Archive for the ‘Camcoder’ Category
Panasonic SDR-T50 Review
The Panasonic SDR-T50 is simply an inexpensive, easy-to-use option for capturing average standard-definition video with a megazoom lens. Don’t expect the fine-quality SD video found before HD camcorders took over the market. At this point, you’re money is going for the lens and the storage, not the video results.
Sony Handycam HDR-CX150
Sony Handycam HDR-CX150 is very nice, and the compact size is very unique and easy to travel with. The optical zoom is easy and works well in many situations. Battery is long, especially compared to any other camcorder.
Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5: Bar Cellphone Style
The Sony Bloggie MHS-PM5 is a candy-bar-style camcorder that’s slim and light enough to keep in a pants pocket; it’s available in blue, white, pink, and dark purple. One of the main differences this Bloggie has over similarly designed cams is its rotating lens.
Canon Vixia HF200: Expensive but Worthy
Smaller and slightly less powerful than their twin brothers, the HF S10 and the HF S100, Canon Vixia HF20 and Canon Vixia HF200 offer a physically smaller but longer 15x zoom lens and smaller, lower resolution 4-megapixel sensor.
Panasonic SDR-T50
The Panasonic SDR-T50’s video quality is merely OK, but it’s typical of what you can expect from any current standard-def consumer camcorder. Low-light movies are particularly poor, though, due to heavy noise. Also, those needing jacks for an external mic or headphones won’t find them.
Canon Vixia HF S11 for Video Hobbyist
Though Canon Vixia HF S11 weighs a bit more than a pound, the camcorder feels somewhat light for its size. Still, it’s no featherweight, and while I fit it into a loose jacket pocket, it’s not very compact. With only a few exceptions, the camcorder has a nice, functional design, with intelligently laid-out controls and a streamlined user interface. The larger size makes it a bit more comfortable to hold and operate as well.
Sony HDR-CX520V: Making an improvement on its Interface and Control Layout
As we talk about Sony HDR-CX520V, we have to mention Sony HDR-CX500V. The two models differ only by built-in memory that the former has 64GB while the latter includes 32GB. Sony HDR-CX520V promised some much-needed interface enhancements over Sony HDR-XR500V and HDR-XR520V which are solid but a litter flawed.
Sony HXR-NX5U: 2010 New Model implementing the AVCHD Format
The professional HXR-NX5U model is part of Sony’s NXCAM family of video products for professionals. It features Sony’s Exmor CMOS sensor with ClearVid array, to deliver full high-definition resolution and low light sensitivity with low noise. The camcorder will record AVCHD up to 24Mbps, delivering 1920×1080 high definition images with both interlace and progressive modes along with native 1080/24P, 720/60p and MPEG-2 standard definition recording.
Sony AX2000E: 2010 New Model for Prosumers
Recording full 1920×1080/60i high-definition video at up to 24Mbps, the HDR-AX2000 features progressive scan at 1080/24p and 30p, giving video film-quality motions for brilliant scene reproduction. Sony’s new prosumer camcorder delivers HD broadcast-quality images with the convenience of a non-linear recording format to Memory Stick PRO Duo media for editing and playback.
Nikon D300s seems Not so Good
The Nikon D300s is not the camera to get if you’re serious about using a DSLR to record video. It doesn’t have a good set of video controls and its overall video performance is far behind similarly-priced models from Canon and Panasonic. The fact that the D300s can’t even record a Full HD image (its resolution tops out at 1280 x 720) is probably its biggest downside from a video perspective.
