Advantages: lots of camcorder for your money, good external outputs, snug fitting camcorder. Disadvantages: Casing not very robust, battery life could be longer, some motor noise on low recordings.
Having owned this camcorder for over two weeks now, I am quite happy with it's functionality although still learning some areas as its packed with a variety of options.
The controls are well laid out and reasonably easy to find, even with my large hands, it did take me a little while to get used to the positioning of the zoom slider but I'm now a dab hand at using this.. The 2.5 inch 211,000 pixel LCD Screen is excellent for playback and definately ... ...although I use the viewfinder still.
Sockets and ports are all clearly spaced out and not obtrusive and all are covered to avoid dust entering their confines. The SD card slot is located neatly behind the LCD and DV tapes are inserted into the bottom of the unit. This can cause a bit of a problem if you need to change tapes whilst usint a tripod!
Video recordings have been very crisp and clear, especially out doors leading to vibrant images being ...
thehitman 11.11.2005
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