[rla1996]

I have this one, and absolutely love it.

I wanted a video camera that didn't have in internal memory that could get full, but I didn't want to have to keep buying DVDs to record to either. I chose this one because it also allows recording on the memory stick (Sony's SD card). When I'm finished recording I just pop the stick out and transfer video to my PC without even having to hook the camera to the PC. Plus with several different sticks I can record whatever I want then decide later how i want to group it on disks. I can record my husband's races on it and if i don't feel like changing the card can put a birthday party on the same stick and put them on different disks when I'm ready. I've also take video of my husband's races, or then kids' football games on several different sticks throughout the season and then put all the races on one DVD and all the football games on another.

****My best advice is to go to the electronics store and play with all the different cameras. This will give you the best feel for them and help you decide which is right for you. Let me tell you when I went to store to buy, this camera it wasn't the one I intended to Buy, but after handling it and several others it turned out to be the one that i liked the best, and with the features i wanted most.

Anyway good luck in your search.

 

[rla1996]

rla1996 - How is the weight and ease of use with your Sony? I did see that one when I went to the store and it seemed to be pretty popular (a lot of people were looking at it).

The weight and size are both amazing, but then I prefer they type of camera the straps to your hand because I feel it gives you a steadier picture. The light weight of this camera makes it easy to hold up for long stretches of time, though if its going to be more than 10 minutes I tend to use the tripod... I'm lazy that way. As for size I want out and bought an actual camera case (for a photo camera not a video) that is so small that I can easily carry the video camera in my purse.