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Rick Rizner
Sony's $950 DCR-IP1 is the smallest camcorder in this roundup, at just under 2 inches wide, 4 inches high, and 2.5 inches deep. But the camera is so compact that it can sometimes be difficult to hold and use, although the safety strap does provide some degree of security. We kept accidentally waving fingers in front of the lens, and had to remember to curl them back out of the way. But we didn't have to deal with a dangling lens cap: an internal shade closes over the IP1's lens when you turn the camcorder off.
The IP1 uses the same touch-screen menu system found on Sony's DCR-HC20, except that the...