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4.5 stars
"Superb camcorder"
Pros: Extremely easy to use, Video quality, size, Stability
Cons: Low light recording,
Summary: Excellent camera in many ways. First thing first,I see complaints about the videos not playing. This is not the case first time I plugged in the camcoder my PC saw the camcorder as a drive it was as easy as drag and drop to my desktop were they all played with WMP without problems. One step further is that they played on my 360 while streaming them from my PC just fine also.
This was the only thing that worried me about spending 760$ and it all works fine. The only complaint if any is the low light recording. The camcorder records fine but picks up a snow, however the images are still HD when zoomed in. During the day I have taken many videos and have been extremely pleased they look amazing on my 56" HDTV. Ease of use is incredible, turn on open LCD and hit record. It stops and starts very fast so you won't miss a thing. LCD menus are great not cheap looking. I have only used HDMI, XBOX360, PC to view so with component I do not know what the quality is like. The stabilization is excellent as well. Camera has 8GB internal memory and uses SD,MMC,MMCplus,SDHC as an add on. Battery charges very fast and removes quickly to swap out. I have yet to find a spare BATT for sale and that goes for accessories as well not much yet. I have been very happy with this camcorder and would recommend it.
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kathyjackie: Yes - the low-light recording is still a problem when the light is turned on. It's only a little LED light on the front, and it's pretty useless unless you're withing 5 feet of your target.
The problem with the low-light recording is that the camera doesn't just let the picture be black - it tries its hardest to pull out any light at all, and you're left with a super-grainy picture; almost like you took the video on a cell phone. If the camera just let the picture be black, I'm sure once the video is on the computer you could just crank up the brightness - but fixing picture noise is much more difficult. -
Reviews mention how poorly it records inside, in low light. The "official" cnet reviewer stated there is a recording "light" on the camera, but stated ya gotta search for it at length in setup menu or whatever. Is this low-light problem an issue EVEN when the light is enabled/turned on? I want an inexpensive but functional camcorder just to film my crazy dogs and my slow, DIY remodel of my house, so i need to be able to film inside without setting up professional light banks, right?!! I REALLY appreciate any input u might have, so hard to know what products out there r going to be more trouble than there worth!! :] Kathy G.(kathyjackie@cox.net)
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I love the standard HDMI jack!
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