'The HDR-HC1 is also uncharacteristic of Sony's recent announcements in it's level of manual control of audio.'
'the world's smallest and lightest high-definition consumer camcorder with full HD resolution based on HDV 1080i.'
'Beginners can start shooting right out of the box on fully automatic settings and more sophisticated shooters will be happy to find many professional bells and whistles.'
'the HC1 has one significant downside for the enthusiast: tapes load from the bottom'
'records in three formats - HDV, DVCAM and MiniDV, providing a high degree of flexibity to producers who are in the process of making the transition to MiniDV'
planetdv.net
'a touch of a button takes the zoom from fully wide to full zoom to enable manual focus.'
dvuser.co.uk
'a touch of a button takes the zoom from fully wide to full zoom to enable manual focus.'
'the focus ring is far too sensitive, making subtle focus adjustments extremely challenging.'
'The biggest thing which camcorder enthusiasts will find missing from the HDR-FX1 is the option to shoot true progressive scan video, especially at the 24 frames per second rate which independent filmmakers seek out.'
'The image was sharp'
'clearest, smoothest High Definition video images'
