Sony DCR-DVD410E reviews: Sony camcorder

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+ This camcorder scores high on image quality. - It has no outstanding negative points.

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Ease of use	9.1
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	7.8
Weight	8.8
Value for money	9.4
Overall rating	9.1

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Confirmed purchaser Keen amateur

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: easy to use and simple
Bad points:: i cant download images from my cds onto the computer and the instructions dont help. I have tried your website but I dont get an answer

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	7.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	9.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 30 Jan 2011

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: easy to use and good quality film
Bad points:: none yet found

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Feb 2009

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: It does what is ment to without hassel.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	9.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 20 Feb 2009

vicky, lIVINGSTON Just point and shoot

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: brilliant to play dvds immediatyely after recording,really good picture quality - really surprised and impressed as are my friends!
Bad points:: None that I kinow of yet and I have used it a lot!

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Nov 2009

Confirmed purchaser

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: DVD can only plays on PC but not DVD player

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	8.0
Battery life	8.0
Weight	8.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Feb 2009

Philip, Leeds, West Yorkshire Keen amateur

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Light, easy to use, on screen menu is intuitive and it's easy to find the shots/scenes you want.
Bad points:: It's bad because the included software isn't apple mac compatible!

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	8.0
Battery life	7.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Review date: 10 Jul 2010

Confirmed purchaser

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: excellent camera,amazing pictures and vey easy too use
Bad points:: none

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Battery life	10.0
Weight	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 03 Sep 2008

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Product Features

Resolution quality	Full HD
Resolution quality can be standard definition (SD), High Defintion (HD) or Full High Definition (HD). SD camcorders will have 480 horizontal lines of resolution whereas HD camcorders can have up to 1080. The more lines of resolution you have, the sharper your video will look. Full HD refers to camcorders that record in 1920 × 1080 resolution.
3D	No

Optical zoom ratio	25
The amount by which the camera optics (lens) can bring the subject closer.
Media format	DVD
This is the type of storage that your digital camera or camcorder uses to save images to. The main types of card media format: Compact Flash Micro SD MMC (Multi Media Card) SD Card (Secure Digital) SDHC (Secure Disk High Capacity)
Connections	USB

Type of memory card	Memory Stick

Type of memory card	Memory Stick Duo

Shape of camcorder	Horizontally held

Digital zoom ratio	2000
Not to be confused with optical zoom, digital zoom enlarges a portion of the image thus simulating optical zoom. In doing so, some image quality is lost.
Type of image stabiliser	Optical
If a photo is taken at a slow shutter speed, or at a long focal length, the effects of ‘hand shake’ will be amplified. Some cameras come with built-in image stabilisation which is designed to act against this to produce sharper images. It’s great for low light shots without a tripod, like at a gig.
Widescreen recording	Yes
Resolution (Megapixels)	0.7

Hard disk capacity (Gigabytes)	8
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
Shortest shutter speed (Fractions of a second)	1/800
This is the fastest speed at which the camera can take a photo. Faster shutter speeds really freeze the action and are great for sports photography.
Weight (g)	400
The weight of the product in grams.
Screen size (Inches)	2.7
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Maximum aperture telephoto	2.9
Maximum aperture wide	1.8

Lowest focal length (Millimetres)	50.5

Highest focal length (Millimetres)	594

Type of chip	CMOS

Release date	2008-02-19
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony HDRUX7E, SONY DVD410E, Sony DCRDVD410E, DCR-DVD410, Sony Handycam DCR-DVD410E

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Manufacturer's Description

Shoot, eject and play. Enjoy brilliant megapixel picture quality with all the convenience of DVD. Carl Zeiss lens with powerful 25x optical zoom. HYBRID Plus recording onto 8GB internal memory and removable Memory Stick, plus PC-free burning to 8cm DVD for archiving and easy sharing.

High quality Standard Definition recording on 8GB internal memory and convenient DVD disc
Up to 5 hours recording onto 8GB internal memory and burn to 8cm DVD for easy sharing and archiving (HYBRID Plus)
1 megapixel CCD sensor
Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 25x optical zoom / 2000x digital zoom
Super SteadyShot for improved still image and video stability
1 megapixel still image recording onto removable Memory Stick
2.7” Wide Hybrid LCD touchscreen
Wide colour viewfinder
Quick ON button for fast start-up from sleep mode
Face Index and Film Roll Index for quick, easy searches
5.1 surround sound recording with zoom mic for clearer dialogue and sound of foreground subjects – 5.1ch centre mic ready
Up to 10 hours STAMINA continuous shooting time (with optional battery)
USB 2.0 High speed connection for fast PC transfer (output only)
Fun, easy to use Picture Motion Browser software with web upload assist function.