Sony DSR-250

Pros: Ease of use, incredible picture quality, miniDV and DVCAM size tapes accepted without adapter.

Cons: Inconvenient for air travel, high cost may shy away would-be purchasers.

The Bottom Line: For professional quality, the DSR-250 is a must-have camera. Professional quality and consumer flexibility and cost are nicely combined to create an unbeatable camera for the money.

Review: Just over a year ago I purchased the DSR-250 to start a videography business, and it has proven to be the best investment I have made in my life.

I never owned a video camera in my life, but I was able to operate the DSR-250 right out of the...

Pros: light and easy to use

Cons: if people picky on color,sound and video quality, then dsr 250 will takes over.

Review: This camera looks professional and works as professional, lots of function to control auto and manually, easy to find long hours battery, two sizes of tape can be used. Under the good condition of light it gives you superb video quality with dvcam mode, ...

Pros: Sony DSR- 250 is light to carry and great quality picture with full auto system

Cons: from some side, body looks like quit old fashion camera

Review: Sony DSR-250 Camera is Professional enough for Professional Video makers. Functions are more than enough like:XLR ins, Gain and Iris control and great color quality like other professional ...

Pros: Stability, Video Quality, XLR Audio Connectors, 3 Hr record time

Cons: Zoom Speed too fast, Iris/Shutter Control

The Bottom Line: Does a great job for the price. Great for event videography.

Review: The quality of this camera makes it a great value. This camera can be used for professional videography including event, corporate, news, even low budget broadcast videography. I have used most of the Canon, Sony, and Panasonic miniDV cameras, but I ...

Pros: cheap, light, dv-dvcam, long batt. life.

Cons: Lightwieght loading mech. too large for some field work.

Review: I've never had a head clog. I use only sony tape tho.:) I didn't like idea of a fixed lens, but I've never needed any other lens. This camera works best on a gitzo head/sticks uses large or mini cassettes. Have run 270 minutes without reloading. Lighter ...

Pros: Fairly easy to operate

Cons: Unreliable, Bulky

Review: I use this camera at work. I just took it out on a shoot and I get back. When I go to look at my footage, it's all bad except for a few minutes. Everything else is choppy and half of it only has audio and a few cut ins. in my mind a good camera should ...

Pros: Picture quality, form factor, feature, price and quality/feature ratio

Cons: Two head clog incidents lost all my trust for this camera

Review: I owned this camera for over 2 years and shot many wedding with it. It produces awesome video with stunning results. Pro features such as 3 XLR inputs, phantom power, pro view finders are just some great features worth mentioning that are usually not ...