Is the Sony Sony DCR-SR37 Camcorder a Good Buy?
Thursday, November 26th, 2009This light but robust handycam is capable of storing up to 45 hours of video on the on board 60GB drive. It is the DCR-SR37ES model from Sony. If you are used to having to mess around with disk or tapes then you will love the hard-disk on this camcorder. It makes watching, rearranging and erasing your content very simple and quick. What’s more, there’s no danger of erroneously recording over something that’s to be preserved. And with the Sony DCR-SR37 there’s even a Face Index and Film Roll Index feature for easy browsing and reviewing of your footage.
You’ll enjoy your home movies in outstanding quality thanks to the 1 megapixel Advanced HAD CCD. The amount of light used is maximised by the fact that each individual pixel has it’s own minute lens. The result is that the colour noise is reduced whilst the image quality is enhanced. You can achieve sharp and clean images when shooting due to the SteadyShot image stabilisation system. The widesreen touch panel LCD is 2.7 inches in size which makes for easy content viewing. Featuring a Carl Zeiss lens this camera can zoom digitally 2000x and optically 60x. The sound is of high quality and the zoom feature of the microphone ensures you get the sound you want and not all the background noise.
When not using a tripod you can shake the cam if you are not careful even when you are shooting a still object. The Sony DCRSR37ES contains a SteadyShot feature which ensures that all your shots will be shake free. This is especially important when using the powerful zoom to close in on details. The camera’s sound features allow you to record in close up too by using the super smart microphone which can zero in on the sounds you require such as your subject voices.
One of the great pleasures of shooting film is sharing it with family and friends. It couldn’t be easier with the SR37. Transfer your films to your PC using a super-fast USB 2.0 connection and use your DVD burner to make DVD copies. If you want to share your movies on the move, or free up memory space, you can do it quickly by using the optional portable DVD burner. This attaches directly to the SR37 with a single cable.
You can manage your movie collection on your PC by the installation of the software which is supplied with the Sony DCRSR37ES. It makes it a very easy task to create an archive. You can arrange them by date, by person, and search through them quickly. The camera can of course be connected directly to your TV for large screen viewing and the content can easily be burned from within the archive or uploaded to the Internet. All in all the Sony DCR-SR37 is definitely very good value for the money.
