Sony HD Video Recording Handycam Camcorder

Got this camera as an inexpensive way to start making videos of different types as a hobby. I've had it for about four or so months now and I've mainly recorded one-take, long videos of me doing book/film reviews and generally just talking like that, and this camera is no problem if that's all you do. I had noticed that if I wanted to record more than one videos in one session, the camera didn't like to save the extra videos, sometimes claiming not enough space on the sd card when there's more than enough room, I even tested three different sd cards, 2 of them 1 tb one 100 gb. All had the same problem. So I found when recording a half hour to an hour video, I had to export the videos onto my computer and then delete them from the sd card before recording more. Inconvenient but for simple videos like that, I can live with it. The problem comes when I try to record videos with multiple short shots. This camera will not allow it. Trying to record nature/landscapes, events, etc. You can record a 5 second clip, wait for the camera to finalize the video, then try to record a second 5 second clip and you're already having problems. Sometimes in the middle of the recording it will claim that either data is corrupted or that it can't load media, or sometimes some different message will pop up, and it will scrap the video you're recording. Sometimes, it even deletes the video you recorded before it, even if you confirmed it had saved and watched the playback of it before recording the next video. Taking out the battery and putting it back in sometimes prevents this issue, sometimes after doing so it just won't recognize there's an sd card inserted even after taking out the sd card and putting it back in a few times, or putting in a new one. Like I said, it's not the sd card because I've tried three different ones and keep running into the same issues. Two of the sd cards are of the same brand but the third is a different brand. Using this camera is needlessly frustrating and it glitches. I didn't notice the glitches the first month or so of use, but after using the camera enough I've seen it do some stupid stuff here and there. Sometimes the interface (like the menu buttons, battery level symbol, etc) will disappear and that usually means it's going to start not letting you record or do anything. Sometimes after hitting the record button to end a recording, it will keep recording for a bit before stopping. Sometimes this just means your video is a little longer than intended and there's a nice video bit of you asking the camera if it's going to stop recording. Other times, you'll find the video just didn't save. The zooming function is usually pretty smooth but sometimes it has a delay that's annoying. Actually, a lot of times there's a delay. When you can actually keep a video, the picture quality is decent. But getting there is like pulling teeth a lot of times. Even for a lower price than other cameras, this product is not worth it. Even as a beginner camera. In fact, probably especially as a beginner camera I would not recommend this. You won't be able to learn to how film if the device is fighting you every step of the way and only giving you problems. This is a bad product. I am going to start looking for a new camera to replace it. I feel like I wasted my money getting this. But I guess once I get a camera that actually functions as it's supposed to this one will just be a spare for very desperate times. I've used much older Sony camera models way in the past and never had these kinds of problems, goes to show that companies like Sony just make things cheaper and cheaper, not even caring about making quality products.