i love this camcorder it is easy to use, takes great video and pictures, it is small and light weight so easy to hold i bought this for myself for my birthday and am over the moon with it i would recomend it to every one.
I must say that this is a real bargin camera its very impressive, this is a big improvment on my old Hi 8 Camera that I have been using, its smaller and compact, easy to use, and will lots of hidden extra settings.
What goes against the camera is that there is no titler, as this has to be done during editing with editing software, and there is no fade, but for this money you still have a quality camera, the zoom lens is as good as any in the more expencive price range and its multi region so you can use it anywhere.
I highly recomend this camera its a real bargin and a great peice of kit.
THE THING I LIKE THE MOST IS THE PICTURE QUALITY, WHEN CONVERTED ON TO MY PC. I'VE USED MINI DV CAMCORDERS BEFORE AND FOUND THAT WHEN THE FORMAT WAS CONVERTED FOR USE AS A DVD THE PICTURE WAS A BIT GRAINEY. WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS NO "FADE IN OR OUT" THIS HAS TO BE DONE WITH EDITING SOFT WARE ON THE PC. I COULD DO THIS WITH MY PREVIOUS CAMCORDER BY PRESSING THE RECORD BUTTON GENTLY IN OR OUT.
This camcorder was bought as a present for my grandaughter. Its was very reasonable in price and excellent quality overall I find Ebay a very convenient way of shopping best no crowds, no hassel, no travel involved, and because I am a pensioner all these things are important to me. It makes my life much easier. I hope to continue shopping this way for some time yet. Well done
Bought this at an excellent price to take to the Maldives. Versatile cam - accepts many types of mini dvd, which are at bargain prices on ebay. Worked extremely well in all light conditions - brilliant sunset footage. Very easy to use, light & compact, and great on-camera editing (if you use dvd ram discs)- no need for a computer to tidy up/organise the filming. Disc navigation means easy to find/review each bit of filming. Genuine wide screen format (amongst others) gives super results on large screen television. Sound quality also very good. Spare extra capacity batteries also bought off ebay at great price. Dislikes: no usb or firewire connection for direct connect to computer; but no big deal as can put in disc. Multi format DVD so ensure computer is capable of reading all types of discs if you want to do lots of editing, special effects etc. Thought the seperate still photo function with SD card slot was an advantage as wouldn't need seperate digital camera, but results were disappointing so would only really count this as a camcorder. Otherwise, highly recommended as a point & shoot memory catcher. I thought my JVC mini dv tape (stolen!) was good, but this is much, much better - and a quarter of the price! All in all a great package & I wouldn't be without it now - a real bargain at just over £100!!