Sony HDR-SR1
on 10.22.06, 11:27am in media • comments (7)
[Sony] For the first time ever, you can record high-definition video directly to a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) with the HDR-SR1 Handycam camcorder. 1/3" ClearVID CMOS Sensor with 1990K (effective) pixels provides stunning detail and clarity with exceptional video (up to 1080 lines of horizontal resolution - HD; 530 lines of horizontal resolution - SD) and still image performance. The Megapixel technology enhances your digital videos and digital still (3980K) photography performance.
I’m so freaking tempted to just run out and buy this camcorder - it has a 30gb hard drive for recording 1080i video in AVCHD format. No more ‘capture to your computer’, just attach the camcorder to a PC or Mac, copy the file over and start your post production. It has 1080i, AVCHD (15mbps), HDMI output, 5.1 sound and a 30gb hard drive all for $1499.
Must. Resist. Temptation.
More details and a preliminary review can be found at camcorderinfo.com.
Grover Saunders (October 23, 2006 @ 11:46 am)
Note: I’m not naysaying, I’m genuinely asking this question in hopes there is an answer.
What do you do when you run out of space? I guess you could keep a computer to dump the video onto, but that seems like a pain to carry a laptop around with you. And where do you store your archive footage? At those sizes, you’d have to buy a pretty big HD solely for that purpose or start piling it onto DVDs manually.
Also the “just pull the video onto your HD and edit” idea is a bit misleading since pulling 30GB onto your machine over firewire is gonna take awhile. Less than capturing in realtime certainly, but not enough that you’d just sit and wait for it to happen either.
I dunno, I just feel like having a cheap archive format that I don’t have to futz around with much seem more valuable to me.
lance (October 26, 2006 @ 7:16 pm)
I appreciate this review - very timely. I held out and purchased a Canon HV10 today, instead of the Soney SR-1 or UX-1.
The HV-10 has some flaws, but it won’t break my arm after holding it for long periods. I’ve tried these cameras side by side, and both the Sony models are bricks - sorry. I’m not a small guy (or weak), but this flaw really lowers their usability more than your review indicates.
lance
http://www.camcorder-battery-shop.com
Steve (October 26, 2006 @ 9:26 pm)
This wasn’t really a review, more of a “hey, this is cool”. I really like the Canon HV10 (it’s HDV which is a huge bonus), but it’s still tape based. I was really hoping my next camcorder will have a hard drive in it.
Jonathan Greene (October 29, 2006 @ 6:58 pm)
I really want this camera - though I’ve been looking at the Canon HV10 as well. The hard drive media storage is very cool but I wonder why they have not used a 60GB drive yet as they have in a non-HD camera.
also - how the heck do you edit AVCHD? There are no tools yet…
Stevee (October 30, 2006 @ 6:54 am)
Right now, I don’t know of any AVCHD tools. On Windows, once there’s a DShow Filter, most of the editing apps will work (premiere, vegas, etc). On the mac, we need to wait for an update to Final Cut or iMovie to support it.
kiky (July 20, 2007 @ 8:08 pm)
If that relly happend on, I hope a Notebook Battery stroe online, then when the power fo my laptop is wrong, i can find the replacement
http://www.notebook-battery.org
wiliam (July 30, 2007 @ 7:11 pm)
I link it!