I'll be up front - I love this thing, and the only reason I'm selling it is because it doesn't work with the Mac and iMovie. It is barely used and is in excellent, well cared for condition.
Check out the review from PCWorld
here
Some highlights:
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The Sony DCR-IP5 is the smallest and lightest camcorder we've seen. But despite its miniscule size, it still has a bright 2.5-inch LCD screen that is easily viewable in all but direct sunlight; it also has battery life comparable with that of the other camcorders we've reviewed, at about an hour.
However, the camcorder's small size does have its disadvantages. It doesn't leave an awful lot of room for the controls, so many of them are extremely small and awkward to use; testers with large hands found the DCR-IP5 a bit difficult to work with, as the controls aren't where the fingers naturally fall. You are also paying a lot for the compact size: At $950, this is the most expensive camcorder we've looked at.
You get a reasonably good selection of features on the camcorder, including composite- and S-Video-in and -out ports and an effective digital image stabilization system.
The DCR-IP5 uses Sony's new MicroMV tape format instead of the more common MiniDV tapes ... still hold a full hour of video thanks to the fact that the video is more compressed than it is with MiniDV. The extra compression didn't seem to impact the quality of the recorded video.
The downside of MicroMV is that most video editing software can't read in the video. While you can use just about any digital video editing program with any MiniDV camcorder, with MicroMV you are stuck with either Sony's own MovieShaker software (comes with the camcorder) or the extra-cost special version of Pinnacle's Video Studio software that is advertised in the packaging.
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It is very easy to use, and the transfer process to any PC with the MovieShaker software is very easy. You can then export and transfer to iMovie, but that was just too much work for me.
I am looking for $500 for this system, which comes with everything except the original box.
Thanks,
Mike
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