Sony HDRCX675/B Full HD 32GB Camcorder (Black)

Finally, a camcorder with usable battery life! In fact, battery lasts for hours and hours - wow! This was my main obstacle to buying a camcorder before.Add to it an excellent zoom, Zeiss lens (trust me - there's no lens like Zeiss lens... they've been one of the world's top lens makers since 1860 - and a quality lens makes a huge difference), a tiny size, decent handling of a great variety of lighting situations, and enough manual controls for you to feel in charge, and you have a wonderful camera that doesn't cost you an arm and a leg. Some of the friends I worked with complained that it makes their footage look shabby :-).My only beef is middling audio. Yes, it's decent enough for simple work, but it's not very directed (sometimes it feels like the sound from anywhere but the front of the camera is louder), there's a slight background noise originating with device itself, and you can hear any handling of camera. However, that's not a problem either, as this perfect little camera has a plug for an external microphone too, so I can simply plug in whichever fancy mic I want...

I bought this camera so I can post better videos to YouTube and for family occasions, of course. The video is great and looks wonderful on large HDTV's. Set up took me a few minutes and the initial use was great. I recorded a few videos and tried down loading them onto my computer. I found that it was easier with the suggested program ("app") "Play Memories Home". It will automatically import the new video(s) for you with little hassle, once it is set up. BTW, be careful during set up! This program will want to import every photo and video you have on your computer. It's best to limit it's access/permissions until you are ready to trust it and use it to it fullest potential. The only down side is the battery life. The battery is the smallest Sony makes for this model and I had to buy larger and longer lasting batteries for it. I also bought the AC adapter for it (not included) so I don't have to use batteries while recording here at home. Over-all, this is a great camcorder and I have already posted videos to YouTube and my subscribers like the improved video and sound quality.

I can't believe some of the mediocre reviews this camera is getting. For the price you can't beat it. It's got unbelievable image stabilization and records at great image quality. It's compact and relatively easy to use. Does it work well in really low light? Of course not! If you expect it to at this price and size you're totally unreasonable. Do you have to use menus to set it up and maybe read the owner's manual for guidance? Of course! All things considered, this is a wonderful camera. It's not going to do everything a $5,000 camera will. It does what it claims to and does it well.

I bought the camera as “good”! It was defective! The HDMI MICRO out was defective! Could not get a feed to my television! After carefully looking at the HDMI out I noticed how loose the jack was! I immediately returned requesting a full refund!

It's a 4 in most things and a 5 in many, giving it a 5 due to overall high quality with no weaknesses. The 4D camera's are heavy and have poor stabilization so this HD is great. Such a shame they no longer make it (as far as I'm aware).

I got this camcorder to video tape my pastor's sermons on Sunday and then upload to Facebook. I use a tripod so I turned off the stabilization. The quality of the video is excellent. The quality of the manual is poor, but the camcorder is easy enough to figure out. Sometimes I need to combine a couple of videos. The software that is made for the camcorder (Play Memories Home) is useless especially since I am doing this on a small screen laptop. I deleted it and installed ShotCut which works great.I also use my Smart Phone to control the camcorder during the sermon. Works great! The Smart Phone controls starting and stopping the video and zooming. There is a button on the Smart Phone app that says "Settings", but it does nothing.