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Sony DCR TRV33
Sony DCR TRV33
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  • 4 out of 5
"CCD Failure"
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Lexis Querubin (lquerubin) 0 pts
December 7, 2008 6:15 PM
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aloha,my question is how to improve the pictures in still camera? does anyone have tried to flash or mod the trv-33 ?

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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58450 pts
December 10, 2008 2:33 AM
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Well, considering the relative age of the camera, the quality of the images is pretty much as good as it's going to get. You could get some superbright LED camera lights. They would screw into the tripod mount of slide onto the hot shoe.
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Lexis Querubin (lquerubin) 0 pts
December 10, 2008 2:45 AM
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Aloha to james thanks for the reply,what i mean is to upgrade its camera driver that is built in.no need for the camera accesories,it must have some camera settings like,shutter,iso-100-400,white balance,macro .

coz i've tried modding on my sony erricson celfon,i used to have a 2 mega pixel,the picture is not so good although it has a auto focus,so when i upgrade its camera driver tru esato website & by connecting its usb celfon to pc,and also a xs++ software,then my celfon now is better picture output than before.

maybe there's also a update camera driver for this sony trv-33 to upgrade or modded its software?
i've tried to go to sony website,but they have no camera software update,not program update.
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58450 pts
December 13, 2008 12:51 AM
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Then there isn't one, unfortunately. And with the relative age of the camera, it's not surprising. I suppose their may be some open source driver, but that could do damage to your camera or even brick it.
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Lexis Querubin (lquerubin) 0 pts
December 13, 2008 1:04 AM
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oh,okay,thanks for the advice james.my 2nd question is has anyone here tried the hvl-fdh4 videocam light? any feedback from this,co'z i'm planning to buy one.

i've upgrade my sony trv-33 with these,
upgraded the battery w/higher capacity than stock.
upgraded memory stick from 8mb to 1 gb.
put an lcd protector,since its a touch screen.
use of firewire cable in transferring videos to pc,instead of usb.
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Lexis Querubin (lquerubin) 0 pts
December 13, 2008 1:06 AM
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@ james is your sony trv-33 still working? still using it? ^_^
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58450 pts
December 15, 2008 6:36 PM
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Actually, I don't own one. Canon man. I have the ZR60 which is about as equivalent as you can get.
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