Sony is one of the world's largest electronics companies. It's headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan. Sony is known for having quality products, but also for using proprietary formats that are less supported than the formats that are shared by other companies. Sony has a line of camcorders ranging from inexpensive consumer Hi8 and Digital8 models to professional equipment. Sony also manufactures MicroMV and DVD camcorders. Sony uses the famous Handycam brand name on its camcorders. Sony is currently the only company that manufactures Digital8 and MicroMV camcorders.