Camcorders

SDR S26

Advantages: Size, quality, reputation, ease of use. truly pocket size
Disadvantages: none

Having been stuck with a busted camcorder on the morning on an important family visit, I dashed to a major electrical store to source a replacement, stumbled across this camera, researched the others on display and chose the S26 for ease of use, merit for the make (I bought Lumix TZ5 and have been really pleased with it, quality, capabilities etc, great lens) and general feel for the camera. in my opinion, X70 zoom works very well, resolution excellent ...

migloi2 17.05.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Panasonic SDR-S26

Forget this product its worse than a mobile phone

Advantages: chic design, and brandname
Disadvantages: many

...dont waste money on this sony product and OH!!!!!! the service at sonycentre in leeds is the worst they will fight as if you killed their camera by approaching them the worst part is about to come when the technical details are disclosed the camera has .2 and .5 mp of resolution and it does not have features to tune your image it does not shoot in dark andin low light the picture quality is of webcam dont buy this camcorder unless you are buying ...

zsameenn 29.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Sony DCR-SX30

Panasonic HDC-SD20, great compact HD camcored for less then $600

Advantages: Some great features are the optical image stabilization and Intelligent Auto (iA) technology.
Disadvantages: Microphone is not in a very good place.

The Panasonic HDC-SD20 This is a great compact high definition camcorder for the price. The small design allows for easy travel, it can fit in your purse, a large pocket and doesn't take up much room in your luggage when going on vacation. Very light weight only 270g, made of plastic, in my opinion it looks a little cheep. However here are some great details: Full HD 1080 resolution (1920 x 1080) Has a HDMI input that allows you to connect to ...
...can also use the USB cable to transfer your video to your computer. This model has a 16X ( optical) zoom lens and a 40x - 1000x (digital zoom) along with Optical (lens based) Image Stabilization, great for filming objects from a distance. The LCD screen s 2.7" and is touch screen. Once I started playing around with features and got use to the layout then making selections were easy. There are many different features including face detection, shutter ...

entros 23.05.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Panasonic HDC-SD20

Cheapest but still GOOD!

Advantages: good quality pictures and video, easily transfer pics onto computer, easy to use
Disadvantages: boring shape, unpredictable recording times

The JVC Everio GZ-MG630 is a member of the Everio G Series Camcorders and is the cheapest of the three 2009 members of the line. a 1/6-inch 800,000-pixel CCD image sensor that is supported by a 40x dynamic zoom magnification that uses all of the CCD pixels without any degradation of the picture quality. It has an 800x digital zoom and also has a 60 GB memory. A memory like this will allow you to get thousands of pictures and hours upon hours of video ...
...as: *The screen is in colour and is great quality. *The actual quality of the pictures and videos are great (very clear) *A decent battery life *It uses a memorySD card which means that you can easily transfer pictures onto your computer without messing about with wires *It's a very compact design *The sound of the camcorder is unexpectedly good quality *You can select the quality of the images *There's different modes for different situation E.G. ...

denney_owens 26.04.2009 · Read Full Review

Review of JVC Everio GZ-MG630

Camcorder Extreme

Advantages: PC, TV, USB!
Disadvantages: distance range from TV

This Canon Legria camcorder is one of the best selling camcorders on the market. To start off the camcorder uses a small disk like a regular cd that would go into your computer. It also has a USB cord so you could hook it up to your TV and watch whatever is going on with the camcorder. It is very high deffinition and the graphics for video taking are very good. The lence is very easy to clean and it comes with a lence cloth so if your lence gets ...
...white, and many more. The Canon Legria has great zoom so it is easier to see instead of the picture being all fuzzy and the focus is wounderful. In all the picture quality is awesome, very easy to use and the sound is like you were actually there. This is not a camcorder you want to pass up buying because you are really missing out! Start a life journal with videos or make your own webcast, this camera i good for anything, even a webcam for your ...

BiteDownHard 04.07.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Canon LEGRIA FS200