Rating: 
Summary: Malfunctions Malfunctions
Review: The zooming feature on this camera I purchased went haywire. The camera would constantly zoom in on everything unless I held the W down, causing great annoyance. Other malfunctions such as on the LCD, the "no memory card inserted" symbol would light up even after its proper insertion and formatting.
Rating:
Summary: Malfunctions Malfunctions
Review: The zooming feature on this camera I purchased went haywire. The camera would constantly zoom in on everything unless I held the W down, causing great annoyance. Other malfunctions such as on the LCD, the "no memory card inserted" symbol would light up even after its proper insertion and formatting.
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Summary: Great camcorder--Some easy solutions for the drawbacks.
Review: This is a great camcorder! I got one and my wife loves it so much. We enjoyed all the pros of the camcorder and we also solved all the cons easily.Cons: 1. Motor noise, yes, it is there, but not that noticable. Besides, any decent video editing software is able to filter that out. We also have a small,cheap standard Mic(got for free? Forgot), it also work fine to get rid of the noise. 2. Battery life: Well, you always need at least one additional battery for any camcorder ... Best price for standard additional battery is at batteries.com, 29.99+3.99 shipping; Really cheap compare to many other places. FYI, the standard battery is the same one for Canon S30/40. This is very convinient if you have both. 3. Low light: Come on...even 3000+ camcorder has low light problem too. We bought a cheap samnite(29, maybe?can't remember exactly) light set at bestbuy and everything is fine now... You will love it...:)
Rating:
Summary: noise problem
Review: this one is like the zr 45mc. it has the high pitch motor noise being recorded and it is really irritating. recording will also appear grainy on low light or even indoor. use it only outdoor. buy sony to save you from trouble.
Rating:
Summary: great camcorder
Review: this was my first digital video camera and i think it is perfect for anything i would ever want to do. it has many different lighting options that actually absorb what little light you have and spread it throughout your video. it is an amazing little camera. only problem is, you gotta buy the firewire stuff if you want to edit. still a great little camera!
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Summary: this is an outdoor only camera
Review: when i first saw how grainy low light videos became i thought
i was doing something wrong. i then exchanged this for
a sony DCR-TRV840 and the difference is night and day. i say save yourself some trouble and buy a sony.
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