a real review for real people
This review is for people who have common sense about this technology and have done even a TAD bit of research before buying. I have been in the video/film/animation industry for 15 years and have used tons of equipment for everything from multimillion dollar productions to rogue gorilla documentaries. This camera is for people who want to flip open something small and compact shoot some video for memories and thas that. Pretty much ALL camcorders under 800 dollars are going to shoot interlaced video and this one does as well. it has complete manual overide for focus and exposure. I read a review where a lady was complaining about filming a recital and the camera was going in and out of focus. No problem set it to manual and problem fixed. There is no more .MOD file problems.. all files are read as .mpeg files now (you can download the newest software from the website) **EDIT** its come to my attention that some people are still getting the .MOD files extension. I am running windows XP service pack 3 on a PC and the program it installed is pixela imagemixer 3 version 4 and it automatically shows up as .mpeg 4 files.. so i dont know whats up and why that works for me as i did nothing special or extra for that to happen..
now onto quality.
It is acceptable. Low light gives you grainy pictures and some ghosting. You will get this on pretty much ALL camcorders in this class. do NOT expect that if you spend another 100 dollars you will get a difference. If you want to see a noticable difference you will need to step up to the 800-1200 dollar range. Im sorry but thats just the facts. Another thing to be on the lookout for is called a frame buffer. Which EVERY camcorder over 100 dollars Should have.. you know that telltale sign in video where when the camera moves back and forth the picture starts "waving like a flag in the wind".. we're good with that. The zoom on this camera is CRAZY good.. in general optical zoom is good digital zoom is bad.. this cameras optical zoom rivals most everything out there.. things i dont like. When you play your recorded videos on the camcorder it will just play the next file without stopping in one long stream.. this is cool but i dont like not having the option to view one at a time. you HAVE to plug it in to the wall power when you transfer files to the computer. i dont like the record button on the end of the barrel.. the way i ALWAYS end up holding this camera is like how you hold a glass of water if you were pouring it out.. with my thumb on the top of the barrell.. i NEVER hold it "properly" (like a glass of water that im drinking).. its so tiny that holding it like that is almost cumbersome and unecessary.. In short i LOVE this thing for the convenience.. on standby it will boot up in 2 seconds.. AWESOME.. no tape the small size good battery life relatively big LCD screenexternal mic input and headphone all good.. needing a plug for computer connection bad low light performance bad management of video playback not so good.. all in all i REALLY like it...
if you want the convenience of a TINY camcorder available at a moments notice recording to a card instead of tape a regular def video (most everything i shoot is for web or regular DVD which is regular def anyway) and a price thats not bad. this is for you
Now if you want a video camera for capturing high def home videos for permanent memories to keep forever and possibly burn to blu-ray seriously buy a high def 3ccd progressive scan camcorder. Expect to pay around 1000+ dollars but thats what you get. i dont understand the complaints that this is whats expected from this camcorder. You cant drive a civic around complaining it cant go from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds..More detail ...
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