Sony HDR-SR8 and Ikelite housing

Karin Brussaard · Issue 44, Sep/Oct 2008 · pp. 29–33

Products mentioned: Sony HDR-SR8, Sony HDR-SR7, Ikelite model # 6038.92, Pro Video Lite 3, UR/Pro red filter, Sony NP-FH40, Sony NP-FH50, Sony NP-FH60, Sony NP-FH70

Sony go back a long time in producing video cameras. The last series of models have been equipped with the possibility to capture in High Definition (HD), and for storage possibilities there is a choice between the internal drive and tape. This is also the case with the Sony HDR-SR8; it is capable of capturing in High Definition as well as in Standard Definition. The camera has an internal hard drive with an impressive 100GB of memory. This allows for capturing 13 hours of HD full-motion movie in the highest quality. Besides that the camera features a card slot for a memory card (Memory Stick (PRO) Duo). In addition to capturing full-motion videos, and even during the capturing of these videos, the also camera allows for capturing still pictures, and storing these on the memory card. The pictures taken while capturing a video at the same time have a resolution of 4.3 Megapixels and takin…