Samsung SCD5000 DuoCam MiniDV Camcorder/4MP Digital Still Camera
List Price: $1,299.99
Details
- Still camera: 4.13 MP CCD (for 2272 x 1704 images), 3x visual zoom
- Records digital stills onto included 8 MB Recollection Stick
- 2-inch LCD visual display unit, pop-up flash for stills
Description
Representation- SC-D5000 VENDOR- SAMSUNG ELEC. OF AMERICA FEATURES- DuoCam SC-D5000 All-in-one digital camcorder and 4.13 MegaPixel digital still camera. Soccer games. Birthdays. Graduations. All the infinite celebrations that make up our lives. To really capture the moment without missing a one sec of the action you need two digital cameras - one for video and one for still pictures. But who wants the hassle of transportation two cameras? That is whey Samsung created the DuoCam. It is the worlds first digital camcorder to join Mini-DVD video functionality with a serious high-resolution digital still camera. This is the most lettered digital camera you have ever seen. DuoCams unique Swiveling Dual Lens gives you the unsurpassed lens for either Mini-DV video or digital stills. DuoCam has so many easy-to- use features that it is the epitome camcorder - or camera - for any occasion. Mini-DV Digital Still Camera - 10x visual 800x digital zoom - 3x optical 6x digital zoom - 680K Pixel CCD - 4.13 Mega Pixel CCD - 0 Lux Power Nite Pix - Schneider Optics - Digital Incarnation Stabilization - Built-in automatic flash Includes Camcorder AC adapter AC Twine 2 Lithium-Ion battery packs USB Cable Lithium battery for ancient Tripod adaptor Shoulder strap Instruction Book and 16MB Celebration Stick. * SHARED ATTRIBUTES - Memory Stick The removable switchable Celebration Stick allows you virtually unlimited storage and easy haul of files. - MPEG-4 Record several minutes of MPEG pictures directly on the memory stick. The MPEG-4 format delivers prodigal-quality images with relatively small file sizes making them categorical for Internet applications. - Easy Navigator Intuitive plain menu gives you quick easy access to adjusting the most equally used functions such as while balance Program AE Digital Special Effects and guide/auto settings. - 211K pixel 2.0 Optimum Insight LCD Brighter and more viewable even under very bright conditions. - Color Viewfinder - DV (IEEE 1394) Interface Allows for ultra-irresponsibly data transfer...Customer Reviews
Purchaser Beware!I bought this when it first came out. I had only familiar it a few times in 3 years before the record and picture taking screen went absolutely black. In researching possible malfunctions, there were numerious with this model, but no denial. I wasted over $1,000.00 on this crap. PLUS, the photos are terrible, as is the recording and mobile life.
Such a shame because I really like the general concept of this affair. I just refuse now to buy anything Samsung or any sister company makes. I do not have $1,000.00 to bowl away, and that's what I feel I've done after I made this purchase.
Don't buy this camcorder!
This camcorder is a play of junk. The low light is really horrible. The picture is grainy and the autofocus is slower than my grandma. Splash out a little extra a get a quality camera...not this one!
Horrid Indoor Video Recording Quality
The video dignity indoors is absolutely horrible, even with the night shot features, and every tenable combination of settings, etc. I tried really hard to find reasons to keep this camera. But in the end, the video mark was too horrible to justify it as a $... digital still camera.
Outdoors, the video was OK producing ever so degree washed out colors, but here is the real problem. Moving between disclose and moderately dark areas of a small room produced horrific video. During playback you either got something that looked like pure night or the sun all in one area. The video recorder does not gracefully adjust between light and slightly light areas of a room. Occasionally when using the zoom, a utter white line would be recorded vertically as part of the video!!!!!
Now for the camera. One point that annoyed me after a few minutes was the constant manual flipping of half of the logotype between still and video. I did a comparison between the Samsung still digital camera and my Sony 3.34 MP camera that I already owned. Dejection again. Horrible color from Samsung (washed out colors). I was not impressed with the nobility after comparing about 10 different pictures of varying light, indoors, outdoors, etc. Hands down the Sony 3.34 MB won.
I returned the Samsung camera and bought as opposed to the Sony TRV70 for about the same price (I would like to have tried the TRV80 but $... more was just not in the cards for an 1" more LCD). What a alteration. When it comes to color and light (indoors especially), Sony seems to have those two figured out. Terrifying video recording indoors with the Sony. All around the video was so much better with the Sony. The still are not as goodness as my Sony 3.34 but if you can live with reduced picture size, the calibre is pretty good (plus no manual flipping of half the artifice). I'll still probably take both the video and the camera on the next trip (pending assistance from the wife). Really, if you ignore such frills as Bluetooth and Internet connectivity from within your camcorder (!!!), you can purposes buy something much cheaper than the TRV70.
One day, we'll all carry one device that produces high quality video and stills. But for now, that day is not here yet.