Advantages: Excellent video quality, compact size, easy to use Disadvantages: Poor low light performance, lack of exposure controls
I like this camera a lot!
The picture quality is excellent, almost as good as you will get from a professional DV camera. This is because, like professional cameras, it has 3 CCDs. A CCD is basically a sensor which detects the light and converts it into a digital format that can be recorded. Most consumer cameras have one chip to record all the colours. This camera has three chips, each dedicated to one of the primary colours (Red, Green, Blue). ... ...extrodinarily sharp, defined and lifelike video, and avoid the slightly washed-out 'home-video' look that many consumer cameras can produce.
The second positive aspect of the camera is its tiny size and light weight. It is by far the smallest 3ccd camera I have seen. It can easily fit in a normal stills camera bag making it far more conveinent to carry around with you.
It is easy to use for a novice, as most of the settings are automatic, although ...
brichto 26.07.2005
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