Pros & Cons
Pros
The indoor quality is not as good as i expected, a little dark, but outdoor video is very good and vivid. Battery consumption is good - a 1hr tape and the standard battery are fairly close.
The camcorder is a work horse - we've used it in 15 below temps capturing a sunrise over lake superior in january. The camera is light, takes marvelous video (given adequate light) love being able to take picture while filming, very rich crisp video a... Read More
Easy to learn (unlike premier) ois is a big feature. User-friendly for the beginner.
There is no new camcorder on this planet. Item was shipped quickly and arrived on time. This item is awesome!
Highlights
Quality
The quality of both picture & video is good compare to this range price of another camcorders.
Personally, i am very pleased with this camera.
The picture quality is beutiful outdoors and the low light quality isn't as bad as i read.
I did not like the idea of having to touch the screen to do everything with the sony's.
Price
This is something good at the good price.
Shipping
Paid well under $600 after shipping and haven't discovered all of its features but it is a lot of camera for the money.
Packaging/appearance
The zoom range is adjustable at either 25:1 or 700:1 and while one would never be able to use an image zoomed in 700x, the 25x ... Read More
Competitiveness
I've used the multi rca svideo cable and i don't find any problems with it.
I put it on a tripod and that solves the problem, but years ago in the larger full-size vhs cameras, the stabilization was better.
I bought it to take videos of my vaction in the orient.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this camera after looking at several others and must admit the pricepoint for the features was a key selling point
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have started taking a lot of still pictures with it as well and wound up putting a 1gb sd card in it giving us a pretty high capacity for photos in addition to 1 hr of video tape
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Overall this camera has been everything i hoped for and would heartily recommend it to anyone looking for a 3ccd camera in the lower price ranges
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this one aorund 2 months back
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Little bit noise in lowlight indoors with backlight on
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And it is very easy to handle only the zoon button should be somewhere on top
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It is kept to handle by middle finger which i am not used to
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The great drawback is the software which has no capability of burn to a dvd