Sony DCR-DVD505

Pros: Video and 5.1 Surround sound are crystal clear.

Cons: Needs more Zoom power especially optical. Low light shooting has focal problems.

The Bottom Line: If you got the money buy it. Pictures and sounds are excellent. Easy to use, compact, does what most people want out of a home use camcorder.

Review: Bought this camera several weeks ago and have found it amazing. I have always been skeptical about buying anything Sony and felt that you paid too much just because it said Sony. The video images and sound are incredible. It has an automatic lens cover ...

Pros: Easy to use, very nice picture quality

Cons: expensive

Review: Well.. we know nothing about cameras and this one truly has an easy button that remind me a lot of office max ads, we just press the button and you are in automatic mode and the camera literally takes care of everything. I know there must be better ones ...

Pros: Takes pictures, lens attachments, beautiful widescreen video and sound is great!!!

Cons: Price, was kinda expensive, I paid around $900

Review: I've had this since June 2006, This videocam works fine, Widescreen video is beautiful, and dvd pops right out and can go into any DVD player to watch. Nightvision works great, also takes pictures using a memory stick ...

Pros: Easy to use and light to carry around.

Cons: Downloading the still photo's from the camera memory stick is a pain.

The Bottom Line: This is a perfect DVD camera to buy. Easy to use and the quality is great.

Review: This is the first video camera I purchased that used DVD to record on instead of VHS or Tape. The reason I bought this camera was to make it easier to have all my video's on one type of format and get rid of all those old VHS tapes piling up in the ...

Pros: nice small size, durable, easy to use and sounds is good

Cons: price, touch screen not calibrated correctly, not able to record on video on memory stick

The Bottom Line: Wait for the updated model which allow movies to be recorded on the memory stick on one with a big hard drive or buy if you get a good deal

Review: I purchased this camera because my old camera was lost on a plane going to Hawaii, and I wanted to get something that did not have tapes. Ideally I wanted a hard drive instead of a mini DVD, but those were too expensive. I also wanted to stay with Sony. ...

Pros: Easy to use.

Cons: C13:00 error. Grainy image in moderate light. Poor reliability.

The Bottom Line: poor reliability for so much money. Not worth the hassle. Go for 8mm media instead.

Review: We bought this handy-cam on Amazon for nearly $900 including shipping. It was Mothers day gift for my wife. She was very excited about the Bluetooth feature that would allow us to record our daughter’s school plays etc. in 5.1 surround. Did not get to ...

Pros: Size

Cons: Service!! The picture software that comes with the camera does not have much functionality.

Review: This is the first review I have written. The picture quality of this camera is good, but the customer service could not be WORSE. I have spent over 5 hours on the phone with difficult to understand service representatives (I really tried to understand ...