Hard Drive Camcorder Review

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Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor	Sony Handycam Dcr-sr300	Sony Handycam Dcr-sr300	Sony Handycam Hdr-sr7	Sony HDR-SR10	Sony Handycam DCR-SR82	Sony Handycam DCR SR200	Sony Handycam Dcr-sr85	Sony Handycam Dcr-sr80	Sony HDR-SR5	Sony Handycam Hdr-sr1
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Reviewer Comments
Lowest Price	N/A	N/A	$679.00	$450.00	N/A	$799.00	$450.00	N/A	N/A	$450.00

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Features
Hard Drive Size	100 GB	40 GB	60 GB	40 GB	60 GB	40 GB	60 GB	60 GB	40 GB	30 GB
LCD Screen Size	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	2.7 in.	3.5 in.
Low Lux rating	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux	0 lux	2 lux	0 lux
Battery Life	1.5 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	2 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	1.17 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	1.5 hrs.	1.5 hrs.
Image Stabilizer	Optical	Optical	Digital	Optical	Digital	Digital	Digital	Digital	Digital	Digital
Optical Zoom	10 x	10 x	10 x	15 x	25 x	10 x	25 x	12 x	10 x	10 x
Still Resolution	3.04 MP	6 MP	3 MP	1.99 MP	1 MP	4 MP	1 MP	1 MP	3 MP	3.98 MP
Warranty	90 days	90 days	90 days	1 Year	90 days	90 days	1 Year	1 Year	90 days	90 days
Night Mode
Aperture	F/1.8-2.9	F/1.8-2.9	F/1.8-2.9	F/1.8-2.5	F/1.8-3.2	F/1.8-2.9		F/1.8-2.5		F/1.8-2.9
Built-In Flash
Built-In Light
Camcorder Depth	5 in	5 in	5.9 in		4.3 in	5.9 in	4.3 in	4.6 in	5.63 in.	6.5 in
Camcorder Height	3.1 in	3.1 in	3.2 in		2.9 in	3.1 in	3 in	2.7 in	3.25 in.	3.07 in.
Camcorder Weight	16.9 oz	1.3 lbs	1.3 lbs		12.5 oz	1.13 lb.	12.5 oz	14.1 oz	1.19 lb.	1.56 lb.
Camcorder Width	3 in	3 in	3 in		2.9 in	3 in	3 in	2.8 in	3 in.	3.31 in.
CCD Quantity
CCD Size	1/2.9 in	1/2.9 in	1/2.9 in	1/5"	1/6 in	1/3 in	1/6 in	1/5.5 in		1/3 in
Digital Zoom	20 x	20 x	20 x		2000 x	80 x	2000 x	800 x	80x	80x
Focal Length	5.4 mm - 54 mm	5.4 mm - 54 mm	54 mm	46 mm	2.5 mm - 62.5 mm	5.4 - 51 mm		36 mm	5.1 - 51 mm	5.1 mm - 51 mm
Memory Card Slot	Memory Stick	Memory Stick	Memory Stick		Memory Stick	Memory Stick	Memory Stick		Memory Stick	Memory Stick
Still Camera
Widescreen Mode

Reviewer Comments
Lowest Price	N/A	N/A	$679.00	$450.00	N/A	$799.00	$450.00	N/A	N/A	$450.00