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Reviews of Sony HDR-TG3E

Testseek.com have collected 32 expert reviews of the Sony HDR-TG3E and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sony HDR-TG3E.
Award: Recommended November 2008
November 2008
 
(78%)
32 Reviews
Users
(90%)
70 Reviews
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The editors liked

  • Beautifully presented and solidly built
  • User friendly in operation
  • Naturalistic colours and natural-sounding audio in general
  • Plus a pleasing degree of overall sharpness to the footage

The editors didn't like

  • Western flesh tones have pinkish hue
  • Compatibility issues with older Macs and versions of iMovie due to use of AVCHD compression format

 

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  Published: 2008-06-28, Author: James , review by: trustedreviews.com

  • The Sony HDR-TG3 is another bold step from Sony, the company which broke HD into the UK market and dominated for the first year or so. The poor low light performance will be a worry if you want to shoot family events in darkened rooms. But for a sub-300g ...

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  Published: 2008-06-15, review by: best4reviews.com

  • Beautifully presented and solidly built, user friendly in operation, naturalistic colours and natural-sounding audio in general, plus a pleasing degree of overall sharpness to the footage
  • Western flesh tones have pinkish hue, compatibility issues with older Macs and versions of iMovie due to use of AVCHD compression format
  • The Sony’s footage displays naturalistic colours even if Caucasian flesh tones veer toward the pink-ish. It’s difficult to tell if any greater definition is biased to the face – we didn’t notice – but overall the TG3’s imagery is reassuringly sharp. ...

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  Published: 2008-05-15, Author: Thomas , review by: engadget.com

  • Abstract:  We had the good fortune to receive a Sony HDR-TG3E (aka, HDR-TG1 for North America) review unit on the day we departed for a bit of tropical relaxation. As such, we return with a real world look at how the Titanium-shelled TG3E performed in the sun, surf,...

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  Published: 2008-04-28, Author: Mark , review by: techworld.com

  • We were truly and genuinely impressed by Sony's HDR-TG3 camcorder. Small upright camcorders all too often sacrifice video quality and provide gimmicky features, but the Sony HDR-TG3 is a triumph of automated functionality and good quality in a small f...

 
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  Published: 2009-03-24, review by: gadgetshow.channel5.com

  • Carved from a block of ultra-light, ultra-tough titanium, the TG3 nestles confidently in your hand like a piece of dangerous military hardware. Build quality is exceptional, from the machined metal zoom rocker and crystal-clear 2.7-inch touchscreen to the...
  • Left-handers might not enjoy the flip-out screen, there’s no HDMI cable in the box and battery life is as skinny as the TG3’s waistline. Video purists might also sniff at the lack of progressive and cinema (24fps) recording.
  • Many HD camcorders are well made, easy to use and produce good footage, but none rival the TG3 as a pure object of desire. It ain’t perfect, but then neither is the iPod. A miniature marvel.Sony HDR-TG3 is tagged with Sony, camcorder and HD. Select...

 
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  Published: 2009-03-01, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Abstract:  The HDR-TG3Es sleek titanium body is bound to catch admiring looks, and the brown paintwork gives it a quirky 1970s appearance. It feels solid and the pistol grip is comfortable to hold, but we found the battery compartment door popped open a littl...

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  Published: 2008-11-26, review by: digitalversus.com

  • Solid manufacturing, small case, Touchscreen interface, Plenty of manual settings and powerful automatic modes, Choice of SD or HD, 5.1 Sound
  • Autofocus can be slow in low light, No real wide angle, HD videos are reasonable, but weve seen better, Software incompatible with Mac OS X

 
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  Published: 2008-10-15, review by: gadgetspeak.com

  • Abstract:  Having recently reviewed a couple of quite weighty still units this Camcorder and still camera comes as quite a change. Given that it takes good still and superb movie images it could well give you the best of both worlds in your pocket....

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  Published: 2008-10-08, review by: theregister.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Sony’s TG3 is an impressive device that combines the ‘point-and-shoot’ simplicity of the Flip Ultra with the image quality of a high-definition camcorder. Its 1080i resolution produces very good quality video, and is complemented by 10x optical zoom and 5.1 surround sound audio recording. Thankfully, the TG3 is sold with a 4GB Memory Stick to get you started, which holds about 30 minutes of video at maximum resolution. We also like the little docking unit that is supplied with the..

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  Published: 2008-09-25, review by: igizmo.co.uk

  • Size, surround sound support, speed
  • Memory stick format, not great indoors

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