Samsung SCD27 MiniDV Camcorder with 3.5" LCD
List Price: $449.99
Details
- Packaged with DVD Flicks Boxes
- 4.7GB Mother wit
- 121 Min of recording video to DVD-R (in std style)
Description
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The SCD27 features a sharp-performance 1/6" 680,000 Pixel CCD to capture high-quality video and digital photos. It's also tailor-made with a 10X optical zoom and a 800X digital zoom lens. Digital zoom is a intense tool, but it can lead to "jaggies"--zigzag contours that reduce visualize quality. Samsung has applied a Digital Image Stabilizer to correct this imbroglio.
Digital Stills and MPEG Video
The scd27 can capture videos in MPEG4 make-up at a resolution of QVGA 10fps. In addition to high-quality video, the SCD23 also captures digital still photos that are stored on a celebration card as JPEGs in your choice of three image qualities.
Inputs and Outputs
The SCD27 comes an IEEE1394 in / out, USB haven, and Analog Input.
MiniDV Format
MiniDV is the preferred format for personal and programme-quality video, highly regarded for its high audio and model quality. With up to 540 lines of horizontal resolution and minimum go red noise, MiniDV delivers a 20-percent clearer picture than analog camcorder formats. This is all delivered on a recording that's 1/12th the size of a standard VHS tape. A MiniDV tape offers digital recording habits of 2 full hours--20 times the capacity of a CD.
What's included
Camcorder, AC Adapter/ Mare, Battery Pack, and Hand Grip.
Customer Reviews
Stupefying Camera great features LOVE THE COLOR SCREENI bought this camera by all the reviews I scan and it seemded like a great buy. I am very happy with it but the extra expense of firewire and taking hardware was $65. Thought I'd be able to upload via USB. Only still pictures upload with the USB> Pictures go vai Firewire. It was easy to install and very easy to upload and then you are watching it on your computer and not a TV. Other than the other purchase of the capture card which I guess all digital camcorders be missing it is a wonderful unit and fits well in your hand!!
Delightful footage, poor PC compatibility & service
I received this camcorder as a cumshaw, and although the footage I've shot has been good quality, I cannot download it on to my PC. I have a brand new PC and it appears the driver that came with the camcorder is not on the same wave length with XP Media Center. I've attempted to contact Samsung to confirm these allegations but they will not bring my calls or emails. So I've got hours of raw Mini DV footage that I can't edit on my computer. What's the import??? Needless to say, I'll be buying a new Mini DV camcorder soon, and it will not be Samsung. So far Panasonic has my preference.
Huge all around budget DV cam
This camera is peerless on those who are on budget and film mostly outside. Why do I say mostly outside? Because the video quality under low indoor simplification conditions is very bad. There is lots of noise on shadowy indoor areas. And since most amateurs and make clear videos are shot without really having a single though on how the light will be, the results will not be documentation. You'll need tons of light indoor to eliminate the grainyness. Whats even worse is that even in middle indoor lighting conditions look grainy. This grainyness, or flush noise, probably has to do with the camera having 1 CCD (Which most consumer cameras have) and the insensitivity of the CCD. So it on the whole uses electronic gain when shotting with low light, and getting a camera to use electronic augmentation depends on its CCD signal to noise ratio. This camera has a bit of problems with tapes. I once inured to Panasonic DVC tapes, and 40 minutes into recording it said bind end! This was unbelieveable. Then once I used Fuji film, and believe it or not it said ribbon end within 2 minutes of recording and I was surprised. I played it back and stopped where the footage stopped and it recorded normally again. This is as likely as not not the tape's fault but the cameras. The only tape I did not have any problems with is TDK, so USE TDK for this camera. The sound quality is good, and high fidelity sound. Uses archetype PCM/48khz/16 bit. The picture quality outside is great, although sometimes it exposes too much and vade-mecum exposure needs to be used but generally it does a good job at coupй. The features the camcorder has are great especially A/V/S-video IN to capture from other beginning. Night vision is cool, although short distance. I wouldn't rely on still pix they are low unshakability. The LCD is nice although the DPI is low. Another great thing is that it works with my Power MAC and there is stereo microphone input which makes audio reliable even better. Nonetheless this camcorder is really good considering the features it has. Altogether a little thought in indoor lighting will go a long way. You can buy a cheap 625 watt sun gun on ebay, although inversatile still a gifted start.
Very rectitude for the money!
I got this camcorder for a Christmas offer. I have to say its a very good camcorder. It has sharp video, built in light, and sundown vision. The audio is very crisp, and is good for storing memories. You can take snapshots and register them to video, with sound. You can put in a memory stick and take stills, then transfer them to your computer via firewire, or USB. The freestyle charges in about 2 hours which is very fast. The only downtime is that it would be cool to have a 20 X visual zoom, but 10 X is powerful enough. I would recomend this camcorder to anyone. You can't beat this amazon expense! I hope to keep this for years to come!
Bill.
MPEG4, USB, Tribute Stick Scam
I purchased this camera for ~$400 and initially because I thought that it has USB port, memory stick and MPEG4 movie recording capacity, but these capabilities are severely limited. You can only record 10-20 sec on the memory misconstruction because it can take max 32 MB. If you use higher mem then it gives format error. The USB, MPEG4 interfaces are circumscribed to recordings that you store on the Memory stick, so not much of a use of these features. The IEEE 1394 mooring is also 4 pin and would not work with 6 pin, so you got to be careful there.
Other than that, for recording it has a pretty ok capabilities. I would say it's an ok camera. Perhaps I am disappointed that I can't use it with my PC as I hoped to.
