Testing The Sony DCR-HC52 Camcorder For The First Time

Tested the Sony DCR-HC52 camcorder for the first time, never had a camcorder before, one-handed operation so not as steady as it could have been if I had used two hands, transferred through the composite connections to the Hauppauge TV/Radio card and edited with Windows Movie Maker.

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[MrAndrewskates]

does it have a place to put a usb card?

[BernieLJ77]

@MrAndrewskates

No it doesn't have USB, only has an A/V R connection, which terminates in three colored (Red, White and Yellow) RCA-Type analog connections, for the right and left channel audio and the video connection, like to a TV or VCR, and a firewire connection I think it is...I didn't have it very long, didn't even last through the warranty period, and it died on me, so I can't say for sure, but no USB. I now use a Sony DCR-SX40 that uses a 4Gb hard drive which does have USB.

[BernieLJ77]

@MrAndrewskates

The DCR-SX40 uses the USB port for transferring pictures and videos to the computer, and I'm not sure, but I don't think that the DCR-HC52 will take pictures, but it doesn't work, and I'd have to dig out the owner's manual to check on it, but the DCR-SX40 that I use now can record video and switch to taking digital pictures, saving them on a 4GB hard drive, whereas the DCR-HC52 uses DV tape for video storage. So far the DCR-SX40 is still working.

[BernieLJ77]

@MrAndrewskates

I actually wasn't going to buy another Sony, and was looking to get a JVC model, but they only had the display model left, and no owner's manual, so gave Sony a second chance with the DCR-SX40.

The computer's operating system sees the Sony DCR-SX40 as an external hard drive, or I can use the included software, that has the ability to transfer the videos and pictures, so I do like the SX40 better than the HC52, except the SX40 doesn't have Night Shot Plus like the HC52 has/had.

[BernieLJ77]

@MrAndrewskates

Oh yes, almost forgot to say it, but the Sony DCR-SX40 that I use now does have the slot for one of those memory sticks also, besides the USB that is, and it's smaller in physical size than the HC52. Well Good Luck and have a great day...BLJ

[DGKall2010]

dcr hc52 can upload to computer through a firewire 4/6 pin cable

[BernieLJ77]

The Sony DCR-SX40 is smaller in size, and lighter, than the DCR-HC52, it also came with a USB cable that connects to the computer, has its own software that allows you to download to the computer and I like it so far, except it doesn't have the night vision or what's referred to as Night Shot Plus. I like the hard drive though instead of DV tape, so all in all I like it better than the DCR-HC52, if it doesn't break down on me so fast like the HC52 did. Have a Great Day and enjoy the HC52.

[BernieLJ77]

Anyway, I saw a different brand on sale but they didn't have any more on hand other than the display one, and I wanted one in a box not the display model, which I would still have taken but they couldn't find the box, and I think it was a JVC, but instead I have given Sony a second chance, didn't want to, but I did, and now I use a Sony DCR-SX40, which doesn't use DV tape and instead has a 4 GB hard drive in it. takes both pictures and videos.

[BernieLJ77]

Mine turned out to be a piece of junk that didn't even last until the end of the warranty, if you have watched any of my other videos, and I wanted to use it to record my niece's wedding, but it broke down on me, and back then I had lost my job, no unemployment and the boss said he had submitted my worker's compensation claim, but he didn't, and two of his employees, plus him, stated that I quit on them instead of getting hurt, which upset me a bit.

[Curtisstewartt]

I have the same Camcorder.. The way I render it makes the quality look great! I might be upgrading to a VX2100 soon tho.. And keep this my back up cam