Sony Camcorder HVR-A1E

Overall, the Sony HDR CX500V comes with a lot of amazing features. The image quality is quite good, and you can have a lot of fun with the geotagging option. The body is comfortable, but you may be disappointed with the location of some of the controls.

True crisp color and detail, Adjustable SPMTE timecode and color bars, XLR jacks and stereo shotgun mic

Bottom tape loading, On/off button easy to trigger accidentally, Manual controls buried in menus and not on camera body

The Impressive Sony DCR-SR210E HDD Handycam The Sony SR210E allows you to record up to 41 hours of high quality video and up to 4 Megapixel still images directly onto the 60GB high capacity hard disk drive, without having to carry additional tapes or...

guter subjektiver Bildeindruck, Mitnahme-tauglich, teils professionelle Austattung

nur durchschnittliche Farbauflösung, DV-Qualität nur durchschnittlich

Der Sony HVR-A1 besitzt wie sein Consumer-Zwilling HC1 eine sehr gute Helligkeitsauflösung, neigt an feinen Details aber gelegentlich zu (farbigen) Moires. Die Farbauflösung ist nicht auf HDV-Niveau, obwohl der CMOS-Sensor theoretisch mehr Reserven...

SUPERB video camera. Great colours and 'film-like' effect.

A few niggles, but really nothing major. The Pros definitely outweigh the Cons.