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4.5 stars
"Excellent travel video"
Pros: Size, weight, picture quality, price
Cons: clumsy battery charger
Summary: Unbelievable value at $299 for the amateur videographer. A 1 gig SD chip takes about 42 minutes of highest quality video. Although it accepts up to 4 gigabyte chips, I found that several 1 gig chips were a better approach. Literally fits in your pants pocket. Although it takes good quality 6 megapixel stills, it is much better used as a camcorder. The reaction time for stills was rather slow and you have to be very careful to not introduce camera shake. At 30fps 640 x 480 pixels the typical home videos are excellent except in the very lowest of light conditions. Sanyo makes an HD model that is similar for double the price. However, the typical amateur would get no benefit from this addition. The 5 times optical zoom could be greater, but combined with the digital zoom still yielded quality home video up to 10 times. It is far better to zoom in on an object before filming rather than trying to zoom while filming. Of course, this is good advice for any camcorder because the typical home movies make the viewer dizzy from overuseing the zoom feature. The battery charger has a thick cord and is inconsistent with the incredible portability of the camera, but that is a minor issue. A direct plug charger would be much better. If still shots are the primary use, many ultra compacts would be better. Used primarily as a video camcorder, this is an exceptional device.Updated
Available currently from Sanyo direct or at Walmart or Walmart online.
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drbob54,
What did you think of the Audio Quality? Is the microphone in a good place?
Thanks!!
Richard
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Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG6 Digital Camcorder:
$479.00
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