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Camera Reviews from Amazon.com

• August 8, 2010
  Special use for model airplanes

  

  Bare bones HD camera that happens to be the best for how I use it. I attach it to my model airplane with velcro and create aerial videos. It's light weight and swivel head make it especially useful. Nice that you can buy an HD camera for under a hundred bucks. As for the video quality, you can see what it's like by going to youtube and looking up my site "larsnorthpolealaska". Then select the video called "Satellite Beach Florida". Good video in bright light. Poor in low. Picks up and records sound well. Records SD card. Battery life average. Only digital zoom, which degrades video quality in proportion to the degree of zoom - max of 5x. Good for model planes, or something to throw in the glove box for spur of the moment needs.

• July 28, 2010
  Eats files - Be sure to transfer!

  

  I bought my Webbie from Sony before the cameras hit the stores. I have other cameras for serious filming and this was my point and shoot for filming my kids in action. Recently two of my files which were OK, just disappeared from the card. I didn't think too much about it. I put in a new card, shot several scenes then transferred those videos to my computer. While filming at a pool, the camera died. I changed the battery - nothing. I put the card in my computer - NOTHING. All the files on the card were eaten- the older ones and the newer ones. The computer wouldn't even register that a card was there. I put in a new card and it worked. OK, maybe it was a bad card. This weekend after shooting a few scenes in the shade, it was fine. Then in the bright sunlight the camera died again. Later at home it became alive. I'm wondering if a sensor was affected by summer heat and/or bright light. I'm afraid to use it - it may blotto my earlier shots. This camera is one of the older ones out there. Transfer your files between use in case this is a weakness in the camera.

• July 17, 2010
  Water resistent?

  

  This was my first camera that I got. I got it as a Christmas present and it works great. Even though I doubt the camera's waterproof, it could still work after you put a few drops of water in it.
  I was in my friends pool when I accidentaly got a few drops of water in it. It stopped working but I took out the memory card and the battery, dried them with a towel and let them dry in the sun. The next morning it was on, but parts werent working. it went to playback mode over and over. So I let it dry some more. After that, it worked. But for the next week I made sure it didnt get too hot or cold. Anyway, it has been about a month since that happened and now it works as if it has never been put in the water, even though it's not waterproof.
  Anyway, this camera's awesome I would definetly give it five stars. The color and the lense are really cute and my 16GB memory card costed only $[...]. Awesome camera. I Love It!!!!