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Sony DCR-SR72 Hard Disc Drive Camcorder With 2.7'' LCD Screen
 
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Sony DCR-SR72 Hard Disc Drive Camcorder With 2.7'' LCD Screen

by Sony
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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Technical Details

  • Up to 20hrs 50 min recording with built-in 60 GB Hard Disk Drive
  • Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® Lens
  • 1 Megapixel Advanced HAD CCD
  • STAMINA up to 7 hours 20 minutes (with optional battery)
  • Handycam Station
  • Hard Disk Drive Smart Protection system with 3G sensor and memory
  • 25x Optical Zoom / 2000x Digital Zoom
  • 2.7" Wide Hybrid LCD screen with touch panel
  • Easy-to-use Home menu and Guide function
  • Easy back up to PC with synchronisation
  • One Touch Disc Burn button on Handycam Station
  • Super SteadyShot
  • Super NightShot Plus
  • Easy Handycam function for easy automatic shooting
  • Memory Stick DUO slot for still image recording
  • 2nd Start / Stop REC and zoom button on LCD frame
  • Hi-speed USB 2.0 (output)
  • 10 Scene Selection
  • Battery Info
  • PictBridge compatible for easy printing
  • Weight 355
  • Dimensions Depth (mm) 109.0
  • Height (mm) 72.0 Width (mm) 73.0
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Product details

  • Item Weight: 354 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 1.4 Kg
  • Item model number: DCRSR72E.CEH
  • ASIN: B000N1ZFTW
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 28 Jan 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 9,821 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

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Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

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DCRSR72 Hard Disk Drive Handycam
Ideal for everyone who’s on the move, the DCRSR72 offers an impressively long recording
time and longer battery STAMINA – without the hassle of carrying extra tapes.

DCRSR32 HARD Disc Drive Handycam Ideal for everyone who’s on the move, the DCRSR32 offers an impressively long recording time and longer battery STAMINA – without the hassle of carrying extra tapes.


Easy to Use

Easy to Use

Pressing the Easy Handycam button allows simple 'point and shoot' operation. All the camera settings are automatically controlled to ensure optimum recording and minimal fuss.


Format

Format

Ultra-compact, lightweight and easy to use, the DCRSR72 Handycam records footage onto the camcorder’s 60GB Hard Disk, that’s up to an impressive 41 hours and 50 mins of recording time, which can be easily searched, viewed, or downloaded to a PC.

So what’s the other advantages of hard drive recording? Well;-
Longer shooting times
No tapes or discs to worry about
Various recording speeds
Random access


But that’s not all. The DCRSR72 can also be used for still image recording using a Memory Stick Duo slot located within the body of the camera, so no need to carry a stills camera too.


Zoom

Zoooom

The SR72E opens up dramatic new shooting possibilities with a massive 25x Optical Zoom and 2000 x digital zoom range via the high quality Carl Zeiss® Vario-Tessar® lens. A small, powerful lens designed for use in compact cameras and camcorders. Perfect for capturing contrast and colour to produce brilliant,
sharp images.
Wide angle performance has also been improved by 20%: a major bonus whether you’re shooting outdoor scenery or a group of people in a room.


Crash Protection – save your memories

Crash Protection – save your memories

There’s only one chance to capture special moments when they happen, and HDD Handycam adopts a two-fold HDD Smart Protection strategy to safeguard against the inadvertent loss of precious pictures. A physical shock absorber protects the drive against physical jarring and bumps during operation, while 3G
sensor detects abrupt motion in three dimensions to distinguish accidental drops from other body movements. Video stream buffering also ensures that recording continues smoothly.


Display

Display

A generous 2.7’’ colour LCD screen with touch panel display makes shooting even easier.


Power

Power

Longer record times, more STAMINA:
The DCRSR72 Handycam keeps on shooting when other camcorders give up! You'll get a running time of up to 90 - 100 minutes in continuous recording mode from the supplied NPFH40 battery. For the maximum battery life of up to 10 hours, Sony recommends using the optional new-generation H-Series InfoLITHIUMTM battery NPFH100 giving up to 10 hours of power, giving you plenty of time to capture that special day or event.


Handycam Station – the easy way to enjoy your results at home

Handycam Station – the easy way to enjoy your results at home

After shooting, there’s no need to fiddle with cables when you want to store, edit and enjoy the results at home. Supplied with all HDD models, Handycam Station can be linked permanently to a TV via its analogue connector, while the Hi- Speed USB port allows direct digital connection to a PC. It also doubles as a charger – just drop in your Handycam and power up while enjoying your new shots. One-Touch Disc Burn function is now 1.5x faster, allowing an hour’s worth of video to be recorded onto DVD using a connected PC in around 20 minutes.


Super Steady Shot & Nightshot

Super SteadyShot & Nightshot

Super SteadyShot is the inbuilt technology which reduces ‘handshake’, giving more stable images. Nightshot enables you to take close-up shots even in extremely poor light conditions.


Pictbridge Direct Print

Pictbridge Direct Print

Pictbridge allows images to be printed directly from digital camera to a printer, without having to connect the camera to a computer. PictBridge-capable printers typically have a USB Type A port which is then
connected by cable to the USB port of a PictBridge-capable digital camera (typically a Type Mini-B). The user then uses the camera to select the pictures to print, which the printer then retrieves from the camera and prints.


‘Sony’, ‘Handycam’, ‘Handycam Station’, ‘Super SteadyShot’, ‘Memory Stick Duo’, ‘STAMINA’, ‘InfoLITHIUM’, ‘Nightshot’, and their logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Corporation, Japan. All other trademarks acknowledged.

Product Description

The DCR-SR72 is designed for your ease of use. With its light and compact body and the 2.7" touchscreen LCD, the SR72 gives you the freedom to shoot anywhere and anytime.


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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
35 of 35 people found the following review helpful
We bought this camcorder several weeks ago and although we've not much experience of other systems I've been very impressed with the size, weight, quality and options of this unit. It only took an hour or so to master using it. The picture and sound quality are very good and the touch screen system is quite easy to get used to.

The night vision option is good, not sure how much I'd use this but worth having!

We bought a spare battery (the Sony NP-FH100) which is much bigger (size) than the supplied battery but should last around 10+ hours.

We only have a few negatives with this system, the photos it takes are only 1Megapixel so don't expect outstanding photos like you get with your digital camera. In addition, the lens cover is manual so its easy to forget to close it when you put it away. Finally, there is no standard flash on the camcorder, although you can buy one. Having said that, these are in my opionion only small negatives, we're very happy with this camcorder and Amazon were so so os much cheaper than all other sites/shops. You can also get cashback from Sony if you buy it, see link on amazon for details.

As one of the other reviewers said, buy it, you won't regret it and for the price I can't imagine you'd get much more!
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Brilliant! 13 Aug 2007
This camcorder is so easy to use, we learned how to use it very quickly in less than an hour, and the quality of the videos is fantastic. I would agree that you need to buy the longer lasting battery if intending to take this camera on holiday-which is what we did and we never ran out of battery as long as both were charged every couple of days at the hotel.Well worth the money, and the spacious hard drive meant instant recording without worrying about discs/tapes or running out of space.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A winnr from amazon 25 July 2007
I just parted with my 12 year old sony hi8. great picturs,great camera though a bit bulky.And i bought this!What a difference 12 years make its small light and so so easy to use,the hard drive will last a full 3 week holiday,picture quality is great on all 3 formats and the 2000 zoom boggles the mind,i stopped taking my last camcorder on holiday fed up putting it down and walking off leaving it was lucky getting it back,this one just slips in your pocket.only thing i miss is the viewfinder its a bit hard to see pic in bright sunlight not a problem in uk though ha ha.last of all WHAT A PRICE i nearly paid £599.99 from the top catalog shop (check it out and see)thanks amazon
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great little camera
In short.

Big hard drive
nice features
sony quality
never let me down

picture quality as good as other camera formats ( tape,dvd etc)... Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2009 by Mr. J. Wyer
Bad experience all over
We have had many problems with this cam. The videofiles are DVD-quality (25% of DV-quality) and cannot be edited on a mac. Video is striped all-over, so mainly unusable. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2008 by P. E. Van Beelen
Nice bit of kit pity about the quality
Nice little camera, tiny, easy to handle, good user friendly software, works fine with vista, good price for all the bits. The down side - Quality isn't brilliant! Read more
Published on 19 Dec 2007 by Mr. J. Taylor
Great camera, good work Sony!
I'd been playing with the idea of getting a camcorder for quite some time so I did allot of research into what to look for and which brands offered what and so I settled on the... Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2007 by K. Tomsett
DCR-SR72
Ordered the camera on Sunday arrived at my home on Tuesday. Easy to order and good service from Amazon.
Have taken some videos and photos and plyed them back on TV. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2007 by Paul Evans
Seems a decent camcorder
Easy to use, compact, excellent image quality. My only problem is that i can't figure out how to get it to work on windows movie maker. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2007 by C. Laing
This camcorder seems to work fine
I'm very pleased with this camcorder, which I've now had for a couple of weeks. However, here are a couple of bits of feedback:

1) The manual is not very helpful when it... Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2007 by Mr. B. Shuttleworth
Angry JG
Software supplied does not work with Sony Vaio Lap Top. Sony support after three calls (and still no one has called me back) say you can get a free download upgrade. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2007 by J. Gray
Just brilliant
Just go for it! The camcorder is absolutly brilliant, the interface is so easy to use anyone can just pick it up and use it like a pro. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2007 by Shafqat
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