Sony DCRTRV310 Handycam Digital Camcorder

I just recently got out of art school studying to be a computer animator so I have tried all sorts of digital effects with this camera after digitizing the footage and it works great! I have shot footage of one of my friends weilding fake Star Wars lightsabers and then added the glowing beams in a 3D modeling package, where doing so I had to edit nearly every frame... each frame output from this camera is crisp and clear at 720x480. Even on fast motion shots (the swinging of a fake lightsaber)!

I would HIGHLY recommed the Miro DV200 card if you own one of these cameras and want to do any sort of non-linear editing. It connects right into the cameras firewire port on the front and allows you to view, capture and control the camera using your PC. Once you are done editing the footage, the card will output the edited movies right back to the camera so you can play them on your TV or put them on a VHS tape! Its also GREAT for video for the web.

I start a new job across the country next week working in the video games industry and this camera is going to document my entire moving experience!

EXCELLENT purchase, I would highly recommend it to anyone wishing to do any sort of digital video project. When combined with a digital video capture card and non-linear editing software you can produce some HIGH QUALITY results!


Great consumer camera   August 15, 2000
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I have last year's model of this camera. The entire line of these Digital8 cameras is great for the average family or amateur videographer. There are many plusses to these cameras. First, they use cheaper Hi8 MP/ME tapes with 1 hour of record time. Image quality is great - not as good as higher quality prosumer or pro cameras - but still a MAJOR step up from VHS, Hi8 or any other non-digital camera. The firewire interface makes bringing footage into your computer a snap. You'll finally be able to edit those home movies that have been collecting dust on your shelves over the years. The camera records the date, time, exposure and other information to a data track on the tape. That means you can see the date/time stamp when you play the footage back without burning it into the actual video. My only critique of this camera is that fastforward and rewind speeds are a bit slow, there's no control over your audio levels, and little control over shutter sped...but those are more prosumer options, anyway.


Great consumer camera   August 15, 2000
 8 out of 9 found this review helpful

I have last year's model of this camera. The entire line of these Digital8 cameras is great for the average family or amateur videographer. There are many plusses to these cameras. First, they use cheaper Hi8 MP/ME tapes with 1 hour of record time. Image quality is great - not as good as higher quality prosumer or pro cameras - but still a MAJOR step up from VHS, Hi8 or any other non-digital camera. The firewire interface makes bringing footage into your computer a snap. You'll finally be able to edit those home movies that have been collecting dust on your shelves over the years. The camera records the date, time, exposure and other information to a data track on the tape. That means you can see the date/time stamp when you play the footage back without burning it into the actual video. My only critique of this camera is that fastforward and rewind speeds are a bit slow, there's no control over your audio levels, and little control over shutter sped...but those are more prosumer options, anyway.


Bad quality and not good.   July 29, 2000
 4 out of 17 found this review helpful

This sony camcorder TRV 310 is having IC defalt and after few hours of use screen will flash and the system will shut down.This is not worth at all.I do not recoment any one to buy this product.