel recording with built-in microphone
• 2.7-inch Hybrid SwivelScreen LCD; one-touch wide-angle shooting
• DVD-R/RW+ RW/+R DL (Dual Layer) compatibility

• Pinnacle Studio Ultimate Version 12
• Sony Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9
• Roxio Creator 2009
• Adobe Premiere Elements 7
• Corel VideoStudio Pro X2

Instantly capture and share all your moments with the DCR-DVD308 Handycam camcorder. Record directly to DVD-R/-RW/+RW/+R Dual Layer discs while you're shooting. The Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens with 1 megapixel CCD masterfully captures every image, while the built-in microphone records audio in 5.1 channel surround sound. Screen your masterpiece on the generous 2.7"2 wide touch panel hybrid LCD monitor. And once you've finished shooting, share it easily on DVD or transfer to your computer with the USB 2.0 connection1. Fast and easy, the DCR-DVD308 shoots and shares video in a class all of its own.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Edited video quality questionable
Comment: Sony DCR-DVD308 works beautifully and seems well put together. It's light, compact, convenient and generally well designed. Operation is very easy, though it is so light it is very difficult to keep steady on a long zoom, and the zoom is extremely rapid and difficult to make unobtrusive - both probably what you get in this kind of camera. It may be a wonderful camera if you just want to watch what you shot, conveniently immediately, on your living room DVD player. Not so much if you want to edit it for anything other than YouTube. The problem seems to be the specific MPEG-2 compression for mini-dvd storage (which is not limited to Sony). I shot one dvd and then tried to edit it, which was a bit of a nightmare. I did manage to find a converter so I could edit in Adobe Premier Elements but the result was jumpy movement and otherwise pretty inelegant. I had much happier results from my old analog 8mm tape camera and a capture card. I have seen some references to simple editing software supplied, but couldn't find it on either of the cds that came with the camera. Sony's highly rated Vegas suites were not developed by Sony and reviewers say they don't provide any proprietary advantages for editing these miniDVDs. I eventually found an obscure software that will edit in the camera's native format without conversion, and that might work better - for another $100. These are just moving snapshots for me, but if I put a lot of work into editing (and I do want to edit), I want decent results that I won't be embarrassed to share or hate to watch myself. Reviewers (I later read) say the quality of miniDV format is better though tape is less convenient. So I've stepped back a technology, ordered a refurbed Sony DCR-HC62 miniDV, and if it proves better, this one goes on Craig's list.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very Pleased
Comment: Very nice camera/camcorder and the price was an excellent deal. The camera arrived quicker than I had expected. I used it this weekend at my brothers wedding and the video and pictures turned out great.
Thanks so much, I am very pleased!!!!!!!!!!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Easy to use..works great
Comment: I am completely satisfied with the picture quality and zoom of this handy cam. I would completely recommend this handy cam.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I love this camcorder! Thanks to reviews on Amazon.com!
Comment: Before I bought this camera, I read the reviews of this one and others to compare and I even compared Mini-DV and Digital and thanks to the positive reviews on this camera (and it was in my price range) I bought it. I was not disappointed. I have only had it a month and I have used it many times. The mic pics up well, and the zoom works great (which I use for my kids sports). I have downloaded video to my laptop, and burned DVD's. I took the advice of other customers and bought the longer life battery. The only difficulty I had was in not understanding that formatting meant deleting what you had already recorded on the disc, so I now know. My laptop did not have DVD burning capabilities so I did purchase an external burner and everything works great. I would recommend this camera to anyone who has a budget but wants a quality camcorder.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: good overall; except...
Comment: The picture is clear and recording is easy, the only bad thing is that the discs are so expensive. Deleting is simple and makes recording even easier, because if you don't like it you can delete it.

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