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Introduction
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01.Product Tour
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02.Compression & Media
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03.Manual Controls
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04.3D Features
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05.Handling & Use
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06.Audio & Connectivity
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07.Other Features
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08.Conclusion
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09.Photo Gallery
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10.Specs
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11.Comments
Sony Handycam HDR-TD10
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Handling & Use3D Features
3D Lens
The HDR-TD10 comes with a built-in 3D lens—not a detachable conversion lens like Panasonic uses on the HDC-SDT750. Because of this, you don’t have to calibrate the lens before recording 3D. Everything is already setup and ready to go as soon as you switch over to 3D record mode. This is a great boon for casual users, but it does also give you less control and versatility. The advantage of a removable 3D lens is that you can take it off when you want to record 3D and you don’t have to lug around a big camcorder with two lenses.
3D Controls
When shooting 3D, the HDR-TD10 does allow for a few controls. Most important is a 10x optical zoom capability in 3D mode. This zoom is slightly smaller than what you get in 2D mode (12x optical zoom), but we still think it is very impressive. The camcorder’s Intelligent Auto scene selection function, as well as its optical image stabilization work in 3D mode as well.
3D Playback
The most important thing to mention about 3D playback on the TD10 is the camcorder’s glasses-free 3D LCD. We go into this function in more detail in the Handling & Use section of this review, but we’ll give you a brief rundown here as well. In short, we were not impressed with the glasses-free LCD capability. The images often had plenty of ghosting and blur when we watched them on the tiny screen and, at times, the LCD’s 3D function didn’t appear to work at all. Again, this may be a problem with the fact that the TD10’s on the floor at CES were still pre-production releases, but the 3D content on the LCD really didn’t look very good to our eyes. Of course, you can always connect the HDR-TD10 to a 3D HDTV and watch your content there—with 3D glasses, of course.
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