ReviewGist Ratings: Best Sony Camcorders - HQ Recording Speed, 14 to 106 Hours Battery Life

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'The bad: Annoying menu system; no wind filter or meaningful audio controls; relatively big and heavy; expensive; defaults to low resolution, not-full-HD video quality; cumbersome touch-screen interface. '
'The CX550V has a nice array of features including manual focus, aperture and shutter control, and multi-channel audio recording. '
'Some gimmicks.'
'remarkably smooth video'

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'Annoying menu system.'
'The camcorder's large touchscreen has a relatively high resolution and is nice to work with.'
'feel terribly small, uncomfortable and awkward to hold. '
'remarkably smooth video'

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'awkward touch-screen interface'
'(For serial videographers a Memory Stick slot is also included, though we can’t imagine anyone needing the additional space.) '
'Image quality is exceptional'
'sharp video quality'

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'Soft, noisy video. '
'No optical viewfinder'
'The 1/8-inch CCD sensor is substantially smaller and lower resolution than the 1/4-inch Exmor R CMOS found elsewhere in the Sony lineup.'
'The Sony SD 80GB Hard Drive Digital Camcorder, Model: DCR-SR68/L features a massive internal storage drive, Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens and a touch-screen interface for extreme user friendliness. '