[miunkimafia]

Hi Guys,
I am in the market for my first Camcorder as I have my first child on the way in April
I was wondering if anyone has experience with the HC5E, as I have seen in in COSTCO for just over £400 which seems pretty good.
I will be using it for everyday sort of stuff, and editing on a G5 iMac for the time being, and will probably get some sort of High Def burner in the future.
Playback through a Sammy M87 LCD.
Any thoughts, as ever all help gratefully received!

[chubtor]

There are 6 mixed reviews on the Amazon website http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-HDR-SR5...ustomerReviews

I can't make my mind up about this particular camcorder.

[chubtor]

Sorry I screwed that up, must get new reading glasses. There are only 2 reviews that I could find and they are here http://www.ciao.co.uk/Reviews/Sony_HDR_HC5E__6616792

[miunkimafia]

Originally Posted by chubtor

Sorry I screwed that up, must get new reading glasses. There are only 2 reviews that I could find and they are here http://www.ciao.co.uk/Reviews/Sony_HDR_HC5E__6616792

I think thats a different model, with a Hard Drive, the HC5E is tape based.
But thanks for the input.

[Mr Lazy]

No, the one on ciao is the right one.

[senu]

The HC5 is fine.. It records Hi Def to tape and records standard def as well. It is small, but wel built

I have seen it in Comet for even a little Less; ( £380) it is described as a "Discontinued line" . This accounts for the low price. not that Sony need to "get rid" of it

If you are happy with HDV rather than AVCHD , Save your pennies and buy with confidence

[redsox_mark]

HC5 is a good HDV camcorder; doesn't have all the features of the HC7/HV20 (e.g. no external mic input), but quality is close to them.. for < £400 it's a great deal.

[transporter]

Originally Posted by redsox_mark

HC5 is a good HDV camcorder; doesn't have all the features of the HC7/HV20 (e.g. no external mic input), but quality is close to them.. for < £400 it's a great deal.

[hi did u expierience any motor noise from this cam as im thinking of getting one ,,,edd

[redsox_mark]

No issues with Motor noise from the HC5.

Can't fault the quality of this camera...

However.... Has anybody else had problems editing the HD video from this camera. When I bring HD onto computer via sony vegas, hdvsplit, or pinnacle the scene detection falls over... I get 3 frames from the next scene on the end of every scene.

I've been through a 3 month excercise with Sony Software support but with no resolution. I've returned the camera for warranty repair, but it was sent back "no fault found".

I have tried different computers with different operating systems.

If I use the camera's built in function to output down converted SD then all is OK. I now have rather a lot of footage I am unable to compile into any sort of sensible video.

Anybody successfully editing HD from this camera or its brothers HDR-HC7E / HDR-HC9E?

[redsox_mark]

I get 3 frames from the next scene on the end of every scene.

Capturing with Vegas with scene detection does this (well actually I get more like 2 extra frames at the start and 1 at the end). It's a known issue, which Sony doesn't seem to accept as a bug. There is a script (which I can send you) which removes the offending frames.

But I've not seen it crash. I tend to use HDVsplit instead of Vegas for capture, and it gets the scene detection correct.

I have a HC1.

At least I now know that there is someone else "suffering" with this problem.

Originally Posted by redsox_mark

Capturing with Vegas with scene detection does this (well actually I get more like 2 extra frames at the start and 1 at the end). It's a known issue, which Sony doesn't seem to accept as a bug. There is a script (which I can send you) which removes the offending frames.

There seems to be little (that I can find) relating to this on t'internet. Are you able to provide links to related articles/forums/blogs?

I've sent you a private message with my email address. I would be very pleased to see that script!!

[redsox_mark]

Here is an old thread from the Vegas forum (it is where I got the script from)
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/...171&replies=35

HDVsplit generally seems to avoid this issue for most people. It all has to do with the GOP structure and complexity of splitting on an I frame.

Thanks for the link... it certainly makes for interesting reading. And thanks for the script. For others reading this... you can only run scripts under the Pro version of Vegas.