Samsung SMX-C10GP/XEU SD Compact Flash Camcorder, 10x Optical Zoom, 2.7 inch Wide LCD, H.264 Recording – Grey
Posted by Notcot on Aug 24, 2010 in Photography |
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I bought this camcorder as a replacement for the mini-DV samsung which is no longer produced and which had suddenly stopped working. Although I’ve not yet had a great deal of practice with it I’m enjoying the additional features over my previous one. I particularly like being able to grab still jpeg images from the video shot – saves carrying around a still and camcorder. Also very small and light making it easy to carry around – fits into any pocket. The use of an SD card, although more expensive than mini DV tapes, means that finding a particular scene is much quicker and you can buy large capacity 16 or 32gb cards to hold 8 or 16 hours of video. However these cards are still very expensive. The only down side so far I’ve found is as a result of it being so tiny, this makes it harder to film smoothly. Obviously this will get better with practice as you get used to it. I have also found that the Digital zoom, whilst not quite as good as optical, on this camera the quality is quite acceptable – if you can keep it still and avoid hand shake. Lots of different settings (some of which I’ve not had chance to try yet) and the picture colour and quality on optical zoom settings is very good – much better than my previous mini-DV. All in all great value for money, but at this price don’t expect a Ferrari.
Rating: 4 / 5
The Bad:
The image quality is acceptable in normal light. Don’t expect to shoot acceptable videos in low light conditions, the built-in CCD is very small (1/6″). The build is all plastic and the controls are limited to the bare minimum. External connectors are limited to USB and AV out. The digital image stabilizer does not help much with stabilizing – at lest you can disable it. The autofocus have difficulties in low light.
The Good:
The camcorder is very small and light. The ergonomic design makes it nice to use. There are some manual settings available in the menus, manual focus included. There’s an easy mode as well for those who don’t want to fiddle with the settings. The timelapse function is cool. Basic video editing software is supplied for Windows (Intelli Studio).
This is a really basic SD camcorder from Samsung.
Rating: 3 / 5
Overall, I think this is an amazing little camera, its great for a first camcorder, and is generally easy to use with some great quality SD clips, sure its not HD, but if you want a HD camera, go and get one instead of complaining about it
Rating: 5 / 5
I like all the features on this camcorder except the sound. There is a noticeable squeal coming from the zoom and autofocus motors, enough to drive me round the bend! Anyone else heard this?
Rating: 2 / 5
Based on an experience of an ex-owner of this camera found it small, compact and some cool features like time lapse, however it has built in software that compresses the movie from the wide screen. On a Apple Mac it views the files as compressed and squeezed with black bars on both sides, this is due to the software of the camera being built into the unit, so for PC users this may work well (since additional software needs to be installed)… but NOT MAC FRIENDLY!
OK but not worth the hassle when compared to other similar products with better specs. And this is NOT and HD cam!!
Rating: 2 / 5