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What is the best Sony camera with the nightshot feature in your opinion?

I wanna know of all the Sony Handycam Camcorders with the nightshot feature, which one is overall the best in your experience? Which one has the best focus/image quality/performance? Right now I have a DCR-SR45 and it has good nightvision, but it has autofocus problems and the image quality is a little grainy so I’m thinking about upgrading. I only use it in the dark so I just need to know how they perform with Nightshot on.

Currently, the HVR-A1. It is the pro-grade sibling to the consumer grade HDR-HC1 (which I have).

Low light and auto-focus do not get along because when the light is not sufficient (which is why you are using the infrared emitter), the auto focus cannot decide what to focus on. The HC1/A1 has a ring on the lens barrel that can be used as a manual focus ring so you do not need to rely on the auto-focus mechanism.

As well, that graininess is all about low light video capture. You may get a little less graininess from the A1/HC1 because it has a larger lens and imaging chip than the SR45. If you want to eliminate that graininess, then you need to move to lenses that are 70mm lens filter diameter or larger which places you in the $3,000+ camcorder range – and most of them do not have a built-in infrared emitter (hence, no NightShot mode), have an IR filter installed inside the camcorder and adding an external IR device won’t get what you want in zero light.

Yes, I know – the A1/HC1 camcorders are a lot more expensive than the entry level SR45… but you asked for “best”.

The HDR-HC9, HDR-CX500 series, HDR-XR500 series all have NightShot. You can confirm this at the Sony.com website in the Camcorder section. In the camcorder’s specs, look in the “convenience features” for S-NS or something similar – this is “Super NightShot”. I think the feature has been dropped from the “standard definition only” camcorders.

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