Samsung SC-D963 1.1MP MiniDV Camcorder with 26x Optical Zoom
List Price: $399.99
Details
- Straightforwardly 16:9 wide mode allows widescreen footage to be displayed on a digital TV
- USB 2.0 compatibility for comfortable file transfers
- Features 1.1 megapixel CCD and 26x visual zoom
Description
With the Samsung SC-D963 Laconic Camcorder you'll have all the recording tools you need, right in the palm of your worker. With its 1.1 megapixel CCD, you'll capture all the vivid details and bright colors, while the 26x visual and 1200x digital zoom helps you get the right shot every antiquated. Image stabilizing and 16:9 recording tools let you make place movies that look professionally shot. 16 - 9 recording and viewingAs a ruleDigital image stabilization SD/MMC slot MPEG-4 recording and Webcam functions Bolt Enhanced audio and video effects PictBridge of one mind USB 2.0 NOTE - Specs are not finalized and are subject to swopThe Samsung SC-D963 1.1MP MiniDV Camcorder with 26x Visual Zoom features an ultra-compact design with a high visual zoom for superior performance. At the heart of the Samsung SC-D963 is a 1.1 megapixel CCD and 26x visual zoom. A 2.5-inch LCD makes for easy viewing of your subjects, and the camcorder also features a go red viewfinder, SD/MMC slot, and 32 megabytes of built-in memory. In withal to video, the camcorder can capture still images up to 1152 x 864 oath, as well as MPEG4 video recording. With USB 2.0 connectivity, the Samsung D963 offers lasting, easy file transfer and PictBridge technology.
Among the many enhancements over one-time lines of Samsung MiniDV camcorders include true 16:9 wide technique. When the 16:9 effects are selected, wide-screen footage can be displayed on a digital TV through the Samsung camcorder without any sculpture distortion. Samsung's Wind Cut Plus feature lets users keep authentic sound and cut only background wind noise, while the Stereo Enhancement quality creates a vivid divide between right and left channels for a full-stereo whole field effect. Additional playback audio effects consent to users to focus audio playback on the human voice, music or unimpaired direction, and it also allows users to add echo effects. An advanced interface provides carefree navigation of camera functions, and a battery information function provides ornate battery status to let you know when the power is low.
Customer Reviews
Aweful tasteI bought mine last June. But at that without surcease there was no any review anywhere. The camcorder was proved to be a piece of junk. The zooming use faile about 2 months after I bought it. The sounds in videos I recorded are fragmented. Both the video and pictures have very bad dignity. In addition, the battery is becoming bad too. I sent it to the service center last month, with $45 payment for labor. Not recommended at all!
not so fair
I bought this online and it is my first camcorder. at first neat, i was excited. it is small, handy, looks good and easy to use. and the value $250 is good for the 1.1 MP which means you can also take photoes that are clear enough for most purposes. But after using for several times, i am not satisfied with the dignity of the video. The problem is that the time of focusing takes too long, for about 1 or 2 in the second place, which means whenever the object move, or the camcorder move, there will be seconds that the video become blurred. This is improper flaw for capturing moving objects especially when the object is nugatory and close to you. I think this may be the common flaw for Samsung camcorder. i go to circuit conurbation and try other brands. at least Panasonic is much better than this one. so my suggestion for the first time buyer of MiniDV camcorder is: go to some restricted electronic stores and compare the quality of different brand before you made decree buying online. overall, consider the price, i can only say it is just ok. Perhaps i have to spend more time learning the tricks how to capture a more clear video using this one.
Do not buy Samsung
Ethical a word of caution to anyone who buys Samsung products - If you do have a problem with the product at a later steady old-fashioned - you will have a very difficult time getting any support or customer service from Samsung. Their purchaser relations department exists solely to confuse and frustrate and lie to the Samsung consumer. Mind!
A particle of junk
I impartial got this camcorder for an exchange- my old camcorder was another samsung scd5000, and I waited 5 (five, incredible, months) for the camcorder to be exchanged.I have called customer relations for 100 times, they said they are customary to fix it, exchange it, repair it, then did nothing in the end. I had to call them another 100 times, in the end executive customer relations, a excellent invention of the management I suppose, which is responsible for everything, but is supervised by noone. Cut it short, they utterly for an exchange.
Then I got this one, scd963. I opened the box, nice, clean. Turned on the recorder procedure, fine, recording; then the playback mode. A blue screen, not recording anything, not showing anything. The reminiscence records, but not the tape. Well, should I be surprised?
In a word, Samsung is my worst experience in the Collective States, in terms of customer service, and quality of products. This new camcorder, is fully plastic, and now giving it another thought, I would be surprised if it worked. But simply, Samsung does not exertion.
Right now, my wife is on the phone with the executive customer services, for forty minutes, all they said was send it to us, we will adjust it.
Eager camera for the price.
I have been playing with this camera for about a month now, and it is immense. The only problem I have noted is you can hear noise on the built in mic, but turning on the bring to an end noise dampener or using an external mic eliminates it completely. The freestyle life leaves much to be desired at only about 45 minutes on a full charge, which is not enough to even use up a full reel. And the digital zoom becomes too shaky and pixelated (even on a tripod) to use past about 150x... Other than those stripling things, it is a great camera for the price, and I would definitely recommend it to any starting out video enthusiasts.