As you see from my 'toy' list below, I do not own a Sony Handycam, but I can tell you that your low light video being grainy is probably the best you will get, in low light. Hard drive cams use high compression of the video information and do not process low light images very well. The best quality video you can get comes with miniDV tape cams that use zero compression Digital Video. The larger the CCD(s) in the cam, the better the low light imagery too.
A far as the off colour outdoors video goes, possibly there is something screwing up your white balance. Check that topic in your owner's manual. I know with my cam, I have to be sure I remove the lens cap prior to turning the cam on in order for it to properly set the white balance.

Jan 25, 2008 Need help in connecting new sony dcr-sr82 to my iMac. It's not connecting at all. I have version 5.0.2 of iMovie HD. Do I have to have iMovie 8 in order for camera to import?

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Sony DCR-SR82 Digital Camcorders Picture Motion Browser Driver,Version 2.0 for Windows Vista Business This utility updates the Picture Motion Browser software supplied with the camcorder. The update is for Picture Motion Browser versions 2.0.00 through 2.0.10, inclusive, and resolves the following issues: Issues resolved for all versions:.
Sony DCR-SR82 Digital Camcorders Picture Motion Browser Driver,Version 2.0 for Windows Vista Business This utility updates the Picture Motion Browser software supplied with the camcorder. The update is for Picture Motion Browser versions 2.0.00 through 2.0.10, inclusive, and resolves the following issues: Issues resolved for all versions:.
May 25, 2009 I just purchased a Sony DCR-SR82 camcorder only to find out I can't downlaod any video to my Mac. I guess the problem is Mac does not support MPEG2 video.