topic Re: Sony HDR-XR260VE Quality in Camcorders

Sony HDR-XR260VE Quality

mars006 — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:23:52 GMT

I've bought a Sony HDR-XR260VE 10 days ago.
And the quality of the recorded movies is really bad.

It looks like its recorded with a phone or something.
And it seems like the ISO is really high, cause I have all the pixels visable in the footage.

And I filmed some birds, but it looks so cheap when I record it, even on the display of the camera itself. And on the TV or PC it looks even worse.

I also have a blue border around some white objects or birds...

I put the settings on highest quality and on 50P...
But still nothing happens.

Am I doing something wrong? I've tried all settings I think.

Thx in advance

PS: If somebody wants to see some footage let me know.

Sony HDR-XR260VE Quality

sambro65 — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:21:43 GMT

Ho comprato lo stesso prodotto anche io subito dopo Natale. Devo dire che non sto avendo gli stessi problemi (ne ho altri a livello di riproduzione dei files con alcuni players, non connessi con la qualità dei flies generati). Probabilmente il tuo esemplare è difettoso

I bought the same product too soon after Christmas. I must say that I am having the same problems (I have others at play files with some players, not related to the quality of the generated flies). Maybe your copy is defective

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Re: Sony HDR-XR260VE Quality

blaireau_photo — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:50:06 GMT

Hello mars006 / sambro65 - Welcome to the Sony Forums

First of all, have you tried performing a full reset of the camera to see if this puts the picture quality back to an acceptable level? For the HDR-XR260VE, there is a small pin hole that you need to press for a few seconds in order to reset the camera to the factory settings. In the picture below, it is marked as No. 7:

If this does not work and the video quality is still the same, it may help if you can capture a short clip that demonstrates the issues that you are describing. You can attach the clip to this forum message and I can take a look at it.

Thanks,

Simon

Re: Sony HDR-XR260VE Quality

mars006 — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:49:34 GMT

Hey,

Thanks for the response,

but the problem was that I used a Mediaplayer on the pc, that couldn't play the video's in good quality.

So the problem is fixed!

thanks alot

Re: Sony HDR-XR260VE Quality

Mick2011 — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 07:28:09 GMT

Thanks for the update

Useful to know that some media players can cause playback problems; glad you found a solution!

Can you remember the name of the player that didn't work, and let us know the one you're using now?

Mick