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Sony DCR-HC52 MiniDV Handycam Camcorder with 40x Optical Zoom | 
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| Brand: Sony
Category: Photography
List Price: $249.99
Buy Used: $155.78
You Save: $94.21 (38%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Monitor Size: 250
Includes Software: no
Optical Zoom: 40
Digital Zoom: 80
Connectivity: IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Focal Length: 76
Minimum Focal Length: 1.9
Maximum Resolution: 340000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 10 x 6
nv:Sensor: 340,000 Pixels
Size: 1/6-inch
Storage Media: mini DVD
Optical Zoom: 40x
Digital Zoom: 2000x
Focal Length: 1.9 - 76mm
Focus Mode: Auto
Focus Mode: Manual
LCD Monitor: 2.5-inches
LCD Pixels: 123,200 pixels
LCD Coverage: 100%
Maximum Aperture: f1.8 - 4.1
Shutter Speed: Auto
Shutter Speed: 1/60 - 1/4000 sec.
White Balance Control: Auto
White Balance Control: Indoor
White Balance Control: One Push
White Balance Control: Outdoor
Shooting Modes: Auto
Shooting Modes: Landscape
Shooting Modes: Sunset
MPN: DCR-HC52
Model: DCR-HC52
UPC: 027242727427
EAN: 0027242727427
Release Date: January 31, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1/6" Advanced HAD CCD Imager, 680K Pixels (Gross) | | • | 40X Optical / 2000X Digital Zoom | | • | 2.7" Touch Panel SwivelScreen LCD Display (123K Pixels) | | • | Professional Quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens | | • | InfoLITHIUM Battery with AccuPower Meter System |
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Product Description
The DCR-HC52 MiniDV Handycam camcorder is a high quality, versatile, and highly capable device. Boasting a strong zoom lens and vivid color reproduction, this camcorder delivers what you need to capture those memorable events. The Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens and Super SteadyShot image stabilization capture clear, sharp video. Powerful 40x optical / 2000x digital zoom brings you close to the action, and the 2.5" touch panel SwivelScreen LCD display puts control of everything at your fingertips.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Entry Level Handycam March 25, 2008
67 out of 67 found this review helpful
First let's correct the Amazon description, this is a 40X optical zoom camera, not 25X as seen on the product itself.
This is a great camera to start out with, the simplicity of Mini DV tapes makes this a good value choice. DVD camcorders in this price range suffer from bad battery life, and disk errors that can render your disks useless. The Mini DV tapes are tried and true.
I use an Apple computer at home and the camera connects to iMovie with no problems using the iLink port on the camera. All you need in most cases is a Firewire 6pin to 4pin cable, and you are good to go.
The video and audio quality are good, and the night vision is fun too. This is not a upper level camera so don't expect several bells and whistles, but it performs great, and has the basic features most people will ever need. The battery life is fair, but that is expected, all camcorder companies want you to buy an extra battery, but at least Sony gives you several options.
With a full charge and a new tape, expect about an hour of record time.
Great camera at an awsome price March 30, 2008
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
I have been renting a Sony DCR-HC21 from my college for a month or so now. I'm a photographer by trade but I really became interested with editing digital video so I looked around for a camcorder that was a bit above mid range. This is it, it has enough professional functions to make it just right for me. Ability to recored in 16:9 widescreen, touch screen LCD, ability to control exposure, manual and auto focus, 40x optical zoom, and at $234.99 it's an awesome buy.
The one Con I can think of is that the battery provided with the camera is very poor. Only lasts for 115 minutes, which seems nice but in comparison to the NPFH50 that lasts for 3 hours it's poor. Do yourself a favor and buy the NPFH50 Battery for $26 here on amazon.
The other thing that I can't fathom is that none of these minidv camcorders come with the firewire data cable. It seems like including an 8 dollar cable wouldn't be that difficult, Sony afterall bundles the software needed to transfer the video to your PC.
All in all this is the best camcorder for the money, I chose this over the Canon ZR900 and I'm glad that I did. It's well build and has all the features that an amateur or professional would want.
EXCELLENT quality for the $ June 7, 2008
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
I tried to buy this camera from Amazon but their server was trashing on 6/6/08 so I dashed over to the local WalMart and picked up one. After spending the last 7 hours going over every feature and nuance, I wish I'd had this camera last week for videoing a great rock band in Illinois... the spot metering feature would have provided me vastly better results than the old Sharp miniDV it replaced! One review of this camera is extremely biased by the buyer's ignorance of technology... firewire is the only way to go for transferring DV to computer, and this feature works flawlessly on this camera. I'm very pleased to have one, and not even sorry to have paid more at WalMart than Amazon's great price! Image quality is excellent!
 Nice camera NO USB March 1, 2008
12 out of 73 found this review helpful
I bought this camera, comes with Windows Computer edit software, but guess what? I does not have an USB port, I learn that the manual I checked was also for the DCR-HC54 which has USB, but this cam has not. Now I should pay expensive hardware in order to get to see my videos on computer.
I will not recommend this stuf, I whish I could change it!!
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Nice Camera July 11, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
We have had the camera for a month now, and have been extremely happy with it so far.
a) the quality of the images are excellent
b) the ease of use is excellent
c) the compactness of the camera is excellent
d) the battery life is excellent.
e) the auto focus and auto exposure has been very good
e) The LCD panel is excellent, and is still quite satisfactory in bright light.
The only negative is that the optical view finder is very poor, and too small to use. However, this really has not been an issue at all, since the LCD panel does not seem to be a drain on the battery, and has been usefully visible under all light conditions.
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