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This is my very own, very wonderful SONY DSR 300 Video Camera, that I originally bought new. It works perfectly and always has. It records onto full size DVCAM tapes and smaller MiniDV tapes. I have a special battery clip on the back, but I will remove it, leaving the standard Anton Bauer type battery mount that came with the camera. It has a CANON YH14x7.3 KRS 14x lens, also working perfectly. I have only used this camera on weekends to shoot weddings. And it needs a lot LESS light than all these new light-sucking HD cameras. And the camera has absolutely NO dead pixels in any gain!
I demoed the DSR300 at NAB for a couple of hours and was highly impressed with the features and picture quality. Its comparative light weight and its performance in low light were of special attraction to me. I asked the Sony reps what was the most apparent video quality differences between the DSR-130 and the DSR-300 because they seemed sooooo close in performance. One rep said that the 300 would probably be more prone to smear than the DSR 130 because it used half-inch chips. However, we (the Sony rep and I) could not get either camera to smear. As one rep told me, the DSR-130 is almost two years old - ample time for 1/2-inch chip technology to all but close the gap with older 2/3-inch technology.
When using a laptop as a desktop replacement the Sony DSR-300 battery should not be left in for long periods of time. The laptop will over time discharge the Sony DSR-300 battery. Remove the battery,making sure that it is charged to 50% and store it in a dry, warm place. Ensure that it is wrapped protectively and nothing will be dropped on it.
At the end of the day, many users will decide on the basis of their chosen tape format, although both formats have the same basic video and audio performance. The Sony uses the DVCAM format which does offer a few feature advantages, whilst the JVC uses a slight variation on the basic DV format. The JVC is also limited to MiniDV cassettes and therefore a nominal 60-minute duration. Both cameras offer forms of scene identification that may well prove of great value, but are not widely supported by editing software at the moment. The JVC and the more recent DSR-300AP version of the Sony also feature a Firewire (IEEE-1394) port, but I will reserve discussion of this for another day.
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