Sales Rank: 3386; Platform: Windows NT 3.5, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows, Mac OS 9 and below


Features:

MiniDV

MiniDV camcorder

26x optical, 780x digital zoom with digital image stabilization

2.5-inch color LCD monitor and color EVF

Photo mode records still images onto tape or SmartMedia card (not included)

Uses an included lithium-ion battery; package includes remote control, battery, charger, lens cap, serial cable for still image transfers, and video cables

Average Rating:
Rating: - I WILL NEVER BUY FROM SHARP AGAIN!!!
The bad reviews hit all of the problems with this camera right on the head. THIS CAMCORDER IS A PIECE OF JUNK. Eject tape issue, pixelated audio and video...I've both of these problems every time I try and use it. Different tapes and head cleaning did NOTHING. DO NOT BUY!!!!

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Rating: - "Eject the Cassette" message, Sharp not very helpful...
I bought at the end of 2001, and I too have been getting these "eject the cassette" messages! I just didn't know how common this was until I started looking for a replacement camcorder just today, and happened to see mine (this one) and thought I would just check out the reviews, and was just SHOCKED to see how many others have had this same problem. I probably have used this camcorder a total of about 2 (yes, two) hours in the past 3-1/2 years, and have been getting the "eject the cassette" message for at least a year, I have to use a new tape each time I record, and cannot use the tape again (even to Play it), it tells me to "Eject the Cassette"--won't let me do ANYTHING. Sharp has not been helpful at all, continually referring me to 'my closest athorized servicer'. The closest place that will service it is in California, and I have to pay $55 just for them to 'assess' what the problem is. I have not found anyone in Arizona that can repair them, since they (an authorized Sharp servicer here) said when Sharp came out with these, they did not have a training program for repair shops to learn how to repair them. DO NOT BUY THIS CAMCORDER!!! Again, I am just shocked to read all these other reviews that sound IDENTICAL to the problems I have been experiencing practically since the camcorder was out of warranty, figures.

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Rating: - Please don't buy this piece of Junk...
I bought this in summer of 2001, it worked fine for a year and then it started giving garbled play back, Eject tape and eating tape.