SONY make.believe

Magic of Sony! Best picture quality!

Pros: Excellent HD movies,easy to use,great designed and best picture quality!

Cons: Battery life is a little short but overall,it's awesome HD cam!!

Bought SR-10 first and it had great picture and easy to use cam ,but I didn't realize that it has no viewfinder on it, so I exchanged it with SR-11 and it was excellent for me,more megapixels,HD picture is awesome,it's like watching a blueray movie but it was me and my family on it,lightweight and great designed.Used it on my son's 6th B'day and when it's time to watch it,everybody was like,wow!!!Viewfinder is very useful,it can save battery life and easy to use in a bright sunny outdoors when the LCD is not clear.Highly recommended!!

Expesnive but value for money

Pros: Extremely good quality for video and pictures, love how one can make video while not loosing the stills, great zoom,

Cons: little HD, SD format even captures stills/videos with higher size, a bit heavy

if you have a taste in photography and still dont want to buy specific expensive professional cameras, am telling you this is the one to buy. it an extremely good handycam with lots of good things in it.

Best Camera I have ever purchased

Pros: Easy to use, great pictures

Cons: Battery life short but I purchased larger extra battery

I think this is the best camcorder/still camera you can purchase for the money. Makes better still pictures than my DSL digital camera (different brand). Has extremely great zoom distance and still get great shots. Used in auditoriums/arenas for graduation from great distance and you would have thought I was within just a few feet from the stage, could easily recognize faces. Need to have a better light for low light areas, but a flash/light can be purchased, which will be one of my next purchases. Would highly recommend this camera for either a novice like myself or a experienced photograher! Being able to copy onto memory stick from camera makes it easy to take to computer to either down load or print as well as to share with others. A+++++ all the way.

Excellent HD event compared to others in 2010

Pros: HD quality is AMAZING

Cons: Org battery life short, options hard to find

I've had this piece for about 1.5 years now. During that time I was able to compare it to other camcorders my friends bought and the quality of footage as well as overall quality of the device itself is just fantastic! I've been using this camera in all kinds of situations ranging from dark places in a underground bar to filming planes during an air show. Fantastic features, colors you can only dream of, extraordinary ease of use during recording thanks to all the needed controls brought on the outside of the device (backlight compensation and multifunction wheel just to name a few). Footage looks awesome on my 37" LCD HD panel. Overall I can't think of a better choice for me at this point.

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Great Camcorder

Pros: Easy to use and very professional

Cons: No sports mode or flash when wide angle lens attached

Great camcorder. Very professional capabilities. Recorded footage looks great on a high def tv. This camera works well with sony vegas pro 8 software.

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Like a professional camcorder for dummy

Pros: Super good video/audio quality, easy to operate

Cons: None found so far

I had a Sony miniDV camcorder before, although it's still in good condition, I got this HDR-SR11. I shot several shows in a theatre. When I play it on my HDTV, all I can say is WOW! The video looks so good, and the audio is so clear, that it seems that the clips were shot by a professional. The video/audio quality is almost comparable with the HD programs from the satellite. I also tried the photo functionality, it's also very good, I was able to use the camcorder to take my daughter's passport picture, I also tried another photo camera at the same time, and the photo quality of the HDR-SR11 is much better. I use a HDMI cable to connect the camcorder with the HDTV. If you want to view the movie/photo on the computer, you can install the Picture Motion Browser software, once you installed it, it does not need a camcorder connected to the computer to play the files on your hard drive. You can do this: In Picture Motion Browser, choose Tools\Settings, then choose "Viewed folders", click "Add" to select the folder that contains the media files you want to view, then the folder will be added to the database, once it finishes analyzing the files, the media files can be played in the Picture Motion Browser. I am very satisfied with this camcorder, and would recommend it to anyone! For editing, Sony Vegas Pro 8.0c works very well with it.

HDR-SR11 and Final Cut Express

Pros: Really good picture. High quality shooting

Cons: Can't get footage from camera to computer

I'd love to give this camera a better rating because the video that I see in the viewer is awesome. Great picture and I love the zoom microphone....however, the lower rating is due to the fact that my sister and I have been trying for several months to find a way to get the footage into our final cut express to edit the footage. The MAC does not even recognize the camera. Not sure what to do. If anyone out there has suggestions please let me know and i can raise my review rating.