Best Camcorders - false MPEG Movie Mode, LCD Panel, Digital Camcorder Type

'While you're not likely to convert Elura footage to film'

'This cam is 4:3 only (it has Cinema mode for fake widescreen).'

'rather limited zoom range'

'lack of a photoflash'

'Video performance in bright light was decent, but hardly what you should expect from a 3 chip camcorder.'

'its menu-based manual controls are so cumbersome that responsiveness becomes moot'

'The camera is large with a slightly cumbersome frame and is also relatively heavy.'

'The picture looks a little oversaturated'

'While the menu is great for navigating a menu, it's a poor interface for making fine adjustments to focus.'

'Stills are recorded to discs and unfortunately are fairly poor.'

'rampant edge crawl, noise, and motion artifacts.'

'rampant edge crawl, noise, and motion artifacts'

'So, unsurprisingly, the DVD205's video and still quality mimics that of the DVD305; they're pretty mediocre, with rampant edge crawl, noise, and motion artifacts.'

'no accessory shoe.'

'video taken in low light is of below-average quality.'

'The image quality is so poor'

'The bad: No accessory shoe.'

'The camcorder did seem to have some focusing issues'

'low-resolution still images.'

'the small form factor means cramped and awkward controls for large hands'

'Wide-screen video appears distorted on the display.'

'Negative Aspects of the JVC GR-D370The video quality from the JVC GR-D370 is not very high given the small size of the camcorders CCD.'