Sony DCRSR42

Excellent – Got this camera over a year ago because I forgot my other one at home, and we were off to Disneyworld in Florida on the BIG trip!! I picked it up for a great price in Auckland on the way. It is a good little camera and very user friendly. Beware on the "Night vision" it makes the colour weird - so fireworks etc are better without it! I was sceptical about moving to the hard disc, but now I couldn't be happier - you can't compare the convenience of it!! Easy to use, good size and great not using tapes! Not much, maybe a bit slow to start up.

Excellent – Overall we are REALLY happy with the camera. It is a reasonable price, really clear and really easy to use. The zoom is excellent. We were not going to buy a camera then had our son and got it when he was 3 months old. Am really glad we did and that we chose this one. The hard drive is so much easier than messing around with tapes and DVD's and the unit is really compact. Small, solidly made, night vision, great zoom, easy and quick to charge and download to computer. Screen is really clear and being able to swivel it is useful. Had to buy a case separately, fingerprints on touch screen, reealtively slow to turn on and be ready to film. (This is frustrating when you have a baby doing cute things and they are finished before the camera is up and running).