Canon MV750i

Now a little bit dated, and even considered by today's standards to be a little bit bulky, the Canon MV750i is a handheld video camcorder that was a big hit when it was new. It's flexible and durable, and most importantly for me, easy to use! When I say a little bit dated and bulky, I'm talking a couple of years and a couple of centimetres. If you take the current average specs of a handheld camcorder, you're going to be looking at something that can fit comfortably in the palm of your hand without it feeling heavy. The MV750i fits in your hand, but you need the strap and to hold on. There's a ... more

If you love surprise packages, you'll love this!! This model of Digital Camcorder somehow manages to look bigger on screen than it actually is. Upon opening the box i was delighted to find a very compact camcorder! (This was the reason why i very nearly bought the Canon 250i) The main difference between this camcorder and the 250i is the price, where the MV 750i is about £400-500 and the MVX250i ranges about £600-650. Notice the latter has an 'X' in its model number which means it is a 'Megapixel' camcorder; for normal consumers this simply means it has over 1024 million pixels whereas the ... more

I have had four previous camcorders but this is my first digital camcorder and - wow - the quality of the still photos I have taken on my new MV570i are just fantastic and stand out like 3D when displayed on my TV or PC monitor. The installation of the software supplied was a (no effort) dream with everything being found by my windows XP system. I purchased an extra battery to give me an extra 6 hours of operation but have so far not had to use it as the battery supplied gives between 45 - 125 mins and can be charged at any point without the need to discharge the battery first. Although it is ... more

The features of this camcorder is available on various websites and so I won't go into the hassle of droning on about it's features - as it's all technically too boring and complicated - if you're interested you can always look it up and you'll know what you're doing anyway. Rather, i will talk about what it's like to use this camcorder. If you're a budding photographer, forget this - as the print out will not be good - the pictures taken will only be off high quality use on computer or TV screen. If you're a budding movie maker - it's probably not a good one to start off with - especially if ... more

I bought the Canon MV750i camcorder as a replacement for a broken 4 year old Panasonic miniDV and was very disappointed, so much so that I returned it and got a refund. Outside footage is great, especially the colour reproduction, when compared to my old camcorder. But indoors in lower light conditions (e.g. a living room, during daytime with the lights on) this camcorder really struggles. Video is very grainy, colours are washed out, autofocus struggles when panning. If you are purchasing a camcorder for family use then you will be using it indoors quite a lot (birthdays, first steps etc) and ... more