Sony HDR-SR5 AVCHD 4MP 40GB High Definition Hard Disk Drive Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom | 
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| Brand: Sony
Category: Photography
List Price: $919.99
Buy New: $519.99
You Save: $400.00 (43%)
New (6) Used (5) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 2747
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Monitor Size: 270
Optical Zoom: 10
Digital Zoom: 80
Display Size: 2.7
Maximum Focal Length: 51
Minimum Focal Length: 5.1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: HDRSR5
Model: HDR-SR5
UPC: 027242719651
EAN: 0027242719651
ASIN: B000PQH1YW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Record high-definition (AVCHD) video directly to a 40GB HDD | | • | 1/3-inch ClearVid CMOS sensor for high-quality HD or SD images | | • | 2.7-inch widescreen hybrid touch-panel Clear Photo LCD Plus display | | • | Professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens | | • | Easy one-touch disc burn; Handycam Station included |
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Product Description
Capture life's most precious moments in the purest, most detailed picture available. The compact and capable HDR-SR5 high definition Handycam(R) camcorder lets you experience the world of high definition. Professional-quality Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T lens and 10x optical, 80x digital zoom keeps everything close and clear. Switch between video modes to capture video in HD or SD (standard definition) on the built-in 40GB hard drive. You can even use the Dual Record Mode to capture exceptional still pictures and video with stunning detail and clarity (1080 lines of resolution - HD Mode or 530 lines of horizontal resolution - SD Mode). Optical stabilization achieves a higher level of smoothness without the video degradation that mars some digital stabilization systems. Easily control zoom and record buttons from the LCD screen's frame. Super NightShot(R) automatically adjusts shutter speed to increase picture brightness and clarity so you can shoot without much light and capture subjects from up to 10 feet away. InfoLithium with AccuPower(TM) Meter System (NP-FH60) Battery Type 35mm Equivalent Optics/Lens - 41.3-485mm (16 - 9 Camera Mode), 50.5-594mm (4 - 3 Camera Mode), 40.4-404mm (16 - 9 Memory Mode) & 37-370mm (4 - 3 Memory Mode) Scene Modes - Beach, Candle, Fireworks, Landscape, Portrait, Sports Lesson, Spotlight, Sunrise & Sunset, Twilight and Twilight Portrait Inputs and Outputs - Analog Audio/Video Output, USB Ports, Digital Audio/Video Input & Output, HDMI, Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr) Output, Remote Jack, S-Video Outputs Dimensions - 3 x 3 1/4 x 5 5/8 inch (75 x 81 x 140mm) Weight - 1 pounds 3 ounces (540 grams) with supplied battery
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| Customer Reviews: Read 35 more reviews...
Great Camera, Poor Software December 4, 2008
I've had this camera for over a year now, and have been very happy with it overall. Great picture, very easy to use, can take decent stills while also shooting video. I play the videos back on a 52" 1080p LCD tv and they look great.
The only drawback is the includedd software, Picture Motion Browser. It completely crashed my Vista Ultimate 64-bit computer and was totally unusable. While they claim to have corrected it, I can't seem to find a fix I can install fresh on the website. I think newer camera models have the newer software, but even the little bit I was able to use it (after install but before I rebooted the first time and it crashed), I wasn't impressed with usability anyways.
But, I went and bought a copy of Sony Vegas Studio Platinum for about a hundred bucks, and it is a great AVCHD video editor. If you simply assume when you buy this camera, you'll need to pay that as well, the pair make a great setup for editing and buring the videos to disks or saving them as video files of almost any format imaginable. And Vegas will interface with the camera to grab the files.
While having Vegas solves the software problem for editing and burning, it's a bit cumbersome for just viewing. I downloaded a free codec package (K-Lite Code Pack) which enabled window's media player to play the AVHCD .m2ts files, which took care of that.
One thing to note, the video on this is 1440 x 1080/ 60i, and some newer models are 1920 x 1080/ 60i. Overall, I'm pretty happy with this camera now that I've gotten the software side figured out, and I think the newer HDR-SR? ones are probably even better.
Another side note. AVCHD support may seem a little spotty now, but with a little research you can get things done well enough, and Windows 7 will support it natively (saw this on a MS website). So, the world will catch up.
Good Quality, Invest in Software October 22, 2008
This is a good camera but lacking hardware controls for zoom, focus, and iris. The AVCHD format is good but support for it is still catching up. Invest in Nero or Vegas Pro to edit.
 Don't record in HD May 22, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
My husband and I purchased this camcorder back in October, and found it to be a great little camcorder. We recently went on vacation, and got the idea to try recording in HD for the first time. We were able to play back the video ONCE by plugging into an HD TV. After that, we have been unable to retrieve ANY of our HD videos!! We can not even use the playback feature on the camcorder ... hours of video, now useless.
I really wish that we had done some more research before purchasing this. After many frustrating hours doing research, and downloading software, we have come to learn that the software for HD pretty much doesn't exist ... thus making the HD feature an expensive, yet useless "perk". Stay away from ANY Sony HD camera until more software becomes available.
 Stay Away from the camera April 27, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I spent a lot of money on this camera and thought it would work well with my VAIO laptop but the other reviews are accurate - Sony has horrible support and you can't do much with the videos. I'm insulted that they would expect me to pay another $200 just to do some editing. If you have a Mac (we have both) it wont work with it. The CD that came in the box was damaged so I couldn't even transfer my files to the PC without paying $30. Sony was arrogant when working with them. Stay away....
 Fabulous Camera April 5, 2008
I've had this for a few months and am really pleased with it. I've taken many movies, still shots within the movie, and just plain still shots. The quality is exceptional!
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