The fact that your footage is trapped on a DVD and not easily edited. Bottom line: DVD camcorders are, for the moment at least, not capable of matching the output of a cheap MiniDV camcorder. None the ...

Waterproof camcorders have traditionally been popular in the pool but less compelling on land, given the somewhat-cumbersome designs, so-so image quality and form-factors that aren't necessarily more ...

Touch screen navigation can be cumbersome. Difficult to share video without a Blu-ray/HD DVD burner. No video light. No microphone jack. Bottom line: Sony brings HD recording to the rest of us with ...

Not quite ready to hop aboard the projector train? Sony's betting that 3D might be your game. The Handycam TD30V is the company's $999 answer to 2012's $1,499 TD20V, delivering a nearly identical ...

Despite the prevalence of DSLRs, point-and-click cameras, and even smartphones, there is still a case for the use of dedicated video cameras, also called camcorders. To make that point, Sony is ...

The Sony Handycam HDR-PJ380 ($599.99 direct) is a midrange camcorder with some interesting features, including a built-in projector that allows you to instantly share footage with a small group right ...

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Dedicated video cameras are nowhere near as prevalent as they once were, but the newly ...

It’s hard to miss a gadget the size of a shoebox when the smartphone in my pocket outperforms it in every way possible. But I miss my grandparents’ ‘90s-era Sony Handycam and the fun videography ...

I once read an art history book about the public's reaction to Leonardo Da Vinci's mural The Last Supper. Painted in 1495, the image had such a realistic sense of space and intensity of detail that ...