Sony Handycam HDR-TG1 1080p Camcorder

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That's a pretty awesome price from a top notch retailer (B&H).
Often when you buy electronics online from a less than reputable seller, you get the old bait'n switch.

This Sony was my second choice camera. Too bad I just bought the Panasonic Lumix ZS3. Doesn't shoot 1080p (only 720p), but it has a 25-300mm zoom, 10MP, and many other features.

Why on earth would anyone pay 500+ for a camcorder like this? I don't care if it's made out of adamantium.

Sony's stabilizer is better than most. The lens is very fast and should be good indoors. Small, cute, True FuLLHD + cradle and Sony name = expensive.

How many other camcorders with 10X optical zoom can go in your pocket?

#3, why would you want to video the inside of your pocket?

sometime Sanyo Xacti HD1010 is on sale for $179 at radioshack

from a review

Once plugged to your full HD TV you'll begin to wonder if you were really recording in 1080. Pictures are without a doubt beautiful, but far from what's to be expected from a 1080 camera. Like many other compact HD cameras, the TG1 suffers from obvious aliasing on fixed pictures with contrasted lines, or pictures with slow movements. However, these are problems you should expect with something as light and compact as the TG1.While the overall video capability of the TG1 is pretty good, as with the UI we had to struggle to save and edit video on our computer. Like Panasonic SD cameras, the TG1 uses the AVCHD codec, a pretty good codec which is based on the H.264. Although we're NOT strangers to AVCHD, we had the most horrible experience when backing up and saving video to PC...

For a reasons we can't explain, Sony decided to make simple things like installing a software a real torture.... WHY ON EARTH is it REQUIRED to have the camera plugged into the PC in order to install and operate the companion software? To simplify the process threw away this piece of crap and used Panasonic's AVCHD to DVCPRO converter software to edit our video on Edius Broadcast... Well done Sony!Plus:
Compact and Stylish
Good video, once converted in 720p
Good AF even in Low Light
Great IS

Minus:
Horrible UI
Horrible Photo Mode
Needs Sony proprietary SOftware to edit video on your PC
No optional Wide angle lenses

Conclusion:
Compact, Stylish and providing good video once turned in 720p, Sony with the TG1 will definitively attract a lot of potential buyer, but unfortunately for us the TG1 is not mature yet, several UI flaws combined with poor photo quality and a poorly design companion software make us wonder why spending SO much money when the HD1000 form Sanyo... [Truncated]

Does this work well in low light?

I doubt it. The tech for a really small true 1080p camera is still in the future. Look at the review just posted above... That, and it's sony - stupid proprietary formats...

That price is crazy expensive.

Sony always manages to take sleek hardware with good potential and make it a terrible user experience with their software. Remember NetMD? It might have been cool with better software...

Sony + software on your PC = Forget it!

out of your mind if you buy

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