Money... that's all anyone seems to care about these days. It's all about money and the latest gadgets. Fortunately, both of these combine in this small and handy digital video camera from Mustek!
It's easy to use, and so small it's almost toylike, so you can easily fit the DV cam in a pocket, smaller still than a normal camera. It runs off USB, and takes still pictures as well as digital video with sound, at quite an impressive quality. For the same price, you will often only get a similar quality still digital camera!
The memory with the camera is relatively small in terms of filming, a mere six minutes, but large in terms of pictures - at a recent gig I managed to get no less than 94 photos of the band, and about 60 of those were good quality.
The quality is the only bad point of this camera, since for still photos the camera has to be just that... extremely still. Otherwise all you will end up with is a blur.
On the other hand, the digital video is excellent, and the sound quality even better. The memory can easily be upgraded by buying a card from sites such as eBay, and, on comparison with film quality from a camera of four times the price, the video was its equal and the sound far more impressive.
The main drawbacks to this camera however are its small, poky buttons, which can be difficult, its difficulty in operation (particularly when deciding whether to take still pictures or film - often I find the camera has very short films on when it should have had photos).
However, for the price, an extremely worthwhile buy, and the cheap gadget for today's far more tight pockets.
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Advantages: A cheap, pocket sized alternative to a clumpy expensive video camera Disadvantages: Very small almost toy looking, limited sized view screen
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Advantages: A cheap, pocket sized alternative to a clumpy expensive video camera Disadvantages: Very small almost toy looking, limited sized view screen
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