Sony HDR-SR8E Camcorder Review

Sony has been leading the pack in the rapidly growing high-definition camcorder market, particularly in Europe. The company was the first to bring HDV to the UK, the first to bring HDV down to the £1,000 price point, and the first to launch products using the MPEG-4-based AVCHD format. So the HDR-SR8E joins a burgeoning Sony range with no less than four different product categories. Sony is clearly hedging its bets by continuing to support HDV while also offering models using optical disc, MemoryStick and hard disk. The SR8E opts for the latter and is the new flagship in this area.

..Assuming AVCHD is the nascent consumer video format for the high definition era - and it’s fast becoming so - then Sony’s HDR-SR8E provides the most accomplished implementation of it we’ve seen. The low light abilities are a disappointment, but with its 100GB storage, decent still images and comprehensive feature set, the SR8E is the best hard-disk AVCHD camcorder yet, and the high price seems fairly reasonable for such a capable piece of kit. [TR Recommended]

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