Hitachi DZGX5080A DVD Camcorder with 30x Optical Zoom
List Price: $549.95
Details
- Multiformat+ compatibility; withstand for DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, and DVD+RW
- Show Res image processing
- USB 2.0 connectivity
Description
Customer Reviews
Not totally what I expectedI bought this camera to repay 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 firm size of it, and it has a decent optical zoom. You can also film in widescreen fashion, 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 dally with 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 comely. I don't know if this is expected behavior, but I wouldn't think so. I emailed Hitachi maintain about it a couple of weeks ago, and I've heard no response.
Another problem is the indoor video. The feel embarrassed and contrast are poor. I even bought this model with the light to try to avoid that, but it doesn't helpers much. Actually, it is too direct, and not powerful enough. This results in it being very harsh within about 5 feet, and inoperative past about 10 feet. Outdoor shots look musical 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 acquisition has been a bit of a let down.
