Compare Prices : Sony HDR-FX7 - Expert Reviews

Pros: Light weight, Good low light performance, 20x optical zoom

Cons: Auto focus searches a little, Iris control automatically switches to gain, No XLR inputs

Pros: Excellent overall video quality ; responsive focus and zoom

Cons: Menu navigation doesn't circle back ; useless manual ; anemic audio support

Verdict: The Sony Handycam HDR-FX7 is an excellent high-definition camcorder from a video perspective, but it's less satisfying if you're an audio control freak.

Review summary: Though budget isn't a term that readily applies to a $3,500 camcorder, you might think of Sony's Handycam HDR-FX7 as a budget version of its older sibling, the $3,700 HDR-FX1. Like the HDR-FX1, the HDR-FX7 is a three-chip, prosumer HDV model, and they ...

Pros: Excellent overall video quality ; responsive focus and zoom

Cons: Menu navigation doesn't circle back ; useless manual ; anemic audio support

Verdict: The Sony Handycam HDR-FX7 is an excellent high-definition camcorder from a video perspective, but it's less satisfying if you're an audio control freak.

Award: TIPA Award!

Review summary: These Sony camcorders extend the benefits of 1080-line full HD shooting to a wide range of applications and users. Its HDMI interface allows digital connection of uncompressed High Definition video and audio signals to HD-ready televisions and other ...

Review summary: Sony has categorized the HDR-FX7 as a consumer camcorder, despite the very un-consumer MSRP of $3500, a very prosumer design, and manual control suite. Ah, if only people shopped by imposed categories. Instead, of course, they shop by price, and Canon ...