Sony HDR-SR7 First Impressions Review

by Michael Perlman

Published on May 23, 2007 1:55 PM
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Still Features
The HDR-SR7 (Specs, Recent News, $1399) can capture stills to the 60GB HDD or MemoryStick Pro Duo at a maximum size of 6.1MP with alternative 4.6MP, 3.1MP, and VGA (0.3MP) sizes. The SR7 includes a flash mounted to the side of the lens that could lead to uneven lighting compared to the Sony HDR-UX1 (Review, Specs, Recent News, $729.95), which has a flash embedded right above the lens. Focus, exposure, white balance, spot meter, and almost every other manual and automatic control found in video mode also applies in digital still mode. You can also set the flash level to high or low and apply a red eye reduction filter.






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