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29 June 2016
Sturdy w/ good lens, button & menu controls, but mini-DV tape is a hassle.
5 of 6 found this helpful I chose the Sony PD 170 because we used them at public access TV so I knew they were rugged. They have a very good lens, and manual and automatic focus and exposure. Professional quality work is possible, at least before HD became the norm. But this lens gives good crisp images that some cheap HD cameras can't match even tho they record in high resolution because of their small lenses. You have to set the audio switches correctly, but once set, you never need to change them. I like the medium weight for steady handheld recording. There is a menu system that is not complex, but PD170s often get glitchy in scrolling down the menu and it is a pain but you can still make it work. That is a repairable problem. The only other complaint I have is having to use mini-DV tape which starts to get glitchy after a few uses. That is an ongoing expense. Where these are useful is not recording in the camera but outputting through a switcher to an HD recorder. You can create a cheap studio with these, even with "broken" cameras that don't record anymore but still output an image. You can buy these used for $200-$350, or the "broken" ones for $50. I like the wide angle lens attachment for documentary or film style shooting and mount shotgun microphones. I created a studio with 4 PD170s thru a Videonics switcher, viewing camera sources on a 24 inch flat screen TV, thru a Vidbox and into a laptop computer. It was very complicated to read all those instructions and get it all set and working, but now it does work, and I have a portable studio.