......for the mix of features and form factor. Is there anything else I
should be considering in this price range?

Also, if I get this or similar, what extras should I be buying? Is it worth
getting an extended life battery? Should I buy a sony or are there
third-party manufacturers worth considering?

TIA

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.....for the mix of features and form factor. Is there anything else I
should be considering in this price range?

Also, if I get this or similar, what extras should I be buying? Is it worth
getting an extended life battery? Should I buy a sony or are there
third-party manufacturers worth considering?

The TRV22 was on my shortlist a few weeks ago when I was in the market for a
miniDV camcorder. Being a Canon 10D DSLR owner, I'd thought of getting a Canon
just so as to reduce the number of different chargers I'd need when going away!
However, I was steered away from Canon on account of them having a reputation
for recording own motor noise, and the bargain basement Sony PC108 was not
available due to someone nicking its battery. So I got a new-in-box TRV22 (at
well over the lowest web based price) and it's worked well for me. I quickly
turned off the digital zoom after trying it at the 20x setting, so I'm limited
to a 10x optical zoom. The Info-Lithium battery, so far, gives me confidence
that I've got enough juice to finish filming. (I bought a larger capacity Sony
NP-QM71 and I'm happy with this. The supplied battery is very low capacity, as
is the Memory Stick.) I'm not aware of any 3rd party battery manufacturer
providing the "Info" part of the "Info-Lithium".
I think I've at last found a use for the Memory Stick and still photo
"gimmick" - I can use it to carry with me shots of pages of the fairly dense
manual when away from base. I also bought a cheap 30mm Jessops UV filter to
protect the front element of the lens (and lost it!), and have now got the £40
kit of Multi-Coated lens protector and circular polarising filter. A Jessops
directional mike helped when recording speakers some distance away on a stage.
All in all I'm quite pleased with my purchase, but have not carried out any
comparisons with other competitive cameras. For me, the main benefit is that
the AF works well, and the AE works well with only rare white-level clipping and
can be manually controlled, as can the AF if required. (I've since read the
manual and found that there's a program AE setting to deal with this.) I'm
still trying to understand how to use the titling facility with cassette memory
tapes.

I do remember some similarly sized cameras (Not Sony) feeling definitely "loose"
in the lens/body area so I stayed away from them.

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M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

.....for the mix of features and form factor. Is there anything else I
should be considering in this price range?



I did the research just over a month ago and the advice i was getting was to
choose between the Sony TRV22 and the Panasonic NV-GS50B.

Never will know whether i bought the right camcorder, i'm a complete newbie
and i wouldn't know how to start the compare. All i can say is that i am
very happy with my Sony. The Mpeg2 which uses the memory stick for
recording video is not very good and a bit pointless but the ability to take
pictures albeit not as good as a normal digital camera i do see as a benefit
for use where you don't have your camera and would like to take a picture.

From the replies i got, i would say the best advice is to go to Jessop's and
look at the camcorders. Ask the sales assistants who will let you hold the
camcorders so you can feel which feels best in you hand. Jessop's also have
a price match but whether the store matches any price found on the net is
usually at the discretion of the store manager.

I purchased my camcorder within 5 days of research, usually i will take a
few months. I had to purchase one within 10 days anyway otherwise i may as
well bide my time till the next occasion but what eventually persuaded me to
Sony was the offer through pricerunner and Empiredirect (not available now)
where i saved £78 at a price of £488. Other vendors offered the camcorder
cheaper than the £566 usual price at Empire but the lead time from order
would be over a month.

So in conclusion the only real reason i chose the Sony TRV22 over the
Panasonic NV-GS50B is that i got a good deal on the Sony.

I did however choose the TRV22 over the TRV19 based upon this review
http://www.dvspot.com/reviews/sony/t...ew/index.shtml


Also, if I get this or similar, what extras should I be buying? Is it
worth
getting an extended life battery? Should I buy a sony or are there
third-party manufacturers worth considering?

My advice would be wait and see from your own experience. The battery
doesn't seem to last long but i don't yet have a need to go out and buy a
bigger battery.

Also very strangely it is recommended (and there are websites that explain
why in detail) that you use a tape made by the camcorder manufacturer.

Have a look at www.camcorderinfo.com
Some good advice!

Chris Curtis

"Jane Tweedynn" wrote in message
...

.....for the mix of features and form factor. Is there anything else I
should be considering in this price range?



I did the research just over a month ago and the advice i was getting was
to
choose between the Sony TRV22 and the Panasonic NV-GS50B.

Never will know whether i bought the right camcorder, i'm a complete
newbie
and i wouldn't know how to start the compare. All i can say is that i am
very happy with my Sony. The Mpeg2 which uses the memory stick for
recording video is not very good and a bit pointless but the ability to
take
pictures albeit not as good as a normal digital camera i do see as a
benefit
for use where you don't have your camera and would like to take a picture.

From the replies i got, i would say the best advice is to go to Jessop's
and
look at the camcorders. Ask the sales assistants who will let you hold
the
camcorders so you can feel which feels best in you hand. Jessop's also
have
a price match but whether the store matches any price found on the net is
usually at the discretion of the store manager.

I purchased my camcorder within 5 days of research, usually i will take a
few months. I had to purchase one within 10 days anyway otherwise i may
as
well bide my time till the next occasion but what eventually persuaded me
to
Sony was the offer through pricerunner and Empiredirect (not available
now)
where i saved £78 at a price of £488. Other vendors offered the camcorder
cheaper than the £566 usual price at Empire but the lead time from order
would be over a month.

So in conclusion the only real reason i chose the Sony TRV22 over the
Panasonic NV-GS50B is that i got a good deal on the Sony.

I did however choose the TRV22 over the TRV19 based upon this review
http://www.dvspot.com/reviews/sony/t...ew/index.shtml


Also, if I get this or similar, what extras should I be buying? Is it
worth
getting an extended life battery? Should I buy a sony or are there
third-party manufacturers worth considering?

My advice would be wait and see from your own experience. The battery
doesn't seem to last long but i don't yet have a need to go out and buy a
bigger battery.

Also very strangely it is recommended (and there are websites that explain
why in detail) that you use a tape made by the camcorder manufacturer.