Best Hitachi Camcorders - 0.525 to 1.15 lb. Weight, SP Recording Speed

'the buttons are hard to tell apart by touch alone and difficult to use while shooting.'

'low-res stills.'

'Hidden touch-sensitive controls.'

'to dial it in, you have to use the clumsy touch-sensitive buttons behind the LCD display, which makes it awkward to adjust precisely.'

'The DZMV780A's still-image quality is abysmal.'

'no built-in flash'

'The DZMV780A's still-image quality is abysmal.'

'viewing and transferring of data can still be troublesome because the DVD-RAM discs require special DVD-RAM compatible DVD players for viewing and dubbing.'

'The manual focus control on the DZ-MV730 is its worst manual control and is practically unusable.'

'The video quality is equally poor, however.'

'This LCD is one of the worst out there; the noise is plentiful and obstructing, especially in low light areas'

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