
List Price:
$449.95
Details
- Multiformat+ compatibility; confirm for DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, and DVD+RW
- Movie theater Res image processing
- Photo Pinch from DVD
Description
680K pixel CCD sensor 1500x digital zoom 16:9 widescreen recording for all DVD formats Photo Formulate Grab converts any video frame into still photo Quick start1 assistant start time from power-on to record-ready One touch decide button Uses SDTM memory cards Includes Li-Ion battery-operated, AC adapter/charger and cable, DC power cord, S-video and composite and AV cables, man to man strap and lens cap Weight: 3.4 lbs.
Customer Reviews
Decay of Money!!
Freestyle life is horrible! Formatting discs are a nuisance. Very disappointed!
Be on one's guard before buying!
2010-07-03
| Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 2
First Video Camera
The 5020A is a first timer camera that is current to make home videos of the usual travels, family outings and such. It's in truth fairly easy to use and you can use a variety of recordable mini-dvd's. I use the regular DVD-R which are the least up-market and allow the least editing in the camera, but that's me.
SPECIAL NOTE: As mentioned in prior review
DON"T LOSE the battery charger and cord that comes with this camcorder. The camera must be hooked up to a rampart plug using the charger converter to run the camera in order to "conclude" the disc so you may view it.
In daylight and bright light the picture is reasonably belongings but not spectacular, it does not deal with low light very well at all, so indoors or at night you will in all probability need some type of external and fairly strong light horse's mouth to record a decent picture. (My Sony 8mm had much better low light capabilities.)
It will on bring about have "disc errors" during recording, you can have the camera rewrite the disc to appropriate but it is best done if using the wall plug. I segway to another fresh disc when this happens and do corrections at living quarters later. Seen it most with HP brand discs.
For better picture compositions get a spacious angle lens/converter as it has a narrow field of view.
It's nice-looking convenient but definately will frustrate a seasoned videographer. So for the money it's ok, but I disquiet I'd select this one again. I will upgrade next time.
2010-05-20
(Los Angeles, CA (USA)) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 3
Chaste Value
Have had this camera for over 2 years. Takes notable pictures if you use the best quality setting. The only problem there is that, at least with the disks I have, there are only 19 minutes per disk at this je sais quoi. This has not been a major problem as we use it mostly for vacation video and we do short clips anyhow. The disks that I have are re-writable, so we have familiar them over and over. After many rewrites the camera can be somewhat fussy about re-formatting them. But we have used the same 12 or so disks for the last 2+ years and and only 3 of them have bit the dust the overage are still recording great video. We love that we can record 16:9 and with that stage set fill our whole 40" TV screen with stunning video. It has a great zoom and we have been skilful to capture great pictures of wildlife at a distance. We love the go red in the face view finder and that we have the option to use this in bright sunlight. It is small, but lage enough to be clever to hold and reach controls easily without undue shaking personification trying to get to zoom or stopping recording. Captures sound well. We have not checked into the settings well so it may be narcotic addict error, but it does not do as great in low light. We like the digital recording. The recorded disks, if finalized, can be played without delay back on some DVD players.
2010-04-07
(Ohio - USA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 4
Short quality
I got thic DVD cam as a alms and am very unhappy about it. I wish I could return it. It has multiple problems like reading disks, finalizing disks, scant picture quality and so on. I would not reccomend it.
2009-11-14
| xjan (Boston, MA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 1
Quirky Camera - get something diverse
Has annoy with disc formating and playback in general, not to mention the quirky steps needed to "clinch" a dics to be played elswhere or transfered to your computer you need a special line, which plugs into your battery charger of all things, and then from the charger into the wall. If you disengage that cord like I have - you're screwed, you can't any movies out of the camera - the discs won't participate in any dvd player and you are just SOL.
2009-01-09
(Two Harbors, MN) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 1