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I'm thinking of getting a new camcorder and thanks to Applespider's comments in a previous thread I posted, I'm now looking at the Sony DCR-HC90E as a major possibility .
I wasn't too keen that the optical zoom was only 10x but MarkE19 among others (in an optical zoom query thread I had) said that the higher the zoom, the more you will get camera shake and that picture quality would suffer as a result which is why the more expensive camcorder models have smaller optical zoom lenses .
The Sony DCR-HC90E pretty much checks all the buttons for everything that I want but I have four queries which I hope some of you guys might be able to help out with .
As I like to zoom on the architectural details of buildings (whether it be indoors or out) and the optical zoom on the Sony DCR-HC90E is only 10x, I read somewhere that you can get a tele conversion lenses from Sony to attach to the camcorder to help zoom in closer to items. When reading the details about the tele conversion lenses it mentioned something like 2.0x but I'm not sure what that means. Can anyone explain what it is and how more effective having the tele conversion lenses would be for zooming? I could be wrong here but I'm guessing that it will effectively double the zoom on the camcorder by 2. Am I right? If I am, what would it be like regarding picture quality i.e. would it suffer?
What is the sound quality like for the Sony DCR-HC90E?
The battery life on the Sony DCR-HC90E to put it mildly is crap. As I tend to use the camcorder a lot when I'm on holidays I don't want to be armed with half a dozen or so batteries to film just a day's filming. Is there any batteries out there that can replace the Sony one which will give a couple of hours (4 or 5 hours preferably) of battery life?
Am I right to consider the Sony DCR-HC90E or should I be looking at something else? Everywhere I look there is always good and bad points to any camcorder I have considered and similarly reviews for a camcorder model I even consider always seem to have conflicting reviews no matter what website I look at e.g. some have said that the ability to shoot footage in low light with the Sony DCR-HC90E is very good while others have said it was rubbish, thus I get more and more confused as to making the right choice.
If you guys can help out it would be much appreciated. Thanks .
I wasn't too keen that the optical zoom was only 10x but MarkE19 among others (in an optical zoom query thread I had) said that the higher the zoom, the more you will get camera shake and that picture quality would suffer as a result which is why the more expensive camcorder models have smaller optical zoom lenses .
The Sony DCR-HC90E pretty much checks all the buttons for everything that I want but I have four queries which I hope some of you guys might be able to help out with .
As I like to zoom on the architectural details of buildings (whether it be indoors or out) and the optical zoom on the Sony DCR-HC90E is only 10x, I read somewhere that you can get a tele conversion lenses from Sony to attach to the camcorder to help zoom in closer to items. When reading the details about the tele conversion lenses it mentioned something like 2.0x but I'm not sure what that means. Can anyone explain what it is and how more effective having the tele conversion lenses would be for zooming? I could be wrong here but I'm guessing that it will effectively double the zoom on the camcorder by 2. Am I right? If I am, what would it be like regarding picture quality i.e. would it suffer?
What is the sound quality like for the Sony DCR-HC90E?
The battery life on the Sony DCR-HC90E to put it mildly is crap. As I tend to use the camcorder a lot when I'm on holidays I don't want to be armed with half a dozen or so batteries to film just a day's filming. Is there any batteries out there that can replace the Sony one which will give a couple of hours (4 or 5 hours preferably) of battery life?
Am I right to consider the Sony DCR-HC90E or should I be looking at something else? Everywhere I look there is always good and bad points to any camcorder I have considered and similarly reviews for a camcorder model I even consider always seem to have conflicting reviews no matter what website I look at e.g. some have said that the ability to shoot footage in low light with the Sony DCR-HC90E is very good while others have said it was rubbish, thus I get more and more confused as to making the right choice.
If you guys can help out it would be much appreciated. Thanks .