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I read all the reviews for this product,and have never owned one,so i was apprehensive to select the best one for price..I didnt have a clue of what to do...When i got the cam,i foud it extremely,light and small,and after charging the battery,supplied,after 2 hours,I was up and running..After reading the set up instructions etc,I found the menu etc,easy to navigate..And with all the different settings,on easy mode..it did most of the settings....It was easy to put on pc,and the same for play back on the tv..In all i would reccommend this product to anybody,from begginer to somebody who has knowledge of these..Its agreat cam for the price and im having great fun with it....Well done to all the people who have given there reviews,it made the experience for me very helpfull..

This may seem odd that this is a 5 star review, however this is an EDIT of the original review, which I cannot adjust. When I first bought this I gave it a 5 star review as it ticked all of the boxes. 2 years on however and it has broken. The LCD display is now mostly yellow and Sony are unwilling to help. Apparently this is a common fault with the swivelling LCD and the fragile ribbon cable inside.

£300 for a product that lasts 2 years from a company that are unwilling to even 'examine' the 'mint condition' unit does not make for a superb customer experience. Perhaps obviously the replacement will not be a Sony, in fact I doubt anything I buy will be Sony from now on.

Hugely disappointed.
Zero stars.

I had the original JVC everio MC100 which was tiny, but unfortunately it is coming to the end of its life and there were several things I wanted to improve on - storage, low light filming, etc.

Well after researching, the comments seem to all agree that in the price range this is superior to JVC and I am happy so far.

With a very small and lightwieght chassy, you still get a feeling that this is built well and is very sturdy.

The interface is touch face and easy enough to use. In addition, my favourite feature was unexpected. On the top there is a switch for lowlight filming. But the suprise in the menu was a nightlight. Turns out it has an invisible infrared lamp. So a quick test in a pitch black room and it works - amazing!

Of course there are weaknesses. The quality is good, but not HD by any stretch and with supplied battery, you are not filming any epics, but easily fixable. And because Sony, no SD cards, justg Memory stick.

But all in all, with Amazon's great price, this is a winner.

And a final word - I ordered at 5pm and had the item from Amazon 11am the next day.

Just bought this camera. And I have to say, it has good feature set for the price - HDD recording, 40x optical zoom, steady shot, image effects, one click burn... just what any average user would want to have. However, there are few things you should consider before you buy this camera:

- 40x optical zoom is superb, but autofocus struggles in last 10% of zooming;
- autofocus is not quite perfect in poorly lit indoors;
- autofocus seem not to be able to catch up with fast zooming - do not zoom at full speed.

So, if you're looking for fast autofocus in every situation, you will be dissapointed. However, if you avoid zooming at full speed, you'll be fine.
And, menu system is a little bit hard to navigate, but nothing you couldn't get used to. If you can get over slow and sometimes unsure autofocus, you'll get pretty good picture and decent recording time.

Just got the camera 2 weeks back. Firstly, Amazon are fantastic.Ordered for the next day delivery on Fri late noon and it was home on Sat at 10am. Worth the 5 extra pounds as it reduces apprehension.
On to the camera, opened the box, charged the battery for couple of hours and we were ready to go. Good features, well laid out menu though can be a little flimsy for guys with big fingers or for ladies with long nails but very manageable. Easy to record, transfer files, plug in to the TV, hardly find anything complicated on this piece of beauty.
If I have to crib, then all I can complain about is the battery life, can record only about 100mins at a stretch and I have to charge it up again. For home recording and small parties its fine but if you are planning to use this while you travel, then you have to purchase an alternative battery, there is no other go. No point touring 10 hours in a day and recording just 100 mins of film!!! Also the cam goes out of focus quite frequently while zooming in and out but it is nothing big I can complain about.
In case anyone knows of alternative battery options to the NP-FH30, do let me know. Need to buy one fast. Sony charges

All in all, fantabulous handy cam to own. 30GB is more than enough and lastly even the night mode recording is good. Can actually record a Blair Witch Movie :-)
Have fun with this beauty
Ken