Abstract: Automatic controls on Sonys are typically stellar, which is a saving grace for the DCR-DVD7. Any and all manual controls must be performed by tapping through the LCD touch screen menu. This might be acceptable circumstances for the average point-and-sh...
Abstract: Sonys newest digital camcorder, the Sony DCR-DVD7 DVD Handycam Camcorder, certainly looks cool, as anyone whos seen the commercial for it knows. But the sleek design seems intended more for admiring than for actual use.
Battery life could be an issue as there is no viewfinder.
The style of the DCRDVD7 is different to say the least and you?ll either like it or hate it. Inside the body is a 10x optical zoom Carl Zeiss lens and unlike other DVD camcorders from Sony, this unit can record to DVD +RW, -RW or -R. Both video and st...
Utter simplicity of use, Intriguing design, Solid build
The fact that your footage is trapped on a DVD and not easily edited
DVD camcorders are, for the moment at least, not capable of matching the output of a cheap MiniDV camcorder. None the less, the convenience of shooting your footage straight to a DVD that can be played back in a normal DVD player makes the DCR-DVD7 an...
