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Sony DCR-TRV19 Mini-DV Camcorder
Release Date	:	22 January, 2003
Manufacturer	:	Sony
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Our Price	:	£ 399.99
List Price	:	£

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Good little camera.

Had this camera now for a few weeks and it does the job well. The touch screen very good keeping the number of buttons on the camera to a minimum. Picture quality very good and the battery life not bad. Found that the normal zoom is fine and so did not bother enabling the digital zoom. Only small prob is the noise from the DV tape motor being picked up on the mic when filming.

Purchased Pinnacle DV 8 to capture the footage to my PC to edit so I do not bother adding fades and effects via the camera.

Excellent product

Having done a lot of research on the various digital camcorders available on the market,I decided to buy this one. The key features I was looking for were (a) good picture quality (b) good build quality (c) the ability to interface well to a PC. This camera meets all of these criteria, the main difference between this model and the more expensive ones (DCRTRV22,33) is the addition of a memory stick (useful for photos, not much else) and a couple of extra digital effects. On the whole I reckon neither of these features are particularly useful, if you want to be taking digital photos a digital camera is a far product superior in terms of picture quality. With regard to digital effects, these are standard features on pretty much all digital video editing software.

Best for your bucks?

My sister-in-law and I both bought a camcorder at the same time. We did our research independently, and when it was time to hand over our hard-earned cash we compared notes.

We'd both started with simple criteria: a compact Mini-DV camcorder with good battery life, firewire and ideally a nice set of features such as a good Steady-Shot and 0-lux (night filming). My sister-in-law also wanted some kind of camera capabilities, although that was not important to me as I already had a Canon Digital IXUS which does the job.

Over our couple of weeks independent research, I looked and almost finalised on various camcorders of various makes (JVC, Panasonic, Canon) but all of them had that one 'issue' which kept my wallet safely in my back pocket. After asking around friends and reading reviews in camcorder magazines and on the internet, one brand name seemed to stand out for being consistently high quality - Sony. Fair enough, I thought... but do they have a model for me?

They did - the Sony TRV19. Compact, feature-packed, and well finished. It even has the nice-to-have features I wanted... and more. Now I've had it a few weeks and I'm impressed and happy to recommend it. Tip though: don't bother with the USB... spend a few quid on a firewire card.

btw... remember I mentioned my sister-in-law who wanted photo capabilities and did all her own research?

Sony TRV22.