| Sony DCR-PC55 MiniDV Handycam Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom (Black) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: Photography
Buy New: $699.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (14 reviews)
Sales Rank: 23260
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 23
Minimum Focal Length: 2.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7 x 4
MPN: DCRPC55/B
Model: DCRPC55/B
UPC: 027242669703
EAN: 0027242669703
ASIN: B0007M3PL2
Availability: Usually ships in 6-10 business days
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| Features:
| • | MiniDV digital video recording | | • | Ultra compact design | | • | Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens | | • | 3.0-inch hybrid touch panel LCD | | • | Digital still camera function with PictBridge compatibilty |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Sleek, stylish and amazingly portable, the black DCR-PC55/B MiniDV Handycam Camcorder provides excellent video recording quality in man ultra-compact design. The Advanced HAD CCD imager provides stunning detail and clarity with exceptional video performance. The professional quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens capture vivid, life-like images while minimizing distortion.Weighing in at only 10 ounces, the camcorder's body measures only 4 inches tall and almost 3 inches wide - making it fit perfectly in the palm of your hand. The extra large 3.0" Hybrid LCD display provides a clear, sharp monitor and rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles. Its metallic black design makes it stand out wherever you go.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Terrible Service and Unresponsive.... July 24, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Ordered product expidited and after a week it was never received. I finally received notice from Amazon that the order was cancelled (by the vendor). My guess is they never had the product to begin with. I'll NEVER use them again. I don't understand why it took over a week to discover the product was not available. I would not recommend.
 Please Get Real!!! Don't expect to get Orange juice from lemons!!! April 3, 2006
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
When you buy a product that is designed and meant to fulfill certain needs, just expect the best performance out of those features.
The PC55 is a camera for the everyday home shooter, easy to use and made with the best SONY quality for one of the smallest MINI DV camera ever created.
If you are thinking about buying this camera don't hesitate one minute, this camcorder is one of the kind, it gives you pretty much the flexibility and video quality of a regular camcorder but with the amazing bring-it-in-the-pocket size and all the coolness and attention that it brings along (let it be your best Ice breaker, believe me it works like heaven!). I work for a camera store and let me tell you: we haven't received one return of this model during the time I've worked there (8 months), which proves the high quality SONY has built into this model. I have been using mine for a few months now and all I can say is that "the product is great... period!".
Let's get real, the 500 bucks you are paying for it is not for the film quality kind of movie you get in the picture (for that you need to spend at least a couple of thousand dollars) but the portability and worriless of no need of the big luggage a camcorder used to be in the past" (some times people don't realize a motorcycle couldn't be compared with a truck or vise versa).
About the picture shooting option, well let's see! A camcorder is for videos and a digital camera is for photos, if you want to have them both in one package, that brings excellent quality, you'd have to spend a lot of more money than if you bought them separately, let me explain you in a few words, the average photo quality for a MINI DV camcorder is 1.3mp or lower (the same quality you get out of your cell phone camera) to be honest with you, the manufacturers add this option just to give it an extra feature and at the same time take more money out of your pocket, with tape less digital cameras it happens the same way, the video and sound quality are very poor; so why bother paying more for a camera with both functions being excellent (there are quite a few out in the market now, starting around $1200 for models of similar size) instead buy two little cameras, one for each use, for half of the price.
If you are looking for a cool, high quality & durability MINI DV camcorder with the smallest size available in its kind, The SONY DCR-PC55 is your BEST option.
To finish, I just want to wish you all enjoy, more than the product, the unmemorable moments you will live with your loved ones because of this little fellow.
Nice camera. Not so good at night March 24, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The camera is one of the best considering the price and the size of it. The only problem I found is that it has not a light, so you will need to buy the external one, if not all the shots that you do at night will be very dark.
Poor quality when record on MS duo March 17, 2006
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have own this camcorder for 6 month
it's a good camcorder, esay to use, easy to bring
As it's design purpose, PC-55 is enough for home use
Only one thing I want to mention here, before I buy this camcorder, I thought that I can record video on MS duo in mepg format, and it's easy for post-edit on PC, you know, tansfer a MiniDV tape to computer may need a huge space to save.
However, when I replay the video which stored on MS, the sreen was full of mosaic
fortunately, when use DV type to record, this situation never happens. good quality.
The one press photo button also becomes useless because the bad quality.
Couldn't be better March 3, 2006
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you want to capture every precious moments, this is the right camcorder for you. It's easy to operate and the video is crisp and clear. The sound is pretty good as well. You can also take still picture and video at the same time (thanks to the memory stick).
Don't burn your video using your computer, it took me time to download to a CD or DVD. Instead burn them as you watch them. It's quicker that way.
You will love it the first time you use it.
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