Sony DCR-HC62 low light test

This is a sample of the low-light performance of the Sony DCR-HC62 camcorder. It was taken in my back yard at night with some low-wattage outdoor lighting. The bulbs on the garage are 25-Watt incandescent bulbs, so the scene is pretty dark. I used various combinations of the four low-light settings available on the camera: night shot light, color slow shutter, auto slow shutter, and super night shot plus.

See a higher quality version of this video at: http://albums.phanfare.com/shomsky/2011492#imageID=43138119

The music is Ending Credits by Opeth.

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Education

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• Sony
• DCR-HC62
• low
• light
• super
• nplus
• color
• slow
• autosl
• shttr
• ns

[apureterror]

Does it have Nightshot and Super Nightshot?

[cameratest]

It has super nightshot plus, which you can only use when the nightshot light is on. There is no mode just called NightShot. The other two low-light modes are color slow shutter and auto slow shutter, as shown in the video.

[isisartista]

Hi, the slow video frame on certain configurations is real (the real recording film?), or is the video from youtube, or after the editing?

[cameratest]

This is the way it actually records in certain modes in low light. The slow frame rate is not due to youtube compression.

[ilikeblondie]

So is this night vision, can you see with no lights at all?

[cameratest]

@dfduygsdsgdfq Maybe if you get a waterproof case for it. It isn't a waterproof camera.

[TomPNPRS]

Great video, thanks! I just got this camera, and by adding 1 IR add-on (Sima), it's fantastic.

[FunBoy15]

OPETH... NICE SONG. N VID.

[ghostlover17]

thank you. superb.

[FlorinU]

Thank you for this helpful test! What can you tell me about the auto focusing capacity/speed? To me, it seems the new miniDV handycams from Sony are worse than the old ones in this respect. I have the HC51 and it is struggling to focus in low light (i.e. indoors).