Sony DCR-IP5
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Do not buy DCR 1P5
by Savitha B on Dec 10th, 2006 at 2:46 PM:
I fell in luv with this camera b'coz of its compact size. But now am sitting with a bunch of home movies on micromv tapes not able to find any DVD recorder that supports transferring movies recorded using this camcorder. Even Sony DVD recorders do not support this technology. Unable to download the videos to my computer as well, that was working until I bought my latest XP machine. The zoom button on the camera is terrible. The next camcorder I buy - I want to make sure it records directly to a DVD.
Do not buy microMV
by Gary on Dec 7th, 2006 at 5:06 PM:
Run like h*ll from this technology. There is no software that can reliably capture the video in DV format. I've owned this camera for 3 years now and it just sits in the bottom of the camera bag.
The only good thing about it is the size. It fits in any oversize shirt pocket.
The Betamax of the camcorder world.
by Ian Taylor on Mar 27th, 2005 at 6:24 PM:
Don't buy micromv cameras.
They are small, sexy, light and go anywhere. Unfortunately, the footage isn't as good a quality as DV, nor can it be edited easily on a PC (despite what site review says) - and that's the whole point of digital camcorders.
The supplied software lacks features, is slow and crashes easily, especially if you are using anything other than Windows XP.
You can now buy video editing software that claims to support mmv, but they are few and far between. Even those that do are temperamental and suffer from glitches, nowhere near as fully supported as mDV/DV.
Take the advice of someone who fell for the size and looks, and odd good review (did they even use the camera/software), don't buy a MMV camera. Even Sony have hinted they won't be supporting this format anymore.
Remember Betamax?
Size and functionality great, video qual
by Scott on Nov 8th, 2003 at 3:58 PM:
Size and functionality great, video qualy outstanding for the small size - hard to tell the difference from my Sony PC110 DV - can't use normal digital editing and the software they give you is not great. There must be a good mpeg2 editor somewhere or Premier could be updated. There is an annoying freeze frame at the end of each clip which you have to edit out. I still like it because it fits in a pocket and goes everywhere. You get shots you wouldn't otherwise get.
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Great quality product when you have the software
by Joe Tabarnakos on Jul 28th, 2008 at 4:30 PM:
Colors are rich and crisp, the anti-shake system works really well.
What I don't like : tiny zoom button not always precise when you need instant zooming and tiny button to navigate in the menu.
Never had a software problem, seems like this is the major cause of the low rating for this product.
People, you need to use Ulead Studio to work with micromv.
In all, superb camera for a trip or where you know there will be lots of movement, not on the professional side.