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Sony DCR-SR42
5.5 out of 10

Sony DCR-SR42

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Reviews and Problems with Sony DCR-SR42

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Overall 6
6.0

Be aware of potential display/recording issue

Investigator, Amazon
14 July 2012
  • Summary: I purchased this model in Nov 2007. It worked well until July 12 2012. The texts on the display have bluish tails and the images became blur and the recorded content...
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Overall 6
6.0

"A good lightweight pocket camera that is easy to use.."

airhound, CNET
26 September 2008
  • Pros: Easy to operate. Thumb and index finger control. No disks or tapes to lose. Quality Zeiss lens. Sony quality. Good, toll-free customer service. Compact size. enough fe...
  • Cons: It gives away steady shooting for light weight. Could use a wind screen. LCD brightness had to be turned up all the way for outdoor/daylight shooting. I wish it had an...
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Overall 6
6.0

Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam

chinmoy, Rate it all!
10 July 2008
  • Summary: It was not as new condition as I expected....since it was told that the item was in the shop for display only....
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Overall 6
6.0

Be careful

Chinmoy Adak "chinmoy", Amazon
10 July 2008
  • Summary: It was not as new condition as I expected....since it was told that the item was in the shop for display only....
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Overall 6
6.0

Good video camera for price

Silent Reviewer "Biswajit Jena", Amazon
31 March 2008
  • Summary: I bought this camera recently to do occasional video shoot. I am no photographer or professional. I find this camera good in zoom.
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Overall 6
6.0

HDD Camcorder

Black Barbie, Amazon
16 January 2008
  • Summary: I ordered this camera specifically for a vacation I went on right after Xmas to Fiji. I was impressed with the time it took for the battery to recharge.
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Overall 6
6.0

Far from perfect.

Lucinda K. Warstler "Cindy", Amazon
25 December 2007
  • Summary: I've had this camera for 5 days now and am not too happy with the video performance. I have an older Sony TRV118 Super 8 camera and the video on it is at least as good as...
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Overall 6
6.0

Decent camera, but I hate the format.

jg, Amazon
14 December 2007
  • Summary: I purchased the Sony DCR-SR42 a couple months ago as a replacement to my older mini-dv camcorder. I was very excited about the fact that the camera had a hard drive and...
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Overall 6
6.0

"Lots of borderline bad features balanced out by really good image quality"

Onlies, CNET
12 September 2007
  • Pros: Very nice quality image, (noticably better than Panasonic SDR H18), touch screen is high tech... I guess?
  • Cons: Zoom takes a while to focus, shakey image on the computer
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Overall 6
6.0

Hmmmm uhh oh for Sony

Anonymous, B&H Photo
26 July 2007
  • Summary: This was my first time using a HDD camcorder and it has been great not having to spend extra money on tapes. Sadly that is one of the only good things.
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