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true HD video, very Good for lowlight when shooting at night.Picture printout GOOD just only 3 Mb pix. AMAZING.
Buy it at your own risk. What I've learned is that the technology of this particular camcorder is too advanced for most pc's. I'm ready to throw this one in the trash. While the images captured are excellent uploading video footage to your computer for editing is not simple. I have been trying for over 3 months to complete this task with no luck.
This is very distracting as people, who are several feet away, cannot talk over the noise because they don't realize all the wind overpowering their voice.Also, the AF has been slow to focus and on some occasions it just will not focus at all. I purchased this camera in Nov '08 for my daughter's gymnastic recital. Although it has two HD settings, 24MB/s & 17MB/s, I use the 17MB/s option to save space and still retain the HD quality. However, the camcorder shouldn't suffer in it's review because of that no more than my DSLR being pegged for the software that comes with the camera.
You can continually upgrade cards as they grow in size and you have approximately 5 to 8 hours of hard drive space when you need it.As far as petty irritants go, plugging the camera to the adapter, to transfer the video to the PC is annoying. Also, the bundled software is horrible. However, the 60GB drive and the slot for SD cards provide a winning combination. The hard drive makes it bigger than those without.
The CNET.com review commented on the fact the wind filter can no longer be set manually to the "On" position. My wife was wearing a black jacket on a bright sunny day and the camera could not focus on her.Nevertheless, I enjoy the compact size. I was immediately impressed with the video quality. I've had to zoom away from my subject, focus on something else, and then try again.
With that said, I experience significant wind noise whenever I'm outdoors. However, my concern is with the wind noise. Instead, it is either, "Off" or "Auto".
Picture quality is excellent, can't complain about 60GB HDD. Have researched several software and I like Power Director among all the ones out there. Bought this camcorder before X'mas 2008. But the standard Canon software is inadequate. Even when I compress hi-def AVCHD to high quality WMV or MPEG, the picture quality way outperforms the quality I get with Canon mini DV camcorders. Got it at excellent price ~$599. I like the camcorder a lot.
I had to download a program (PowerDVD) to watch them. All you have to do is go into the HDD of your camcorder via the USB cable and drag and drop your videos onto your computer. What I didn't like was that I could not watch them on my computer using the Media Player that comes with Windows. When I was reading all the reviews of this camera I was all exited about buying one. Overall I think this camcorder is awesome. It delivers outstanding video. This camera does not disappoint. Another cool thing that I love is that it has a 60 gig HDD in it.
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