SAVE $0.04 - Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom $549.95

Where's the super night plus? I just recieved the Sony DCR-SR42 I recently purchased. When it arrived I noticed it had NIGHTSHOT PLUS. It had a product description that stated the camcorder was equipped with SUPER NIGHTSHOT PLUS. This was one of the main reasons I purchased the video camera. The camcorder was basically perfect in every other way, although I have not had time to use it yet, but it charged quickly and looks as though it is new. I think it would be a good idea for someone to look at this add and maybe edit it. Here is the link to the product I purchasedSony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom Rating: 4 (Michael G. Uelsmann, 2009-09-08) Product reviewed: Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom

Making your own DVD I have had my camera for 18 months and I must be bored because I know most people will be moving on the latest and greatest and not bother reading this review. However!!! I have to mention something that I don't see mentioned in any other reviews. When you make your DVD to keep you memories for a lifetime, do you know they won't last?!?!?! Read this article before reading any further ... http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=107607 So now my goal is to copy my DVD's every year and keep the new copy and send the previous copy to a relative (off site storage in case of earthquake or fire). It has been 18 months and I am considering another camera because we got a 42" HD TV and it was difficult to determine if I was looking at my son on the basketball court or another kid. I am not sure if I want to drop $1500 during this economy. Anyway, let me tell you how I use my dcr-sr42. I am not as worried as I was when I had a tape camcorder regarding scene lengths. Many times a clip is over a minute or more knowing I can just edit out the excess later. In fact I just made a 56 minute DVD from 12 hours of recording. That is the part I love the most about having a 30g hard drive. That last DVD took over 20 hours to edit but it is way better than the tape clips I used to do a few years ago. I can do nice scene transitions and add things to the sound if I want. So I copied the 12 hours of recording to my computer and used Nero 8 to edit and burn my home movie DVD. I made two copies and sent one to my dad for backup. When he said they arrived safe, I deleted the clips from the camcorder as well as the computer to make room for my next project. Rating: 4 (HB Reviewer, 2009-03-29) Product reviewed: Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom

A waste of money I pre-ordered this camera when it first came out and waited anxiously for it to arrive - some 60 days later. I will never, ever buy something that I have not touched and tried myself, ever again. Before we wasted our money on this camera we used a high end Sony Hi8 camera. Now today, looking at the Hi8 video next to the image quality of this new HD camera is unbelievable. No, the digital is not the winner - the H8 is. The color is better, the lighting is better and the overall quality is superior. The Sony dcr-sr42 can't be used in anything but PERFECT lighting, or the image quality disappears into shadows. The SHAKING is unbelievable (I have called SOny and tried to get the ESL operator to help me but after hours and hours on the phone, my images still shake and I need dramamine just to watch the videos). The anti-shake function simply does not work. Without a tripod it's impossible to view the fotage. It is a GIGANTIC pain to use the mpeg2 format on Windows Movie Maker. Maybe something has advanced in the last year - I gave up with it that project long ago. WMM did not support mpeg2 last I bothered looking. It's a tiny camera and easy (enough) to use, but the quality is simply horrible. I would highly discourage anyone from buying this camera unless they plan on having ideal lighting conditions at all times, and a tripod. Rating: 2 (T. Hutchins, 2009-03-08) Product reviewed: Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom

Don't Trust Amazon third party sales.... Hi All, I bought this product from Amazon thirdparty by trusting Amazon.com... They have delivered the old and used Camcorder without any accessories and even they didn't send any Sale receipt to return the product.... Even Amazon.com didn't gave me chance to review the product details as they added my credit card details... I communicated Amazon customer care & third party on phone and mails...but no response till now... I request you be careful while you do purchase.... Thanks. Kishore Rating: 1 (kishore, 2009-01-18) Product reviewed: Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom

Good Handycam Merits: 1. It's a Sony! (Brand value). 2. Compact and light-weight. 3. Carl Zeiss lens. 4. hard disk memory, easy to transfer to computer. 5. I got the refurbished one from sonystyle.com for 300 bucks. Thats pretty cheap for a 40x zoom HDD camcorder from sony. 6. Motion picture quality is good. Demerits: 1. Does not have a view finder. 2. The Still picture quality is not that great (As indicated by others too). 3. Does not have a neck strap (Or any provision for that). 4. You need the camcorder dock to charge as well as transfer movies into Computer. 5. The bundled video editor doe not have much functionality. Only you can cut a video, i could not find any option to merge several videos into one. Overall i like this camcorder, i will buy some video editing software to work on the videos a bit. Rating: 4 (Sujit Kumar Mahapatra, 2008-08-12) Product reviewed: Sony DCR-SR42 30GB Hard Disk Drive Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom