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| Sony HDR-SR7 AVCHD 6.1MP 60GB High Definition Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom | 
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| Brand: Sony
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,399.99
Buy New: $999.00
You Save: $400.99 (29%)
Buy New from $999.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (68 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1668
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Optical Zoom: 10
Digital Zoom: 20
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 54
Minimum Focal Length: 5.4
Maximum Resolution: 3.2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: HDRSR7
Model: HDR-SR7
UPC: 027242719682
EAN: 0027242719682
ASIN: B000PQJGFO
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Great camcorder, good in low light, still have space after Christmas on drive January 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had an old DAT based Sony camcorder that had to be repaired, but the cost was almost what I paid for the thing originally. At that point, I figured I'd bite the bullet and get a high def hard disk based camera. I did consider the memory stick model, but didn't want to buy 60Gb worth of memory sticks.
The SR7 was pretty easy to use. I still haven't opened the user guide. The touch screen controls are a lot easier to use than the old menu system in my DAT camcorder were. I recorded our kids all through Christmas day, and on-and-off through New Years Eve, and didn't yet run out of space. I did have to order some software to edit the AVCHD recordings, and am waiting for it to arrive.
Overall, I'm pleased with the SR7.
Great camcorder that can still be improved December 25, 2007
Picture quality is much better than the last camcorder I bought which was a JVC non-HD camcorder. In good lighting, this camera looks really good. In low light, sometimes it looks decent. In really low light, you need the night vision turned on; you can see everything but it looses almost all color. I did get an "Buffer overflow" error filming a loud rap performance. My film major friend tells me it happens to all digital camcorder with loud music. The build-in mic captured sound well and seemed to cancel out most of the noise during the concert. I really enjoy the fast frame rate filming, it allows u to slow down time, but only last about 12 seconds. Overall it has been great. I've decided to use this camcorder and make home movie on my wedding coming in 6 month than to hire professional videographers. I think this camera will be fine for that. Oh last problem with this camcorder, and all other AVCHD camera is that I don't know how to share it with friends yet. I can burn it on DVD, but I don't want to have to burn one for ever one of my friends, and YouTube seems to public and looses a lot of quality. I'm still waiting for a web service that can handle AVCHD. I would recommend this to anyone. Btw, I bought this for $999 in Nov 07. I'd wait for price drop if you can. The older model is now like $600, so I imagine this model will be too in another 6 to 9 months.
 Works perfectly with a Mac! December 23, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Crystal clear imaging. Excellent night filming. Christmas lights in lovely downtown Littleton, Colorado look PERFECT, and you can clearly see people walking 4 blocks away at night while filming Christmas lights. Excellent zoom. TINY camera! Plug it into a Mac, open iMovie, start the camera and select "Computer" from the camera's intelligent menu system, and import any or all clips right into iMovie. A no-brainer! Viewing clips in the Finder's "Cover Flow" works perfectly too.
I purchased the 100 gig hard drive version.. HDR-SR8 December 21, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I ordered the HDR-SR8 from Sony's website. I just received it, and am giving my non-expert opinion on my experiences so far on the HDR-SR8 page... I think that the HDR-SR7 is identical to the SR8 except for the hard drive size, but I thought I should put my review on the correct page.
Takes outstanding video but sometimes hear hard drive clicking December 12, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This camera takes great video. I originally ordered the HC7 but couldn't deal with the tapes. It took me back to the VCR days. It took great video as well but I can't say I noticed much of a difference between tape and HDD. I'm sure the professional can but it satifies my needs and then some.
Low light isn't a big issue. If the lighting is too low it does have a lot of noise but simply turn on your indoor lights and it's plenty of light. Outdoor video is spectacular. I took some video of some flowers in my wife's garden with the Telemacro function on to blur the background. It looked like some of the video on Discovery HD. Everyone I show it to is very impressed.
You will need an external hard drive to store this stuff. One hour of AVCHD video is approx. 7 gigabytes so your computer hard drive will run out of space fast. I still have a Pentium 4, 3.0 Ghz processor with 1 GB RAM. It's fast enough to use the stock software but I will probably have to upgrade if I'm going to do any serious editing. This stuff can be taxing on your system.
Overall great and I would recommend this camera. Also impressed with Amazon's return policy on the HC7. No restocking fee like the brick-and-mortar stores.
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