Advantages: quality, ease of use
Disadvantages: weight size

...monitor display. It was the first camcorder I had ever owned or in fact used and I was rather excited at having a new toy to play with. I rushed home and unpacked it from the excessive amount of packaging used. There were quite a few little "bits" that came with the main body of the camcorder. Battery Remote control Charger with A/C Adapter Neck strap The specifications of this model which are printed on the side of the box are as follows: Focal length: 2.5mm-50mm Optical zoom: 20X Digital zoom: 560X Sound: Mono Display:2.5" TFT colour Warranty: 1 year Manuel focus Night shot (built in night light) Well with that all written down I can not honestly say how good a 560x digital zoom is on paper but I can tell you my experience with this camera overall. On having to set the camcorder up to start taking video clips with... Read review

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Advantages: long battery life, great pic + sound, quality
Disadvantages: software lacks detail

...This is one of the better Digital Camcorders on the market. It's light, durable and quite small.It has many great features such as: Night shot Night shot can enable you to see and record in the dark with great detail for up to 20 metres in pitch black areas. It is very good for recording nature documentries. A lot like having night vision goggles! 20x optical zoom This enables you to zoom in 20 times without losing the quality of the image you are recording It is good for detailed close-ups like watching an ant. 560x digital zoom This is very impressive. You can zoom into far distances and be able to see low resolution images up to 560 times. 1.5" colour screen This is really handy for seeing what you are recording and even handier for watching what you have just recorded Very bright light The light on this camcorder... Read review

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Advantages: Hot, Sunny, Reasonably Priced
Disadvantages: Busy, Hectic Night life

...to £3000. It was £560 x 4 and £290 for child plus insurance and suppliments and car. On a last minuite word, if you like a tipple in your horlics before you hit the sack around ten ish with little disturbance, dont go, on the other hand, if you have a young family and like to mix a little nightlife with parential duties..................give it a whirl.... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap - satisfactory quality - Sony
Disadvantages: Heavy - not digital - battery degrades

...zoom: 20X Digital zoom: 560X Sound: Mono Display:2.5" TFT colour Warranty: 1 year THE USER EXPERIENCE OK, having got over the weight issue and absorbed the derisive glances from the guy next to you with what looks like a zippo lighter recording the days events, just how does this work. Well, being a Sony it has a name that carries a certain Kudos in the camera market and I feel it lives up to this name. The camera comes with a pelthors of fade in and out effects that are easily accessed by cycling through the button conveniently located for your filming hand. The on screen display highlights which particular effect is selected and pressing the play or stop button will now bring about the desired effect. Back home the remote control handset that comes with the camera allows the camera to be connected to the TV and video and you... Read review

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Advantages: Great for night shots, compact and tons of features
Disadvantages: Buttons are a little on the small side

...insert, Correction of Brightness and Saturation. Motion picture edit: Index. [Recording system] Still image: JPEG (DCF: "Design rule for Camera File system"), Exif 2.2 support, DPS, Print Image Matching III support, DPOF support. Motion picture: QuickTime Motion JPEG® [Number of storable frames] (approx., with 8 MB internal memory) Still picture mode 2,816 x 2,112 SHQ: 2 HQ: 5 2,560 x 1,920 SQ1: 6 2,272 x 1,704 SQ1: 8 2,048 x 1,536 SQ1: 9 1,600 x 1,200 SQ1: 12 1,280 x 960 SQ2: 18 1,024 x 768 SQ2: 28 640 x 480 SQ2: 46 Motion picture mode: Up to memory card capacity. With internal memory: In SHQ (640 x 480 pixels at 15 frames/sec): 6 sec. In HQ (320 x 240 pixels at 15 frames/sec): 20 sec. In SQ (160 x 120 pixels at 15 frames/sec): 54 sec. [Power supply ] Rechargeable battery... Read review

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Advantages: Good controls, good quality
Disadvantages: Low battery life, Sucks at night, pricey

...and clearer than competitors. The only down side is that the thumb pad is a tad on the small side. You can record onto mini DV and memory card, perform extreme close ups and have a very poor night vision along with classic features like: classic film, strobe, sepia, black and white, fades and wipes and 300x digital zoom. With regard to sound, this camera's most significant feature is its external mic jack, through which you can record good sound in the field or dub it in later. An external mic-level meter display is available, though there is no provision to control the levels in-camera. The GR-X5 offers a good basic assortment of still-camera features, including two quality modes, five resolution options (peaking at an interpolated 2,560x1,920), and three ISO settings. It also has several flash and burst-shooting modes as well as red... Read review

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Advantages: very affordable easy to use.
Disadvantages: fairly heavy for a camcorder.

...this is for installing on to your computer to connect the camcorder to the computers USB connector. FEATURES Hi8 system - the original 8mm system has been developed to produce higher quality pictures. 2.5" LCD Monitor. Super Nightshot Infrared System - an infrared light at the front of the camcorder enables you better picture quality even in the dark up to 10 feet away to what you are viewing, A built in light -uses a 3 watt lamp this can be used to suit your needs although the distance between you and the viewed object should be around 5 feet. 560x Digital Zoom - zoom in on viewed items or pull back for wider pictures,20x is done optically which can be done in the MENU settings. Fader - Fade from one scene to another for smoothness,different modes can be selected Black,Mosaic,Bounce too name but a few... Read review

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Advantages: worked well, long lasting
Disadvantages: big and heavy

...could buiy and to be honest I think it was the cheapest one that was in store on the day. It did come with extended guarantee and a little bit of money off and a few blank tapes were also thrown in for good measure. I am not much of a technical minded person but for all those who are here are the specifications of this particular model: Focal length: 2.5mm-50mm – Optical zoom: 20X – Digital zoom: 560X – Sound: Mono - Display:2.5" TFT colour - Warranty: 1 year - Manuel focus - Night shot (built in night light) – The box I unpacked it from came with a few different parts and they included: Battery Remote control Charger with A/C Adapter Neck strap And of course the camcorder itself. The camera to use was very straight forward and although it did come with a rather extensive but easy to understand manual I... Read review

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Advantages: very sturdy, quite cheap.
Disadvantages: no steady shot, Confusing Software

...Thisis a good Digital Camcorder on the market. It's light, durable and quite small.It has many great features such as: Night shot Night shot can enable you to see and record in the dark with great detail for up to 20 metres in pitch black areas. It is very good for recording nature documentries. A lot like having night vision goggles! 10x optical zoom This enables you to zoom in 10 times without losing the quality of the image you are recording It is good for detailed close-ups like watching an ant. 560x digital zoom This is very impressive. You can zoom into far distances and be able to see low resolution images up to 560 times. 1.5" colour screen This is really handy for seeing what you are recording and even handier for watching what you have just recorded Very bright light The light on this camcorder is so bright... Read review

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