Sony Handycam DCR-HC53 camcorder

"Sound is good and the zoom is excellent..."

"ALL ENQUIRYS ON WEB END UP SAYING FIRE WIRE REQUIRED, SO IF YOUR NOT A GEEK AND BASIC USER LIKE ME UV HAD IT , ALL MY FILMS ARE STUCK ON THE TAPES ????BASICALY POINTLESS Good for holiday pictures..."

"For the money it's a very good buy No USB lead, had to purchase seperately Reviewer left no comment Reviewer left no comment Reviewer left no comment Reviewer left..."

"Easy to use, great picture and a brand name No carry case, no tapes and no firewire cable I bought one of these for my wife at Xmas..."

"It has a big red button for record and the few other buttons it does have is to navigate through the masterpiece you've just recorded..."

"Its 40x which means you dont have to do all the walking and get..."

"Video colour is a bit washed out, particularly indoors [I tend to run in `easy' auto mode], but image sharpness is good and it's noticeably better than old hi-8 analogue tape..."

"The picture quality via AV/out is as pretty much as good as a standard TV picture at around 500 lines to PALs 625 (and is 20% better than analogue hi-8..."

"So overall the HC53E is highly recommended if going cheap [I paid 110..."