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Sony Handycam HDR-SR1
Sony Handycam HDR-SR1
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HQ Grade: F
A is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of camcorders.
B means they are good, with some standout features.
C means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth.
D & F mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs.
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Hoyle Schweitzer (HoyleDi) 0 pts
September 11, 2007 10:43 AM
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is the hdr-sr1 now working with macs

Has Apple or anyone added a AVCHD format "reader or recorder"?
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58446 pts
September 13, 2007 1:19 AM
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iMovie 08 now has AVCHD support. But that isn't your issue. The issue is whether the camera itself can be read by the MAC and sadly, that's a no. This is because with the SR1, footage has to be captured via USB 2.0 and not Firewire, which the mac OS requires. You may be able to transfer it if you have a dual boot windows configuration, or if the SR1's camera dock has a firewire port (I know the HC96 dock does, so this may be Sony's workaround).

But if you can get the footage on the mac and you have iMovie 08 or even Final Cut, you can edit it.
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Mike 0 pts
October 9, 2007 12:17 PM
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Actually the whole purpose of iMovie 08 is to allow for video importing over USB. See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306171 for more info.
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58446 pts
October 9, 2007 2:37 PM
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Fair enough, but is that ability worth dealing with a dumbed out editor that won't even allow you to do advanced titling and effects? Not in my mind. Besides, firewire is a much larger pipeline. And when you're dealing with HD, you need all the transfer speed you can get.
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Mike 0 pts
October 9, 2007 9:38 PM
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I'll give you that, FW would be a much better choice for an I/O option.
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by James DeRuvo (byjamesderuvo) 58446 pts
October 10, 2007 8:21 PM
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And a fairly cheap one. These days you can get a firewire card for under $20.
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