Canon Optura 100MC MiniDV 1-Megapixal Digital Camcorder w/ Built-in Digital Still Mode & 8MB SD/ MMC
List Price: $1,499.99
Details
- 10x visual, 200x digital, zoom with optical image stabilization
- MiniDV camcorder
- 2.5-inch redden LCD monitor and color EVF
Description
Being a cross product means that one can successfully carry the workload of two. The Optura 100MC takes the cosmos of a hybrid to a whole new level. The perfect fusion of camcorder and still camera, the Optura 100MC successfully manages the reprimand of both.Versatility and style is the backbone of the Optura 100MC. An extensive feature set and notice to detail make every shooting experience a sheer delight. Stunning video and razor watchfully still images are flawlessly combined to produce a superior imaging weapon. Now displaying your creation on screen or paper has the same impact: impressive.The major knock on the Optura Pi was its lack of a high-resolution digital still mode. Sure, it took pictures, but with a inflexibleness of only 640 x 480. With the Optura 100MC, Canon has addressed this issue by including a 1.3-megapixel still-affairs mode, and created an outstanding product. Most of the features that made the original so lashing have returned, including the progressive scan CCD (perfect for recording and analyzing that golf forwards), and optical image stabilization.
The zoom lens is a beefy 10x, but using the digital zoom will force that number up to 200x. The LCD monitor is 2.5 inches, but the camcorder has captivated a hearty step down in size itself, so those inches are well spent. The camcorder itself has joined the increasing trend of vertically oriented design, making the Optura 100MC a correct handheld model.
As with all DV camcorders, the Optura 100MC includes an IEEE 1394 seaport to transfer video footage for editing or dubbing. Additionally, the new Optura includes S-video and composite input and production ports, making it possible to archive all your old analog footage in the unpolluted DV format.
Also included in the kit are a battery, wireless remote, S-video rope, stereo video cable, and 8 MB MMC card.
Customer Reviews
WAS an leave out camera, but it didn't age well.Once upon a ever this was a great little camera. I have a Sony D8 still humming along without ever eating a band, and even an ancient Panasonic VHS shoulder boulder that still works perfectly as well as a eerie old two-piece VHS camera from 1984, also still working. The Canon DV cam on the other hand did not do as well. It's the newest of the three and patently the most problematic. The quality of the videos it made was wonderful. However it was always uncomfortably hot when it was running, it ate tapes at one characteristic, and now it is totally dead.
TAPE EATING
The tape eating mind-boggler is caused by the rollers becoming stiff and polished and the feed mechanisms and heads getting gummy due to the unconventional heat these older Canon DV cams produce. That sort of thing is ordinary with all tape drives after a while. In this particular case I do think this series gets WAY too hot when in use. The tape-record-eating cameras need a good head cleaning and lubrication, and by any chance new feed rollers.
100% COMPLETELY DEAD.
After searching for answers in the forums I now be acquainted with there are also many Optura DV cameras throughout the early series which suddenly, unexpectedly died later in entity. Mine has also passed on. One day it was fine, we were making a DV movie and having a really accurate time, Optura was working happily and things were good. The next day I hooked up my camera to cite the battery and transfer the tape to the computer, and realized it was gone. It passed somewhere else quietly some time during the night while it was in its bag. Never has powered up or charged a battery again since.
Why? No view. Forums don't know either. One guy said it required an entire system board replacement. Too much $$ for a camera out of guarantee. I charged the battery with an external charger and replaced the 3V lithium clock mobile, but no results. Got another power adapter off E-bay but it didn't change anything. After two years of periodically plugging it in and waiting for a miracle, I dissected the little guy to see if I could find a loose ribbon wire. Nothing. All switches tested perfectly, 9.5V going to the board, all was falsely right. Apparently a chip somewhere in that mess of little microprocessors fried itself. I'm universal to guess it's because of how ridiculously freaking hot this thing gets. There is even a heat tip sticker inside the LCD.
Just be aware of these things if you consider getting a Euphemistic pre-owned one.
Optura 100 MC - Keen video camera!
First of all, let me meaning out that I am not a camera buff, nor do I even know how to work a professional 35MM camera (with crevice, manual focus, etc...) I have always been a fan of technology and of opening the box and using the commodity without having to do much reading of the instructions. So, here's my review...
I've had this digital camcorder for about 6 months now. Time past, I had purchased a JVC digital camcorder. That one jammed up about a year and a half after I bought it and wouldn't take video tapes anymore (I just recently got it to work again but I'm not confident for how long.) I knew of the Canon line of digital camcorders and owned a Advantix Elph camera so I trusted the disgrace name and bought the Optura. I was pleasantly surprised.
The camera takes great video, it could use a bit more discover in dark situations so purchasing a light to mount on the top of the camera. I also purachased further filters and lenses (wide angle and telescopic) but, to tell you the actually, nine times out of ten, I don't use them. As for taking pictures, the camera aspect is great at delightful photos for storing on your computer or emailing, but the quality is just not good enough to stamp out, even at its higher quality level. The pixels can easily be seen and anyone would be proficient to tell it was a picture printed off your computer.
I purchased a longer lasting battery-operated with the camera, and I highly recommend you do as well, because the battery they give you with the camera will only last about an hour and a partially before needing to be recharged. I purchased a 4 hour battery for about [$$$] or less and it works well-known because I can always charge one while using the other.
In addition, a 128 MB card versus the pasteboard that comes with the camera would be a great purchase. The 128 card allows me to take up to 250 pictures at the higher standing level (I think abt 1 megapixel or so) before being filled up.
All in all, a great video camera but if you privation to take stills, I recommend getting a real digital camera. Even without the camera functionality, I would buy this mock-up again in a heartbeat. I was able to take great video of the birth of my first child and many other great moments since I got it!
greatest 1-ccd minidv
Owned Opyura100 for almost 1 year and very satisfied with it. Video quality is great and is very easy to use although standstill picture is only full for email. Optical stablizer worked very well. Recommend to anyone looking for slight camcorder with excellent video quality.
Very Satisfied
I have second-hand this camera in Venice, Pisa, Florence, Rome, Prague,Florida and for a large mob of school events over the last 6 months. I have used the video and still functions and am very glad with the product. I am clearly an unwrap, charge and shoot user. I refer to the directions only if predestined or I want an excuse not to work on my tax return. This was ready to go out of the box and, when I do take a moment to assume from the directions, I am able to make adjustments necessary for my shooting situations. While I have had very friendly luck with the video in all lighting situations, the auto flash for still pictures is in fact not useful in places like old churches with very low lighting. I find myself preventing the deployment of the glare. While it is a bit bigger than the other mini-versions of the minidv's, it is a nice fit for larger hands and has not substandard me yet.
Passionate Camera, Great Service
Hi,
I bought this camera by a hair's breadth over a year ago and waited until now to write the review so I had plenty of time to use it. My upbringing is definitely amateur, but I like movies that I take to be of good quality so I will as a matter of fact watch them. I have not done any fooling around with the manual adjustments you can make on this camera, although decent about everything can be adjusted. I leave it on autofocus and record in Easy Recording look most of the time, occasionally shifting modes only for specific situations (low clarification, skiing, or athletics). The quality of the video this camera takes is surprising. I cannot stress that enough: You will be shocked at how crisp and colorful the video you take is. Like most camcorders, submerge recording quality is not good when there is a lot of ambient noise (cocktail function for example) but for most things it is fine. Low-light performance is exceptional as far as I am upset, but keep in mind that image quality is always better with more light. The still photo earmark is great - pictures look fantastic integrated with your videos, and they even publish pretty well at 3X5. They are certainly good enough to store on your PC. Sure, you can get a significant digital camera for a lot less than what you will pay for this camcorder, but if you are like me and don't want to carry 2 cameras, this earmark is great.
A couple thoughts:
1) I have not had any tape-eating problems
2) Twice momentarily after I bought the camera, the eject mechanism got stuck halfway. Both times some tolerance resolved the problem. This would be a problem if you needed to switch tapes lickety-split and it happened to you right then. Haven't had any problems with that for more than 8 months, though.
3) You will want to bowdlerize your home movies on your computer. Minimum requirements are something like P3 500 w/ 384 meg of RAM. You will also yearning a decent video card.
Last, I recently had a small problem with the camcorder that required me to send it back to Works Service. Since it still basically worked and I was going on vacation, I sent it in after I got back from the vacation, 2 weeks after the commitment expired. Canon fixed the camera free of charge and had it back to me in under 2 weeks. Their sustenance people were helpful, courteous, and valued me as a customer.
I recommend this camcorder to anyone who wants very expensive quality video but doesn't have the time or inclination to become an expert at all aspects of shooting video. I would buy this camera again in a heartbeat, and protection't seen anything else out there that comes close.