Sony HDR-SR8 Expert Reviews

Well have been on the lookout for my first camcoder for a while.Main concern was my 400$ cut off, so had a look at most of the camcoders in that range. To start - i was undecided on the format- miniDV versus DVD, but looking at the products in the ...

great EASY mode,25X optical zoom, crisp outdoors

docking station, no firewire cable supplied, poor software

The Sony DCR-TRV70 is a digital MiniDV camcorder that features a 2.1-Megapixel CCD, which helps it produce excellent picture quality in video and digital still modes. The camcorder can take digital still ...

Excellent picture quality and features, analog inputs, connectivity, decent battery supplied

Pricey, only 8Mb Memory Stick supplied

Leading Sony's charge on to the high-definition battlefield is the gorgeous Handycam HDR-SR8, a camcorder that boasts a gargantuan 100GB hard drive, a 10x Carl Zeiss zoom lens and Sony's Super SteadyShot and Super NightShot systems

Top build quality; huge storage capacity; excellent HD video; finger-friendly touchscreen

No HDMI cable included; poor battery life; no manual exposure

The Sony HDR-SR8 and HDR-SR7, which has a smaller 60GB hard drive, are the Rolls Royce of movie cameras -- feeling like a million dollars, shooting like they're heading for Hollywood and handling like a dream. Tech-heads will need to look elsewhere, but e...

The Sony HDR-SR8E is a well built camcorder, with very high built-in storage capacity, that produces high-ish resolution stills - but it is pricey.

The Sony HDR-SR8E delivers an impressively sharp picture, with natural colours, plus its night mode bathes everything in an eerie green light perfect for that 'slasher' movie feel. Sound quality is, however, merely adequate.

A fully featured hard disk AVCHD camcorder with plenty of recording space

Although the SR8E isn't a semi-pro camcorder, there's plenty for the more serious consumer. A separate roller controls manual focus - not as good as a lens ring, but close. Most other functions are accessed through the touchscreen LCD, including spot focu...

Sony's been pioneering the consumer market for high-definition camcorders in the UK, and it's adding further momentum with the second-generation HDR-SR8E - its new flagship hard disk AVCHD camcorder.

A fully featured hard disk AVCHD camcorder with plenty of recording space.

Sony's crafted the highest capacity HD camcorder with a massive 100GB hard drive. But what else does this sharp shooter offer?

Great colour, Easy to use, huge capacity

Battery life, No HDMI cable

Sony's latest sets a new standard for HD.

Beautiful HD video. Massive storage.

Could do with a video light.

It's like when the Wizard of Oz goes colour. The best HD camcorder around

The best hard-disk AVCHD camcorder yet?

When AVCHD first arrived, it was hard to recommend the format to anyone but incurable gadget lovers. Even though it is now more widely compatible with editing software, AVCHD's inferior image quality to HDV precludes it from being the right choice for any...

Having spearheaded the high-definition video revolution with HDV, Sony is again pushing the technological frontier with its support for AVCHD, the format that uses a very efficient MPEG4 compression system

Great handling and ergonomics, Lots of good features and connectivity, HD clips are excellent in good light

Manual control can be fiddly, Mic suffers from wind noise, CMOS creates lower light issues, Expensive

Despite some niggles, the SR8's HD quality, capacity and ease of use will undoubtedly entice newbies away from digital tape