Sony DCR-HC40ES Review

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Sony DCR-HC40ES
2.5 stars
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PVaru2005's Review of Sony DCR-HC40ES

30th Dec 2004

Overall Rating

2.5 stars
  • Value for money
    2 stars
  • Video Quality
    3 stars
  • Battery Life
    4.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    3.5 stars
  • Time Camcorder Owned
    6 - 12 Months
  • Sound Quality
    2 stars
  • Features
    2.5 stars
Good Points

Expandable memory sticks
Firewire port
DV in/out
Good battery life(without LCD)


Bad Points

Photo quality
Night modes a joke


General Comments

Had a Sony DCR-HC40ES for about 6 months now and it is good for first time camcorder users but having now used it sufficiently, I'm sorry to say it is not worth buying the HC40 when you can buy the cheaper models. The megapixel CCD is nothing more than a advert slogan the quality in outdoor conditions is good but as soon as you go indoors, the picture gets blurry and poor quality not what sony camcorders are about. The functions like manual focus can only be accessed through touchng the LCD screen and when recording it tends to come up on the audio everytime you touch the screen. I wouldn't recommend this to any camcorder hobbist as the quality when editing it on the PC is not what I expected before I ordered it.

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  • hammers1957 on 20th Mar 2005

    I have tranferred all my holiday from wdw onto pc then onto dvd, using a firewire card to get the best results and I don't think I can say a bad word against it, don't know if the writer of the above was using usb2 but that is not upto scratch.