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With more than 230 million videos viewed online and more than 150,000 uploaded daily, according to YouTube™, video sharing is fast becoming as popular as photo sharing.
Sony’s Net-sharing CAM seamlessly uploads short video clips to the web, and snaps print-quality, 5-megapixel digital still photos. Weighing just about five ounces, the model has ultra-portable dimensions (1 3/16-inches wide by 4 1/8-inches tall by 2 1/4-inches deep).It can record about five hours of web-ready video footage on a Memory Stick™ PRO Duo media card, when recording with the default settings on a 2GB media card.
“People who upload videos frequently are looking for solutions to easily get their personal content online in a few simple steps, so we developed the Net-Sharing CAM to be intuitive,” said Kelly Davis, director of product marketing at Sony Electronics. “It can be used as an everyday communication device, which can also be personalized to quickly share short video clips and photos online.”
Ready to Shoot and Share
The device shoots video in the “web-ready” MPEG-4 recording format, with selectable picture qualities ranging from QVGA/15 frames per second to VGA/30 frames per second, which can be viewed on televisions. It sports a distinctive “sharemark” button so users can easily “tag” or select video and photos they want to upload.
The Net-sharing CAM is pre-loaded with PMB Portable software. This user-friendly application automatically runs when the device is connected to a compatible PC via the supplied USB cable, and will recognize “tagged” videos and photos. Because the unit pre-formats videos for popular web-sharing sites, it is easy to access them and post videos, without having to down-convert or manipulate the footage beforehand.
For the ultimate in ease of upload, the PMB Portable pre-loaded software has pre-programmed menu buttons for direct publishing to web sharing sites, such as Crackle™. The built-in software can also be programmed for web sites of your choice or even your own personal blog or “vlog.”
Picture Motion Browser™ software is also supplied for those who would prefer an extended version of the application to run directly from a personal computer. Additionally, this version makes it possible to quickly edit and store footage, based on preferences. Bundled driver software is also included so the device can double as a live web cam.
Designed to be sleek and intuitive, the Net-sharing CAM sports separate buttons for movies and photos, eliminating the need to select specific modes before shooting. It has a built-in flash, 4x digital zoom and a 2.4-inch color LCD screen. Powered with rechargeable Lithium Ion technology, the model has a battery life of about 90 minutes (depending on recording conditions).
The Sony Net-sharing CAM will be available in September for about $150 at sonystyle.com, in Sony Style® retail stores (www.sonystyle.com/retail), at authorized dealers, and at military base exchanges nationwide. Online pre-orders will begin on July 18 at www.sonystyle.com/netsharingcam.
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My husband and I are totally retarded when it comes to techie-things but this little thing is wonderful for our purposes, although we found it somewhat hard to operate (please understand the source here….even a regular camera is “difficult” for us). The price was totally acceptable at Walmart and we added a larger memory-card (correct word???) so we don’t have to charge it constantly when we film our golf-swings. In short, a great thing for people like us who just want it simple and not professional.
The guy who did the first review isn’t very smart… You Don’t need to use the charger that is almost as big as the camera. You can charge off of usb, Or as I have found, Motorola charger that has the mini USB end, as well the moto car charger works perfect too.
You put your index finger just above the line on the front. That’s there so you can feel it so you don’t have to look.
The cam is built to be small, and functional. It is much easier to hold and film movies rather then a standard video camera.
The quality of the filming drop considerably when you switched to your POS cam.
You failed to mention the built in software that comes on the camera that is accessable when you connect the usb. You can use it on any pc with usb, with no other software, its right on the cam.
You also failed to mention that the cam can be used as a webcam as well.
As for it standing up, its a no brainer that you flip the lcd down to stand it. even better, it does have a tripod mount on the bottom, and walmart sells a nice little tripod for $9 that is about 12″ high and has bendy legs that you can wrap around things to mount a camera.
You also forgot the built in memory on the camera, although not very much.
you also forgot the software that comes with it that makes it easy to upload right to youtube or other media sites.
You also forgot about the sharemarking.
and what camera can you take out side one a super windy day and not expect to get wind noise. I have taken mine out on some fairly windy days and gotten no noise from wind. You must had a tornado near you osslt.