Product Description

No more switching tapes or rewinding means more time for shooting. Welcome to life with the DCR-SR82 Handycam camcorder. With a 60GB hard disk drive, you can store up to 40 hours of video (LP) in amazing resolution with the 1 megapixel CCD. An industry leading Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar Lens captures incomparable detail and the 2.7" Wide Touch Panel Hybrid LCD Display gives you total control over what you've shot. Then, easily transfer and share your videos by simply connecting the DCR-SR82 to the included Handycam Station and burn a disc with a single click. So, step into the next generation of video and start capturing more memories.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7877 in Camera & Photo
• Brand: Sony
• Model: SR82
• Dimensions: 3.36 pounds
• Display size: 2.7

Features

• 60 GB built-in hard disk drive; record up to 40 hours
• 1-megapixel Advanced HAD CCD imager; Super SteadyShot picture stabilization system
• Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens; 25x optical/2000x digital zoom
• 2.7-inch widescreen touch-panel SwivelScreen LCD
• Handycam Station included; one-touch disc burn

Manufacturer Description
With a 60 GB built-in hard disk drive, the DCR-SR82 lets you capture up to 40 hours of stunning video (in LP mode) with the 1-megapixel CCD. A 2.7-inch touch-panel LCD monitor offers total control over every detail while the One-Touch Disc Burn feature makes it possible to share it all with the simple touch of a button.

DCR-SR82 Highlights

1-megapixel Advanced HAD CCD imager The 1/6-inch Advanced HAD (Hole Accumulation Diode) CCD with 690K effective video pixels provides stunning detail and clarity, for exceptional video (up to 520 lines of horizontal resolution) and still image performance. Realize great looking digital still images with 1,000K effective pixels.

25x optical/2000x digital zoom The optical zoom helps to bring the action close up from far away. In addition, the Digital Zoom interpolation means that extreme digital zooming is clearer, with less distortion than previous types of digital zooms.

Professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vario- Tessar lens Carl Zeiss lenses have an advanced optical multi-layer coating for increased contrast. This results in vivid image brilliance, true-to-life color saturation and perfect renditions of subtle tones.

Handycam Station included Simply placing the camcorder on the supplied Handycam Station provides quick connections to a compatible TV for viewing or a PC for editing and sharing, all while charging the battery so your camcorder is always ready to go.

2.7-inch widescreen touch-panel SwivelScreen LCD The 2.7-inch 16:9 LCD screen provides excellent viewing clarity. The high-resolution 123K pixel LCD screen rotates up to 270 degrees for multiple viewing angles, providing sharp, detailed images for monitoring or playback, and the widescreen format makes shooting in 16:9 mode and composing shots even easier.

Memory Stick Duo media slot Capture still images up to 1152 x 864 resolution directly onto Memory Stick Duo media for easy transfer to PCs for emailing, printing or sharing with other compatible Memory Stick media devices.

One-touch wide-angle shooting Easily switch between 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratios for shooting, with just the touch of a button.

Progressive shutter system A mechanical shutter system that provides progressive-scan performance while utilizing an interlaced scanning system. Digital still images will be sharp and clear with excellent definition.

Super SteadyShot picture stabilization system An advanced version of Sony's SteadyShot system that controls an even higher range of shake and vibration frequencies, to achieve an even higher level of smoothness without degradation of video like some other image stabilization systems.

USB 2.0 interface The USB 2.0 interface provides an easy way to connect your Hard Disk Handycam to the computer and fast transfer of video and still images for editing. The camcorder can also be used as an external storage device, convenient for archiving, storing and trasporting your videos and still images.

DVDirect compatibility The DVDirect system allows for easy transfer to a stand-alone DVD Burner via USB 2.0. The VRD-VC30 allows for easy transfer of video for DVD Burning. While the VRD-MC3 allows for seamless transfer of both video and still images for archiving on a DVD. Easy PC backup Easily back up your footage to your PC using the supplied software. The footage will be stored on your PC's hard drive for archiving purposes and viewing at a later time; the footage is stored by date allowing for quick access. In addition, only new footage is transferred to your PC each time you backup your footage.

One-touch disc burn Easily burn a DVD copy of your footage using the supplied software. Simply connect you DCR-SR82 to your PC via the Handycam Station and supplied USB cable and press the One Touch Disc Burn button.

HDD Smart Protection A unique shock absorber protects the Hard Disk Drive from physical damage if the unit is dropped. When the 3G Sensor detects a drop (loss of gravity), the power to the Hard Disk Drive is turned off in order to prevent damage. During this time the DCR-SR82 remains powered on and recording video to the built-in buffer. Once the unit has recovered from the drop, the buffer is then recorded to the Hard Disk Drive.

Additional Features

• Active interface shoe
• Super NightShot Plus infrared system
• Manual focus
• On-screen zoom and record buttons
• Scene selection modes
• Picture effects
• Fader effects
• InfoLithium battery with AccuPower meter system
• Battery information
• Easy Handycam button
• Tele Macro function
• Multi-language menu

Customer Reviews

Buy this camera!
This is my 3rd video camera and my first Sony and I absolutely love it! I have officially become a Sony Snob! It is worth every extra penny! I originally had a Panasonic then JVC and only wish I spent the extra money the first time for the Sony.

I am extremely picky with picture quality and could not be happier! For a personal/nonprofessional camera this is the best! My camera has been on 2 vacations all over the place in low light and bright light, even on a boat and I had NO problems with focus or color.

The touch screen is so easy to use and convenient. I love the setup and how easy it is to watch or delete a video.

I was sceptical about the night vision but think it is just as good as a regular light (I had one on my other camera). The picture is slightly grainy with the night vision which is to be expected in low light but I hands down prefer to not have everyone I am filming squinting from the bright light in their eyes.

I don't know what everyone is complaining about with charging the battery. I do not find this to be an issue- simply plug in the camera and the battery charges..... The battery seems to stay charged for 2-3 hours. I bought an extra one for $50 which works great.

I was not sure if I should purchase this model after reading the reviews of the picture quality compared to an HD model. THIS IS NOT AN HD CAMERA! Based on this, the picture is AWESOME! I could not be happier! This is the best quality I have had in a video camera by far in all areas.
I have not tried to take pictures since I have my own camera and don't think you can expect the best pictures from a video camera. This was not a factor for me.

In my opinion, this is the BEST HDD video camera for the money and I will never buy another brand!

Terrible CamCorder
I never review anything, but I felt I needed to make a review of this product. We purchased this camcorder just before Christmas. Normally Sony makes great electronic equipment, but this camera has been terrible from day one.

For a long time I thought "Well, maybe it needs perfect lighting" or "Maybe the boys were moving to fast", but then I realized that our ancient camcorder - also a Sony - NEVER had a problem with these issues.

This camera almost never focuses properly. It's off just enough that you rub your eyes thinking maybe its you, but its not. If you watch through the view finder, you can actually stand there and see the picture go in and out of focus - and I'm not even moving.

I like the video to disk thing, but it's not worth much if you go to video you little boy's school play and get home to find everything is out of focus.

It's up to you, but I for one would never spend anything on one of these cameras again.

Bad shopping @ butterflyphoto
I had the worst experience shopping for SR82 at butterflyphoto thru Amazon. I always loved shopping at Amazon but this has been my worst experience. First butterflyphoto put this product as on sale for 570$. I was really waiting for an offer as the last time i got this handycam was in christmas and for $500 thru Amazon. So I quickly hit the checkout and purchased it. I recieved a shipped mail (thru fedex) from butterfly after a few days and on the same day I received the mail that the request had been cancelled. I went in Amazon my stuff section to find my order but it clearly had dissapeared. Initially the money was withdrawn but then they had cancelled the payment.

Now whats so worse when you got your money back you might think. The worst part was the item was shipped to my address and was cancelled half way thru and the only reason I can now find for this is that SR82 rates have increased twice fold.

Why should they provide a sale if its a false one. If they did not have the product I can understand. But it waas shipped and cancelled and so much for customer satisfaction.

This is my first review. Many good experiences do not provoke us to write about them but one bad one does.