This mini DV camcorder, has very good picture and sound quality. The images are very clear when filmed with this camera it has an image resolution that is very high. The camera it self is a good sizes and weight.
Zoom ----------------------------------------------------- It has a 16x optical lens this lets you zoom in (basically take close up shots from where you are standing) on your subject with and still maintain a very high quality picture the 700x digital zoom also helps the integrity of filming quality that allows you to film close ups from an even further distance out.
Picture Stabilizer ----------------------------------------------------- The camcorder has a stabilizer system that is built in to stop pictures shaking so that filming is always smooth and maintaining its clarity and precision.
Night vision ------------------------------------------------------
This features allows the quality of filming to be good even when lighting is dim so object being filmed will appear bright where they might have appeared darker with a lesser camera
Shutter ----------------------------------------------------- Picture quality is first class but sometimes when filming it can look as though the picture is flickering but this is not doesn't effect the viewing of recorded film , this due to the slow shutter speed.
Special Effects --------------------------------------------------------- This has a great features for any amateur, wanna be professional director! The feature includes fading out pictures for a that professional look on play back, of filmed footage.
Transferring film ------------------------------------------------------ i.Link (IEEE-1394) FireWire allows you to transfer footage to a computer, or recording from or to another DV unit.
Analog Input ------------------------------------------------------- The camcorder's analog input features a built-in Analog to Digital converter that will convert the analog audio/video signal to a digital signal and can be recorded to a DV tape.
Remote Control Features ---------------------------------------------------------- Allows the Playback with Special Effects, Zoom, Slow Motion, Frame-by-Frame playback and Audio Dubbing/Insert Editing.
Photo Mode ---------------------------------------------------------- It allows you to take still images and store them on cassettes a photo-like still image onto video cassette
USB Usage --------------------------------------------- You can also transfer film or photos to a computer, once pictures are transferred you can edit them using the software that comes with the camera, editing involves size changes lay out etc.
Other handy things ------------------------------------------------ You can film video clips in 160 x 120 pixels from real-time camera images that can be sent by email
Overall this is great camera and will set you back £329.99! an ok price for a camera of this quality.
Features: 3 D Noise Reduction. Built in Auto Light System PAL Format Mini DV (6mm Digital) CCD 1/6" CCD 800,000 Pixels Audio PCM Digital Stereo 16-bit/48kHz/2ch, 12-bit/32kHz/4ch Zoom 16x Optical, 700x Digital(for 35mm Conversion 51.8-828.8mm) Lens 2.7-43.2mm f/1.6-2.4 Filter Size 30.5mm Image Stabilizer Yes Lux 0 Lux with Night Scope feature Viewfinder Color LCD Monitor 2.5" Active Matrix System TFT Manual Controls Focus, Exposure, White Balance, Iris Lock DV Camcorder 2.5in LCD Monitor Sceeen 700 x Digital Zoom 16 x Optical Zoom 3D Noise Reduction USB Connection Video CD Creation E-Mail Clips WebCam Function Digital Still Capture (MPEG 1 USB Streaming) Auto Illumination Light Super High-Band Processor Digital Colour NightScope Colour Viewfinder DV IN/OUT (i-Link) Analogue Input Picture Stabiliser Remote Control
No personal thoughts and just a list of what does what
darkangelwing 28.12.2005 21:02
Good review but looks as if it's been out of an instruction mnaual, too much tech info., not enough advice/opinion, will be happy to re-rate, good overall though, well done(-:
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