Canon MV830i

I have always been a big fan of canon photographic products, I personally own a digital still camera, SLR and camcorder from canon and have been very pleased. Their latest offering is not about to change my mind either. The MV830i is a solid, well built piece of kit jam packed with features at a market beating price. For starters this camera has a 20X optical zoom giving the user much more flexibility on the type of recordings that can be taken. This is a much larger zoom than most camcorders in this range, but still keeping a compact size. This model also has an SD card slot so still shots ... more

Indeed the MV830i's feature set reads like that of a pricier camcorder. For starters, it's capable of true 16:9 recording, meaning it uses the full width of the sensor--no skewing or interpolating. It also features a 20x optical zoom, an analog-to-digital converter, a handful of autoexposure scene modes, and the usual hodgepodge of digital effects. The only real letdown is Night mode, which effectively illuminates dim environments but requires both a tripod and a stationary subject to be useful. Otherwise, you get jerky, unwatchable video. And even with a tripod, low-light video exhibits ... more