Sony HDR-SR8 Reviews

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...