Hitachi DZGX5080A DVD Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom
Details
- Photo Fabric Grab feature lets users easily capture any video frame as a still representative
- USB 2.0 connectivity
- Movie theater Res image processing
Description
The DZGX5080A is a DVD Camcorder with a built-in LED clarification, ensuring proper illumination even in the darkest environments. Also included with this archetype is USB 2.0 connectivity with PC and Mac software support. Ease of use is taken to a whole new stage straight with features like Photo Frame Capture and 1-Second Able Start. Photo Capture allows users to browse video scenes and opt individual frames to save as digital stills to SD card. 1-later quick start makes recording nearly instantaneous when powering up from snore mode. 4-Format DVD compatibility, a powerful 30x optical zoom and a 2.7" widescreen LCD expose complete the robust feature package.Customer Reviews
Not totally what I expectedI bought this camera to supersede a Sony Digital 8 that went bad. I wanted to save the time of putting my tapes on DVD, and figured I'd buy a DVD camera.
I like the tight size of it, and it has a decent optical zoom. You can also film in widescreen trend, which is cool, but you can't switch between 16:9 and 4:3 on the same DVD.
Now for the downsides. The main one is that when I try to play the field pretend back a DVD on the camera (whether it is finalized or not) sometimes I get severe pixelation - to the point where the camera pauses playback. If I put the finalized DVD in any of my players, it works mulct. I don't know if this is expected behavior, but I wouldn't think so. I emailed Hitachi upkeep about it a couple of weeks ago, and I've heard no response.
Another problem is the indoor video. The go red in the face and contrast are poor. I even bought this model with the light to try to avoid that, but it doesn't daily help much. Actually, it is too direct, and not powerful enough. This results in it being very harsh within about 5 feet, and non-functioning past about 10 feet. Outdoor shots look fetching good.
One last comment is on the finalizing. The automatic indexing is nice, but you have to have the camera plugged in to complete the DVD. I guess this makes sense, but it is a little inconvenient.
So, overall this leverage has been a bit of a let down.




