 Outstanding Documenting Camera |
| Review Date: November 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Wesley Gunder, Grand Prairie, Texas United States |
| The Sony HVR-HD1000U is a Entry level Professinal HDV Camera with some prosumer elements added to it. For example this camera does not have any video inputs other than shooting the video yourself. Second its audio input is a simple balanced mini sterio jack. That being said it does include a whole array of composite, componet, and HDMI out. It also uses Sony standard LanC port for tripod remote control. To me personally I do not feel this camera is cheap at all, it is made mostly of plastic and does not have a heavy weight to it. the first thing you have ask yourself before buying this camera is do you want a heavy back braking metal montrosity, useally the answear is no you don't. One more thing to think about when purchasing this camera if you want agood documenting camera this will work, if you want a good studio camera you are going to have to spend a lot more money. Now I work for a local production company and we use 2 of these in Tangent with the popular HVR-Z1U ( our compact camera ), 1 HVR-S270U with ENG lens and have achived great results at broadcast grade quality production. |
Better Than Expected
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| Review Date: June 29, 2009 |
| Reviewer: John, Camas, WA USA |
I purchased this camera mainly to have a professional look when shooting weddings and events. I felt like I could produce a decent video using a normal consumer camera that would satisfy the customer just fine, but because most consumer cameras are so small the customer might not feel they were receiving a quality product. This camera with it's professional look came to my rescue. People are now treating me much more seriously with respect because of my "high-end" camera look.
Because this was a sub $2,000 camera I wasn't expecting a whole lot. It wouldn't be fair to compare it to a $10,000 or $20,000 camera, which I think some people were trying to do, especially with the poor reviews for low light conditions, plastic construction, and poor audio performance.
I was pleasently suprised with the performance of this camera, it out-performed all of my expectations. I left everything in the default HDV settings and turned it on to shoot my kids playing indoors under bedroom light conditions. I was amazed with how smooth and clear everything appeared, especially with the low reviews I read about in low light, it blew my other camera (Canon Optura 50) out of the water.
It also exceeded my expectations with audio, from what I read the shot-gun mic on this camera isn't the best, but I was greatly satisfied with it's performance. I could hear the subject speaking clear with little motor or background noise.
This camera looks and feels great, there were some reviews bashing it's construction, but whenever I take it out of the bag, people are impressed.
This is a great camera if your looking for a camera like this one (which I was) or an affordable professional looking camera with good quality this camera is great when comparing it with other consumer cameras.
If you're used to working with industrial high-end expensive cameras, you'll probably be disapointed with this camera as it is limited in manual controls (no manual iris, xlr outputs etc...) and only has one 1/2.9 single-chip cmos censor, but that's one reason why it's thousands of dollars cheaper.
I don't regret purchasing this camera one bit and I feel this will satisfy most all of my production free-lance needs |
Perfect HD 1080i. A must have
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| Review Date: February 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Bert G. Coates, |
| The Sony HVR- HD1000u video camcorder is perfect, 5 out of 5 stars. It's light weight and well balanced for its size. I also own a SR-11 handycam that over time can get heavy and hard to hold up. With the Sony 1000u the weight is on your sholder. The sound and video quality is just as good as the Sony SR-11 if not better. The plastic feel that others may complain about isn't that bad, once you use it for a while you'll understand why. It to keep the weight of the video camcorder to a minimum.The night shot works great, if you move camera to fast it will take a few seconds to focus. The manual states that while in night shot mode you need to manualy focus the camera for a quicker responce time. The battery runs for only 2 hours so you may want to pick up a longer lasting one. Editing HDV software is a must have and make sure it's HDV compatible.We use Sony Vegas Movie Studio 9 platinum and it works great. |
Sony HVR-HD1000U
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| Review Date: November 20, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Audio Visual Integrator, Hampton Roads, VA |
| This camcorder is a excellent value for the money. It's size gives it a very professional look and handling quality. It's signal output options and quality are much more than I expected from a unit of this price range. Even though it is very menu intensive to get to most of the features. I'd recommend it to prosumers as a beginning to professional videography. |
Cant beat the price for the picture
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| Review Date: June 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Kurt, |
I have 2 of these camera's. I use them for weddings and other events, and Ill agree at functions people give you the space you need to get your shots because they do take you seriously, but thats not why I bought the 2nd camera. They give me the best quality Im going to get for the price, and its a nice picture on a 50" plazma, rich colors and sharp Images, I get alittle extra pixelation in very dark areas but still a nice picture without a light blinding people at receptions. Sure there are better cameras out there but the next step from here is going to put you in the high $3's with a more expensive lens.
So for the money you cant beat it unless you dig deaper in the wallet.Sony HVR-HD1000U MiniDV 1080i High Definition Camcorder with 10x Optical Zoom |
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