Hey,

I'm in the market for a new handycam and looking at the new Sony Hard Drive Handycams.. Cant find any reviews for them yet but they look good on paper.

Anyhoo I was just wondering something. You have a model DCRSR47 which has 80gb hdd but only 640k sensor but it has 60x optical zoom.

I was looking at the next model up as seems a viable choice having a 1MP sensor so hopefully better image quality. But this camera only has a 25x optical zoom.

So I am wondering why would a camera with a better sensor with more pixels only have 25x optical zoom whereas the model down has 60x ??

Is this a technical limitiation or just a blunder on sony's behalf?? Because I really would prefer the 1MP sensor camera, but 60z optical vs 25x would be nice too.

Thanks!

Try looking on Camcorderinfo.com for latest news and reviews.

As for 60x optical zoom...unless you are using a tripod, I find anything over 20x zoom is not very handy. Most of my footage would be shot at 0-10x zoom.