A First Look with Sony NEX-VG30 HD Camcorder

The new Sony NEX-VG30 HD camcorder with interchangeable lens capability allows anyone to develop their creative vision and turn it into reality, recording and producing film that until now was only expected from professionals.

Explore the full range of features of Sony NEX-VG30. Bringing out a full entertainment satisfaction.

The camcorder boasts a variety of impressive features, including:

• built-in picture effects

• the ability to shoot in stunning HD and capture incredible depth-of-field ranges

• built-in image stabilizer to produce a sharp and clear picture, even during action 
        sequences or unsteady, hand-held shooting

• a larger sensor surface area (19.5 x a typical camcorder)

• high quality sound supported by premium surround microphone technology

• digital viewfinder that allows the user to view playback in incredible detail

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The imaging sensor included in the new Sony camcorder makes this camcorder stand out among others on the market.  It captures 16.1 megapixels and features a surface area that is almost 20 times larger than standard camcorders.  With these features, the sensor is able to produce film with incredible cinematic quality and makes shooting with a shallow depth-of-field easy.

Anyone using the new Sony camcorder can expect great sound to go along with the premium film they capture.  The camera is equipped with a spatial array microphone that features quad capsules, angled perfectly to capture exceptional sound and produce precise stereo separation.

The Sony NEX-VG30 also features functionality that allows the user to truly express their creativity through film.  The camera's built-in Cinema Tone technology produces a rich range of colors and tones you would expect from cinema, and users will be also be filming at 24 frames per second, quality that until now has been most easily accessible by motion picture makers.

In addition to beautiful cinema, this camera includes built-in picture effects that allow you to fully express your creativity in both photos and film.  The featured special effects allow you to adjust mood and settings using posterize, pop art, high contrast, and partial color settings.

Additionally, you can expand your technique and use controls normally utilized by professional filmmakers, including expanded focus and assist functions like zebra and peaking, allowing you to have incredible control over the focus and exposure of your film.

Regardless of whether you are using the camera for stills or producing film, you can rely on the lens to autofocus quietly and at rapid speeds.  However, the camera also includes a manual mode to allow full creative control over any type of shot.

The Sony NEX-VG30 handycam offers incredible technology and will transform the ability of camcorder users to produce cinematic-quality film more easily than they ever have before.

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Family bonding with Sony NEX-VG30 Camcorder

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A family bonding with Sony NEX-VG30 Camcorder

Picture the scene – 

Two days until the birth and you still haven’t found a camcorder to replace the one the dog chewed up a couple of weeks ago. You are getting frantic and your wife is getting more and more worried – “What if we can’t record it?” She asks worriedly. “What if we can’t capture our baby’s first moments on this world?” 

You tell her not to stress out about it and that you have one more place to check. You jump into your car and drive to the Sony store in the next town, and walk out twenty minutes later with the perfect camcorder. The birth goes well, and you are standing there recording in high-quality video as your new-born son comes screaming into the world.

Now it’s a year later and he’s taking his first, tottering steps, trying to catch the dog. “Quickly!” Your wife whispers to you, and you run upstairs like a madman and fumble around in the electronics drawer so as not to miss it this amazing moment on film. Just in the nick of time you find it, switch it on and bolt downstairs, to find your happily gurgling son is even steadier on his feet and toddling along after the dog, who is now looking slightly worried. 

Laughing, you put a loving arm around your wife and smile as your son falls down onto his bottom, looks surprised for a second, then begins to howl. Your wife rushes over there to comfort him, and you have caught this perfect moment on your Sony camcorder, to be relived forever.

His first day of school comes quickly, and so does his first school play – the camcorder comes out for each smiling and slightly tearful event. The family holiday to Lanzarote when he’s seven is recorded in its entirety, and so captured on film you have him standing against backdrops of beautiful scenery, riding on camels, and paddling along in the huge swimming pool at the resort. 

Then comes his last day of primary school and you are there watching his leaver assembly and recording as he stands up to make a speech and accept a small certificate. Your wife is crying with pride, and you can’t deny that your eyes are a little moist as well.

Before you know it he is off to university, and as he is packing his bags he notices you playing around with the Sony camcorder and surreptitiously catching flashes of film of him. You explain that you’ve always recorded important events, and that you and his mother were going to miss him when they went off. 

He sounds curious about the film, so you show him the very first one and soon it becomes a habit – every night you sit and watch another clip with him, and explain its significance. Soon your wife joins you, and watching the videos brings you much closer together than ever before. When your son waves his hand and gets in his car to drive to university, you know that you will miss him terribly, but will always be able to watch the film you have of him and remember the adorable little boy he once was, as well as smart young man he has grown up to be.

Of course, you and your wife are there at his graduation ceremony, as is the camcorder. Two prouder parents there could not be when he accepts his degree with First Class Honours. He comes rushing over after the ceremony to hug you both and ask to see the film, and over a gorgeous meal in a nice restaurant you show it to him. He asks that you record the meal as well, which you do with a smile. He hugs his mum, displays the bottle of wine and then records your wife and you as your toast your son and share a kiss. It’s a perfect family moment, captured forever.

Before long, he tells you he’s met a girl. You like her, and even more importantly your wife approves! About a year later, they drive down and give you the news – they’re getting married, and would you please come? Your wife starts crying, and you say of course. They stay for dinner and the night, and you embarrass your son by showing his lovely wife to be all the old recordings from when he was a child. The wedding is a beautiful occasion, and when your son glances round you reassuringly lift the camcorder up so he can see it, and he grins at you in a nervous, overjoyed and slightly bewildered way.

A couple of years after that, you are delighted to get another visit for a reason that is completely obvious as soon as your son’s wife walks in. Your wife fusses over her, and they tell you the due date, which is about seven months away. They leave after a couple of days.

You are hardly surprised at the phone-call that comes seven months later. “Dad!” You son cries anxiously. “I need you and mum to come quick! She’s due in a couple of days, and our camcorder is broken!” With a smile, you tell him you will be there in a couple of hours. You tell your wife, who immediately starts packing. The last thing in the bag is the camcorder, which is about to start another generations worth of film.

GetAway with my Sony NEX-VG30 Handycam

Going to Big Island, Hawaii on our 11th wedding anniversary, I decided to buy a camcorder that captures high definition video. I wanted to capture all the moments that me and Katie spends before I go back to Iraq. By the way my name is Nathan Kobe, United States Marine Corps, 4th Marine Division. 

But buying a camcorder is not an easy job when you have so many options in the market. Luckily, Katie’s brother is a professional photographer and he suggested me the latest Sony NEX-VG30 Camcorder. I had no idea about the camcorder but as I started to read the reviews, I knew that this is best I could get my hands on.  Not waiting anymore I bought it the next day and I was amazed by it. The video and sound quality is nothing what I have seen till date. So I thought I will write a review myself after using it for two months.

The Sony NEX-VG30 Camcorder is just amazing, the quality of the video from the 16.1 mega pixel Exmor APS-C sized CMOS sensor is unmatched. It takes 1080 × 1920 video recording resolution at 24p/60p.