Canon MV 600

...it was Canon, you know, Canon was the first word I learnt about photography. Anyways, let's get some technical from Canon website: The MV600 series allows everyone from camcorder beginners, frequent travellers and families to select a camcorder most suited to their needs. Consisting of four models, each bringing users enhanced specifications, better connectivity and improved performance in a compact and stylish new design. The new MV600 series ...
...with a high-performance two-sided aspheric Canon lens. The MV600 uses an optical 18x / digital 360x zoom lens for video. Programmed Auto Exposure (AE) By selecting the shooting mode that best suits the scene, each MV600 series model adjusts internal controls to create the perfect video each time. Mode choices are Auto, Sports, Portrait, Spotlight, Sand and Snow, and Low Light as well as the new Night Mode with which colour shots are possible even ...

Agape_ 18.07.2003 · Read full review
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...than by purchasing myself a Canon MV600 camcorder. The canon MV 600, is a compact, stylish, modern and best of all......cheap camcorder. It has great optical and digital zoom so it is able to film objects far away. It also has gadgets such as night vision and play back. It is easy to link to both Televison and computer to watch or edit those home movies. You can buy add on accsessories that boost the comeras effect. These include; microphones, ...

Jackasssurfing 27.05.2006 (28.05.2006) · Read full review
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This is a lovely little camcorder, easy to handle, easy to carry. It will fit inside your bag, as long as its a sensible size. Ideal for anyone being to take recordings. The sound is pretty basic, but adequate for home use. The zoom can be quite noisy if you don't control it gently, but other than that, no problems. It is even good in the evening, it adjusts itself to night time filming and the results are not great, but pretty good. It is easy ...
...and it does fit on to most tripod fittings. Its really great for family gatherings or outings, although I am wanting to use it to shoot footage to be edited. The disadvantage is that it uses DV tapes, and so can't be downloaded to the computer straight from the tape...at least I don't think it can be used like that. My only problem is getting my computer to recognise the camcorder, we have tried everything, and yes, we did load the software. Perhaps ...

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During my maternity leave a year ago, I was able to research the many Camcorders that were available and within my budget. This was widely available and so prices varied wildly. I got mine for a little over 200 pounds! The reasons I plumped for it were that it had relatively few bells and whistles, but has handy features for point and shooters like me. My subject was mainly going to be my new baby and I wasn't bothered about effects, taking still ...
...to read the essential sections and once the battery was powered up, I was able to shoot, replay and fiddle about really easily. It shoots brilliantly in daylight and adequately in poor light and has a night vision feature that I have never used. It does have effects, but after the inital fun with them, we haven't bothered. My only complaints are that battery life is short (sbout 45 mins, but that is about average and I did buy a larger battery ...

greenwellys1 02.02.2005 · Read full review
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I was looking for a simple entry level camcorder to be able to take on holiday to america that would mean I wouldnt need to spend hours looking at the handbook or fiddling around experimenting with it. - I certainly had that with this great camcorder. I was literally able to take it out of the box, read a few pages about setting it up and I was away. I had never used a camcorder before but it was so simple a child could use it. It has a very clear ...
...is a bright day and you cannot see it clearly. It has a zoom button on the top which is very easy to use but beware of letting it go quickly as you will get an annoying click sound on the video when you play it back which you dont notice at the time. It is lightweight and easy to hold with all the buttons in an easy to reach place yet is robust and well built. The quality of the picture was very high even when I zoomed in close to an object. I noticed ...

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...have with the MV600. Firstly Canon claims the standard battery supplied (BP-508)has a life of 75-100 mins depending on conditions and which viewfinder/screen you use. The actual battery life is more 35-60 mins, so a spare battery is essential. The MV600 charging method is via the camera itself so you will have to buy a seperate charger (charging takes around 110mins for the BP-08)if you want to film while your spare battery is charging. Secondly ...
...zoom switch is spring loaded to return the switch to the center position. If you release the switch during zooming the switch swings back to the normal position under tension and produces a rather loud tap sound each time it happens. As the MV600 can record in 16bit quality this sounds terrible on video! I now keep my finger on the zoom switch and guide it back into its center position (no tapping). Apart from these 2 small grumbles, I have found ...

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...have with the MV600. Firstly Canon claims the standard battery supplied (BP-508)has a life of 75-100 mins depending on conditions and which viewfinder/screen you use. The actual battery life is more 35-60 mins, so a spare battery is essential. The MV600 charging method is via the camera itself so you will have to buy a seperate charger (charging takes around 110mins for the BP-08)if you want to film while your spare battery is charging. Secondly ...
...zoom switch is spring loaded to return the switch to the center position. If you release the switch during zooming the switch swings back to the normal position under tension and produces a rather loud tap sound each time it happens. As the MV600 can record in 16bit quality this sounds terrible on video! I now keep my finger on the zoom switch and guide it back into its center position (no tapping). Apart from these 2 small grumbles, I have found ...

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...other areas. Most notably, the Canon lens has a maximum aperture of f1.6, which lets in more light than the standard f1.8 lenses found elsewhere, helping to reduce low-light noise on your recordings. It also provides a sizeable 18X optical zoom, which is always useful. The MV600's slightly peculiar styling may not be to all tastes, but it's a comfortable enough arrangement, and we like the tilting eyepiece for the internal viewfinder -- a handy ...
...tone that's often seen in Canon camcorders, but colour reproduction is much better than that of the Sharp VL-Z1H. Getting to grips with the camera is equally pleasant thanks to the intuitive jog wheel menu control and sensibly positioned playback controls, although we'd have preferred the zoom to be a little more responsive. There's no manual focus ring, although the camera offers a fairly accessible button-controlled mode, and it lacks the iris ...

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