Price: around £350-400
This doubles up as a digital camcorder, and a digital camera in one. It includes an 8Mb SD MultiMediaCard, meaning that immediate purchase of an extra memory card is not necessary.
The camera has 2 recording modes: Automatic and Manual. In automatic mode the camera ... Read review
Advantages: Packed Full Of Features Disadvantages: Quite small battery run time
Price: around £350-400
This doubles up as a digital camcorder, and a digital camera in one. It includes an 8Mb SD MultiMediaCard, meaning that immediate purchase of an extra memory card is not necessary.
The camera has 2 recording modes: Automatic and Manual. In automatic mode the camera trys to focus on the principal object in view and automatically adjusts the white balance and brightness to obtain the clearest image ... ...the focus range, therefore allowing close up shots. The camera also has the function of an image intensifier allowing for use in low light conditions
Viewing of the recorded videos/images is easily done by selecting the media on which they were recorded. Still Images can be viewed on an indexed page (about 9 thumnails per page) or individually. The videos are played back and can be fastforwarded or reversed, and are played with sound. ... more
Price: around £350-400
This doubles up as a digital camcorder, and a digital camera in one. It includes an 8Mb SD MultiMediaCard, meaning that immediate purchase of an extra memory card is not necessary.
The camera has 2 recording modes: Automatic and Manual. In automatic mode the camera trys to focus on the principal object in view and automatically adjusts the white balance and brightness to obtain the clearest image possible. in manual mode the user is able to select the focus range, therefore allowing close up shots. The camera also has the function of an image intensifier allowing for use in low light conditions
Viewing of the recorded videos/images is easily done by selecting the media on which they were recorded. Still Images can be viewed on an indexed page (about 9 thumnails per page) or individually. The videos are played back and can be fastforwarded or reversed, and are played with sound.
Main Features: --------------------
Media Formats Accepted - The camera accepts Mini DV casettes to record videos and SD MultiMedia Cards for still images.
Size and Weight - At just over a half kilo,and measuring approx 8 x9 x17cm (WxHxD) the camera is very lightweight, anallowing it to be transported and used easily
Zoom - The camera has a 10x optical zoom, with digital zoom increasing this to 500x, although image quality decreases with digital zoom.
Editing - The camera comes with all the necessary cables needed to view the recordings (3 phono/ scart adaptor, or optional SVIDEO - not included) or the digital stills taken (USB + Software). Editing cables are included
My only real moan is the battery: The standard battery requires around 1hr 30mins of charging and will last just under and hour when running, so if used for long periods of time it is recommended to buy a larger capacity battery, providing a maximum recording time of around 7 hours. Alternatively it is possible to power the camera from the mains using the provided adaptor.
JVC GR DVL365 high-band digital video camera has a high-resolution CCD, which ensures clear, bright pictures with natural colors, providing an excellent source for DV quality images. The processor intelligently calculates and restores the high-band luminance signal components that would be lost in conventional processing. This ensures extremely high horizontal resolution of 520 lines. The camera lets you shoot high-quality digital still images (1024x768/ 640x480-pexel) and store them on an SD Memory Card or MultiMediaCard. The HG Digital Still function is able to capture full-frame still pictures that contain approximately 1.5 times the vertical resolution of conventional field stills. The GR DVL365 is provided with a 2.5" high-resolution LCD monitor can be freely tilted for high-angle overhead shots, low-angle shots, and even self-portraits when pointed forward. Create MPEG-4 video clips and send video email to friends or family. You can make clips (up to 3 minutes) from pre-recorded footage or record directly to the memory card from a real-time camera image. Thanks to its high compression rate, MPEG-4 files are very small, making them ideal for attaching to email. With its enhanced low-light sensitivity, Digital Color NightScope lets you capture clear, full-color nighttime images. Since it doesn't rely on infrared rays like other systems, your image is always in color and there's no limit on shooting range. In addition to the 10x optical zoom, this camera also features a powerful 500x digital zoom with spline interpolation to smooth contours that helps you pick out a face in the crowd. A digital image stabilizer, which helps to eliminate camera shake without affecting image quality, is handy when zooming in for a portrait. Enjoy a powerful array of Program AE/digital special effects and scene transitions even without a computer. You can apply these effects while you're shooting, or later on during playback without affecting the original recording. For easier and more convenient data transfer capability, a USB terminal is provided for fast, plug-and-play data downloading from the memory card to a PC. USB Mass Storage Class support is provided, so when you hook up the camera via a USB cable, it will appear on your computer screen as a drive unit.
