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Digital camcorder and video camera reviews:
As the flash-memory-based equivalent of the HDR-SR7, the Sony Handycam HDR-CX7 serves up the same pleasing performance and quality as its hard-drive cousin.
> Sony Handycam HDR-CX7 review
The Good: Nice manual features; attractive design; high-quality audio; low-noise, low-light video.
The Bad: Ineffectual optical stabilizer; needs a built-in ND filter; some horizontal jitter and stuttering during playback; low-resolution video; sad battery life.
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The Good: RCA has improved its Small Wonder lightweight video camera with a few design tweaks, the addition of an SD/MMC card slot, better built-in software, and a lower street price. With its nifty hideaway USB connector, EZ201 makes it very easy to capture and send low-resolution video e-mails, then share them on the Web via the free Box.net video-sharing site. Also, there's a tripod mount on the bottom of the unit.
The Bad: Video quality is still pretty mediocre; not Mac compatible; 2x zoom is digital, not optical.
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cnet editorial reviews:
A guide to choosing among MiniDV, DVD-recordable, and SD-based camcorders and a comparison review of the top tapeless products.
If there's a Holy Grail of technology, it has to be <i>transparency</i>: the seamless, idiot-proof ability to do everything you want with the hardware at hand, without having to think about how--it just happens. For camcorders, transparency translates into recordings that you can play, edit, and share without needing to worry about media types, file formats, compression algorithms, hardware compatibility, and other geek esoterica. These days, DVD-based models are the closest you can get.
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