Sadly, not dive video, but if you want to check out the picture quality, bear in mind that is compressed into flash format, go to my blog at www.marshallkarp.com.
So, I got my camera right away when we were opening presents Christmas morning. Out of the box set-up was real easy, just popped the battery in, plugged the camera into the wall, put a DV tape in and started taking 1080i video. Shot about 15 minutes of us opening gifts and good family Christmas time memories.
Later, I downloaded the trial version of Sony Vegas, then downloaded the footage onto my external hard drive. Lastly (I did no editing due to time constraints), I rendered to H.263 (only cause I could not find the H.264 compression, which by the way, is AVC in Vegas) and uploaded to Vimeo. Rendering took about an hour on my three year old Compaq Presario AMD Athlon 64 with 1 gig.
Observations
I like Vegas and will buy the full version and leave Pinnacle Studio. Also, I see what some of you were talking about with using the HDR-HC7 in low light. Sadly, my wide angle lens off my DCR-TRV33 does not fit the HDR-HC7, so I have to get a new wide angle lens. These camcorder should really come with this lens to start with anyway.
The real plus is when I used the HDMI cable from the HDR-HC7 and plugged it into the Olevia HD LCD TV. Just not 16:9 picture, but HD picture. Truly stunning to do this kind of picture quality on your own. There is no excuse for any TV show or station not to go HD with this quality of consumer electronic gear.
