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Drawbacks of the Sony HDR-AS15

Drawbacks of the Sony HDR-AS15

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Drawbacks of the Sony HDR-AS15

- So Rich, we've talked about the benefits of this camera and the things that we like. - [Rob] Let's talk about some of the things that could be a little bit better on this camera and I got to say, even though it feels again like mini camcorder to me. - Right. - Which is nice and hand holdable. The problem I have with this form factor - [Rob] as well as some other of the action cameras that we've seen that are not Go Pro's is that, it's very hard to place unless you're placing it on it's side. It doesn't stand up very well. You kind of almost have to put it in a mount. - [Rob] That kind of thing. Once of the things I do like about a Go Pro and the square design, I can just put it on a book shelf somewhere without a housing, without a case and it works perfectly. - [Rich] Yeah, you have to put this in a case which is fine. Like oh well it comes with a case and I can slip that in and great and I can set that flat except this case covers up the microphones and so you're like, well great,…

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