Sony DCR-HC46

CamcorderInfo reviewed the Sony DCR-HC46 last month and wrote, “Sony camcorders are simple machines to operate. Their Easy mode and their touch screen LCD menus have a powerful draw for the beginners and technologically disinclined. These conveniences come at a steep cost, however. Manual controls are curtailed, and do not include shutter speed, aperture, or gain. More importantly, the performance was worse than we were expecting. While most of the 2006 Sony MiniDV camcorders managed to shed the old problem of blue noise, the HC46 missed that crucial fix and continues to produce very noisy video.”

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