Hello,
I am hoping someone with a little know how can offer some advice. On Sunday I bought my first camcorder and after doing a little digging about and reading a few reviews with a budget of £250 I settled on the Sony HDR CX115e.
I set off down to currys where the Sony was £220 and in stock locally but when I got there the assistant who served me pointed out that the Panasonic HDC SD80 had £50 cash back this month cutting the cost from £280 to £230, he said it was a better camera with better features than the sony so as it was only a tenner more I plumped for the Panasonic.
When I got home I figured I would check out some online reviews as I had not bothered previously with it being over £250 and I seem to be finding very mixed feelings about it and very little to compare it to the Sony.
The issue seems to revolve around it having a smaller sensor than the SD60 that went before it and having poor low light performance.
This has all got a little confusing now so I have left it in the box as I am not sure if I should take it back and swap it for the Sony?
I am no Steven Spielberg and I will just be shooting typical holiday, weddings, birthdays etc but some of this will obviously be inside. Will a novice like me really be able to tell the difference? The Panasonic has an LED light on the front for low light shooting and the Sony does not but according to which the Sony performs better
I do notice the Panasonic uses SD cards but the Sony uses their own more expensive memory stick duo cards.
So what should I do? Stick with the panasonic or swap out to the Sony?
Help
Andy
I am hoping someone with a little know how can offer some advice. On Sunday I bought my first camcorder and after doing a little digging about and reading a few reviews with a budget of £250 I settled on the Sony HDR CX115e.
I set off down to currys where the Sony was £220 and in stock locally but when I got there the assistant who served me pointed out that the Panasonic HDC SD80 had £50 cash back this month cutting the cost from £280 to £230, he said it was a better camera with better features than the sony so as it was only a tenner more I plumped for the Panasonic.
When I got home I figured I would check out some online reviews as I had not bothered previously with it being over £250 and I seem to be finding very mixed feelings about it and very little to compare it to the Sony.
The issue seems to revolve around it having a smaller sensor than the SD60 that went before it and having poor low light performance.
This has all got a little confusing now so I have left it in the box as I am not sure if I should take it back and swap it for the Sony?
I am no Steven Spielberg and I will just be shooting typical holiday, weddings, birthdays etc but some of this will obviously be inside. Will a novice like me really be able to tell the difference? The Panasonic has an LED light on the front for low light shooting and the Sony does not but according to which the Sony performs better
I do notice the Panasonic uses SD cards but the Sony uses their own more expensive memory stick duo cards.
So what should I do? Stick with the panasonic or swap out to the Sony?
Help
Andy