Excellent! A very versatile and reliable pro camera. The first true "Cinematic" digital, fully HD, camera. It has been, and continues to be, widely used by professional film makers. Its manual controls and pre-sets facilitate choice of focus, shutter speeds, lens settings, color control and so on. It is truly a remarkable camera offering a wide range of pro options. A real workhorse of the industry!
Excellent camera for working in tight spaces or crowded areas. Due to its size, it is also very good as a JIB mounted camera. Good complement to the larger HVR-HD1000 that we use. It uses the lower resolution 1440 x 1080i HDV, but we find that adequate for what we do. Also the 24p feature allows truly professional looking, film like videos.
This is an awesome pro camcorder! What I like best is the fact that you can give the camera a new lease on life if you purchase the Atomos Ninja Star recorder! This steps up the video quality to Prores and you could not do this with the camcorder having a HDMI output! Why pay up to $5k for a new camcorder when you can buy this on Ebay for around a grand and get the Ninja Star for around five hundred?
Even though this is ancient by technology standards, it's still relevant for one reason, full HD HDMI out. We use two of these cameras with a switcher in our church and are very happy with the results.
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Maybe "Old Skool", but still a very capable camera. Best to use with an external recorder (Atomos), and not depend on the DV tape. Always loved Sony video quality.
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