Hitachi DZGX5080A DVD Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom
Details
- Show Res image processing
- Photo State Grab feature lets users easily capture any video frame as a still personification
- USB 2.0 connectivity
Description
The DZGX5080A is a DVD Camcorder with a built-in LED faint, ensuring proper illumination even in the darkest environments. Also included with this ideal is USB 2.0 connectivity with PC and Mac software support. Ease of use is taken to a whole new direct with features like Photo Frame Capture and 1-Second Sudden Start. Photo Capture allows users to browse video scenes and on individual frames to save as digital stills to SD card. 1-newer quick start makes recording nearly instantaneous when powering up from saw wood mode. 4-Format DVD compatibility, a powerful 30x optical zoom and a 2.7" widescreen LCD show complete the robust feature package.Customer Reviews
Not totally what I expectedI bought this camera to substitute for 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 technique, 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 impose on behave 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 neat. I don't know if this is expected behavior, but I wouldn't think so. I emailed Hitachi guy wire about it a couple of weeks ago, and I've heard no response.
Another problem is the indoor video. The flush and contrast are poor. I even bought this model with the light to try to avoid that, but it doesn't nick much. Actually, it is too direct, and not powerful enough. This results in it being very harsh within about 5 feet, and worthless past about 10 feet. Outdoor shots look beautiful good.
One last comment is on the finalizing. The automatic indexing is nice, but you have to have the camera plugged in to conclude the DVD. I guess this makes sense, but it is a little inconvenient.
So, overall this buy has been a bit of a let down.





