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Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor	Sony Handycam Dcr-sr300	Sony HDR-SR10	Sony Handycam DCR SR200	Sony HDR-SR5	Sony Handycam HDR-SR5	Canon Hg10	Sony Handycam Dcr-sr65	Sony Handycam Hdr-sr10e - Camcorder - Hard Disk Drive	Sony Handycam Hdr-sr5e	Sony Handycam Dcr Sr65e - Camcorder - Hard Disk Drive, Flash Card
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Reviewer Comments
Lowest Price	N/A	$450.00	$799.00	N/A	$315.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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Features
Hard Drive Size	40 GB	40 GB	40 GB	40 GB	40 GB	40 GB	40 GB	40 GB	40 GB	40 GB
LCD Screen Size	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	0.27 in
Low Lux rating	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux	2 lux	0 lux	0.2 lux	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux
Battery Life	1.5 hrs.	2 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	1 hr.
Image Stabilizer	Optical	Optical	Digital	Digital	Digital	Optical	Digital	Optical	Digital	Digital
Optical Zoom	10 x	15 x	10 x	10 x	10 x	10 x	25 x	15 x	10 x	25 x
Still Resolution	6 MP	1.99 MP	4 MP	3 MP	2 MP	2.76 MP	1 MP	4 MP	2 MP	1 MP
Warranty	90 days	1 Year	90 days	90 days	90 days	1 Year	1 Year
Night Mode
Aperture	F/1.8-2.9	F/1.8-2.5	F/1.8-2.9		F/1.8-2.9	F/1.8-3.0	F/1.8-3.2		F/1.8-2.9	F/1.8-3.2
Built-In Flash
Built-In Light						Yes
Camcorder Depth	5 in		5.9 in	5.63 in.	5.5 in	5.1 in		5.1 in
Camcorder Height	3.1 in		3.1 in	3.25 in.	3.2 in	3 in	3 in	3 in	3.2 in	3 in
Camcorder Weight	1.3 lbs		1.13 lb.	1.19 lb.	1.2 lbs	17.8 oz	14.1 oz	16.9 oz		14.1 oz
Camcorder Width	3 in		3 in	3 in.	3 in	3.2 in	3 in	3.2 in	3 in	3 in
CCD Quantity
CCD Size	1/2.9 in	1/5"	1/3 in		1/3 in	1/2.7 in	1/6 in	1/5"	1/3 in	1/6"
Digital Zoom	20 x		80 x	80x	80 x	200 x			80 x	2000 x
Focal Length	5.4 mm - 54 mm	46 mm	5.4 - 51 mm	5.1 - 51 mm	5.1 mm - 51 mm	6.1 mm - 61 mm	2.5 mm - 62.5 mm		5.1 mm - 51 mm	2.5 mm - 62.5 mm
Memory Card Slot	Memory Stick		Memory Stick	Memory Stick	Memory Stick	SD Memory Card	Memory Stick	Memory Stick	Memory Stick	Memory Stick
Still Camera
Widescreen Mode

Reviewer Comments
Lowest Price	N/A	$450.00	$799.00	N/A	$315.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A