Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: Zeiss 10X lens and 0.25 inch CCD provides very good sensitivity/S:N especially in low light. Size, layout of controls & smooth zoom are excellent. Auto white balance, highlight handling very good.

Weakness: Still image size limited to 640X480 (0.3MPix). Doesn't come with an s-video cable included.

This camcorder does an outstanding job for it's size, features, weight and single CCD imager. It is quite rugged, and can be used without much concern for battery life on a single cassette if not primarily using the Touchscreen VF. Built in lithium charger is very sophisticated. For most video manufacurers, the trend in camcorders is to physically downsize the imager and resultingly, the needed...

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Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: Great low light performance, good image quality, low price, touchscreen LCD

I love this camera. My two biggest criteria were low light performance and size. I think the TRV22 is a good compromise between the two. The low light performance is great, much better than the Canon's and better than the new smaller vertical Sony cameras. There is a very slight motor noise picked up by the microphone but it's not that noticable. It does pick up wind noise really bad but I think...

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Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: It has good low light ability, good steady shot, it is small and light. The standard battery last a real hour +.

Weakness: no wind cut circut.

This is my fourth camcorder and my second mini DV. The dvd writing software controls the sony to make editing easy to make dvd's with menus. My past mini (panasonic} had wind cut which I have found I miss. The picture is sharp and it will focus the "sony" on the lens cover with it closed. The zoom works at a nice even tempo, not to fast. I found it at a great price here.

Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: Ease of use and not overloaded with stuff you don't need and the "spot meter" is invaluable.

Weakness: Still image quality, cost of after market upgrades, and the lens needs a wider field of view.

I have been looking for a while and this camera has all I need for the price. I like the easy to use menu and that the camera isn't loaded with a bunch of crap. My friend just bought a different camera and the menu is hard to follow and the night vision and low light sucks compared to my camera. I also love the spot meter and spot focus! You touch the screen where you want the light (meter) or...

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Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: Great video quality, even indoors. Good size, easy to hold.

Weakness: Video could be a little sharper.

This is a great camera. I purchased the trv-50 before this and was not happy. It was a lot more expensive, but the picture quality did not justify the price difference. The video was sharper than the trv-22, but there were way too many digital artifacts and striping on straight lines. The Trv-22 does not suffer from these problems.

Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: Easy to use. Excellent video picture quality.

Weakness: Accessories costly. Still images could be better

The TRV22 is an excellent all around camcorder. It fits the needs of the point and shoot as well as the more sophisticated user. I have used this camcorder to record in low light situations and have been very pleased with the results. The camcorder small size makes it a joy to carry around and use.

Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: Very user friendly, compact size, comes with remote, 'End Search' function, good price, solid design.

Weakness: Picks up the sound of wind a bit when filming outdoors.

I've been taking this camera out to film mountain unicycling among other things for the last two months and it's really solid and rugged and small enough that it's easy to carry around. I really like the 'End Search' function which will find the end of what you've filmed for you. It's very handy. It's features like that (there are more) that make me really like this camera. I personally like the...

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Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: Incredible Video quality, easy to use touch panel, long battery life, s-Video & iLink (firewire) in and out. Small and good finished body.

Weakness: No battery charger included (the camera it's the battey charger), the included battery NP-FM30 gives power for 1 hour using the LCD touch screen (and you'll need to use the Touch screen all the time)

I've purcharsed this Camera on september 10 in Mexico (i'm mexican ahuaaa) i've payed 950 dolars for the camera, but in the US it's cheap. My first impression of the camera is it's small size and light weigth, really a perfect finished materials and comfortable to the hand. The camera functions are controlled by a Touch Screen LCD Screen, the menus are easy to navigate and learn, i also...

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Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Order was processed quickly.Item was shipped as described. Followup phone call was polite.Order was received within five business days.Price was very competitive.I will order again from this company.

Sony Handycam Digital Camcorder - 2.5" LCD - CCD

Strengths: Features

Weakness: Video Quality

Eventhough TRV22 has very nice features, and found the video color quality very poor. I bought this because of Sony name, and was totally turned off by its color reproduction. For example purple appears as light blue, and red is reproduced as orange, etc. I think I will go with JVC 500US that is about $200 less expensive.